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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A GREAT  LEADER-  A LION OF NDIGBO Some are born great, few achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.   His Excellency, Deputy Senate President, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu fits into the middle of the few among modern Igbo leaders who have achieve greatness by sheer dedication, focus hard work and tenacity of a man who did not forget where he came from and why he was sent to Abuja. Despite his party losing at the center, IkeOha Ndigbo still maintained his top position of the leadership in the National Assembly and the in process becoming the longest serving Deputy Senate President in Nigeria.   Our own DSP led the South East Caucus of Senate in collaboration and cooperation with others secured the immediate and timely release of our brother Maazi Ndubuisi Kanu.  This single feat diffused the wrong notion that Igbo is not united.  The ridiculous bail was not just met but was met at a record time The great IkeOha has been a reliable ally and

PICTURE IS WORTH THOUSAND WORDS  In sharp contrast to the gloomy and unrecognizable faces that graced the lone defection of former Governor Chime to APC, the great people and leadership of Udi local government area trooped en masse to the Government House - Lion Building on Sunday, May 8th, 2017 to show strong support and solidarity to the incumbent His Excellency Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi -GburuGburu. The people of Udi Local Government Area also expressed their support for the Deputy Senate President Dr. Ike Ekweremadu and to the member representing Udi Ezeagu Hon. Dennis Amadi.  Leaders and people of Udi In remark by the Deputy Senate President Dr. Ekweremadu, he described former Gov. Chime as a political novice for making the ill-advised defection to APC and cautioned that the other former governors who made similar moves have not found their political footing.  His Excellency Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi thanked the the leadership and

PICURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS The wise saying that a picture is worth thousand words came to light at the badly organized rented crowd that graced the lone defection of former Governor of Enugu State, Barrister Sullivan Chime. The pictures are so gloomy that you cannot recognize the faces.  This was done on purpose so as to disguise the rented crowd as the people of Udi made strong decision to stay with the incumbent Gov. Ugwuanyi.  Take a look at each of the picture and see if you can find     anybody you know  Do you recognize any of the faces   Do you recognize any of the faces   Do you recognize any of the faces   Do you recognize any of the faces   Do you recognize any of the faces   Do you recognize any of the faces   Do you recognize any of the faces Gov. Chime has boosted of thousands of supporters pestering him to make the tepid political move but on the day of defection sadly only Chime and Chime himself made the lonely defect

Obori Adaka D riving into Udi town, the hometown of His Excellency, former Governor of Enugu State, Barrister Sullivan Chime leaves no one in doubt of the preparation for a big event.  The primary school adjacent to Chime’s sprawl compound is being decked out in canopies of various colors and sizes.  The seamless transition which started with a facebook post is coming to head as the D-day arrived for Gov. Chime to formally declare and register in APC right in his hometown of Udi Kpomkwem, his political ward of Udi/Agbudu, his Udi local government area of Enugu State where he held sway as Governor for 8 solid years.  Congratulations Gov. Chime for exiting the space for your successor. Remarkably, today’s event is going to be historic in the sense that Gov.  Chime is not only surprisingly subscribing to the popular American saying that All Politics is Local , aptly said in 1935 by American former House Speaker, Hon. Tip O’neill during his campaign for the house seat; also Gov