Obiano’s second term victory unites Anambra’s political gladiators

By Vincent Ujumadu

AWKA — GOVERNOR Willie Obiano, who was sworn in weekend in Awka to begin his second term of four years as the number one citizen of Anambra State, appears to be on the way to rewriting the history of the state on many fronts. At the time he came into the politics of Anambra State, the banker-turned governor was not known among the political elites.

After retiring from Fidelity Bank Plc where he was the second in command, Obiano moved to the United States of America, USA, and was enjoying his retirement when destiny beckoned and he had to return to Nigeria to join the governorship race in Anambra State in 2012.

In fact, on the day he drove into the Anambra State secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and announced himself as a governorship aspirant, many did not take him…