I waited this long before weighing in on the Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano’s contrived face-off with the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, because I thought the story was a classic case of fake news. Obiano was alleged to have called Nwodo an idiot.
I thought that was impossible particularly given the reason for the governor’s angst. My thinking was that he was too urbane and cultured that even if he was inebriated, he will not behave so aberrantly.
What was the issue? Nwodo in his capacity as leader of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation announced the group’s endorsement of Atiku Abubakar’s candidature in the February 16 poll. Abubakar is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Apparently, Obiano, who is neither a member of the PDP nor the All Progressives Congress (APC), is rooting…
