Stop wicked lies against me, Uba tells opponents

Senator Andy Uba, a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Monday called on his opponents in the race to stop tarnishing his image with unfounded lies.

Uba appealed to the delegates of the APC to ignore such wicked campaign of calumny and choose him as the party’s flag-bearer in its primary next month.

In a statement made available to newsmen in Awka by his media aide, Arinze Igboeli, the aspirant urged the delegates “to pay no attention to such fabricated lies”.

Uba said he had a desire to serve the people of the state in a way nobody had done before.

The statement read “We have been inundated on a daily basis by a number of false stories peddled against Senator Uba by several other aspirants who we will not mention here.

“Naturally, we ought to ignore these campaign of calumny as the Senator is focused on campaigning on issues as well as uniting the party in order to defeat the incumbent in the forthcoming election.

“On a number of occasions, Senator Uba has told the delegates that he has no issues with any other aspirant; he has refused to insult other aspirants even when it is obvious that such aspirants have been going about their campaigns with unhealthy antagonism towards his aspiration.”

Continuing he said “What is important to Senator Uba is to tell the delegates what they intend to hear, how he will marshal out resources to win the election for the APC.

“What the Senator deems as necessary is how to sell the development agenda of his to the delegates and nothing more, for power belongs to God alone and only he alone can decide who will be the APC candidate and subsequently the governor of the state.”

Uba however, in the statement did not mention the nature of lies against him.

Alphonsus Nweze, Awka