Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Enugu North Senatorial Bye Election and the Return of Political Jiggery-Pokery in the Coal City -By Edwin Uhara

If there is anything the forthcoming June 20th Senatorial Bye Election for Enugu North Senatorial District has brought back to the state, then it’s the reintroduction of bogus propaganda that has no correlation with realities on ground nor reflect the actual thinking of notable politicians in the state.

I was discussing with a colleague two days ago and I told him that Enugu State is getting better now because this is the only election season in the history of the state that we are not having any major political crisis.

At least, from the time of former Governor Sullivan Chime to that of Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, I have always been in the media challenging the rantings of the Abuja-based politicians against the state government over some avaricious tendencies stemed from acts of political chicanery.

This time around, the story is different as there is now unity of purpose among all political actors in the state.

But make no mistake, the peaceful atmosphere we are witnessing in the political landscape of the coal city was a product of the seed sown by a man who saw tomorrow and dedicated the state in to the “Hands of God.”

So, I was utterly flabbergasted when I saw a manufactured news story planted in some social media outlets alleging that former governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is working for the PDP candidate for the senatorial election against the candidate of our own great party- the APC.

After analyzing it, I said there was no need trying to verify from Ugwuanyi because I know he will never do such a thing and I decided to write a press statement to debunk the false narrative but before I could finish drafting my release, the ex-governor had already debunked the story in a rebuttal he personally signed.

Upon realizing this fact, I now change my intended press release to an article.

Now the question that should agitate every rational thinker is, who are those behind the false narrative?

What do they seek to achieve knowing full well that Ugwuanyi is already an Ambassador-Designate and will assume duty in Greece any moment from now?

Was it a mere political strategy designed to win the coming senatorial election for the PDP or it’s more than meets the eye?

You see, I have been in politics long enough to know that there is something called ‘creative-dysfunction’ and because of this, people who got the opportunity to be trained by the ‘Political-Gamalians’ of this country are seriously advised not to be one-way thinkers.

So, on the other side, could it be that they are some enemies within the APC who feel threatened by the rising profile of Ugwuanyi but are looking for evidence to pull him down?

Of cause, we are now in the season of dog-eat-dog politics where people look for evidence to use against their real and imaginary political enemies.

Such fake news report against Ugwuanyi may not necessarily be about invoking Article 21 of the APC Constitution which deals with anti party activities but to use it as evidence against him in relevant quarters which I don’t want to reveal here for some security reasons and for my own safety too.

This is because, I have worked in one of the most powerful lobby groups in this country and I have seen how politicians fabricate stories and sponsor them in some media outlets where their targeted victims cannot see it to debunk but only to print them and attach them as evidence to their petition against that person which they will bring to the organization to ensure that it gets to its intended destination.

When that is successfully done, their victim will be having political logjams on their way which they will not be able to figure out the cause.

This is one of the tools hirelings and political lobbyists use in pulling down certain political actors and moving them from grace to grass.

I however crave the indulgence of all lobby groups as this piece is not intended to divulge certain privileged information I have access to.

So, political propaganda is the deliberate spread of biased, one-sided and misleading information designed to manipulate public opinion and influence political beliefs or behavior in order to achieve a pre-determined political goal.

This is why politicians should be very careful even with their most trusted allies because human wants are insatiable.

In conclusion, Ugwuanyi is not only working to deliver the APC senatorial candidate come June 20th, but is working actively for President Tinubu and all APC candidates from top to bottom.

And there is nothing anybody can do about that.

So I have no charitable words for anyone who may be incensed about this unchangeable reality as well as the great value Ugwuanyi is bringing to Mr. President and our great party not only in Enugu State but in the entire Southeast Geopolitical zone.

Those who cannot withstand this reality should bear with us because it is our leader’s turn. Baba Wa Lokan!

Comrade Edwin Uhara is a former Member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council and Public Policy Analyst