THE MANY LIES AGAINST SAMDADDY AND THE TRUTH

By Lancelot Obiaku

Lies if continuously propagated, watered, fertilized and allowed a favourable ambience to thrive, will always attack and dominate truth, thereby causing individuals affected by their peddling to count loses, unreservedly.
Lies are like canker which should not be allowed a space near a priceless wood furniture, else it wreaks damage on it. Hence, no serious minded individual, public figure, group or organization smiles at lies, especially when they are unleashed by mischievous individuals with the intention to damage a reputation or deprive a price.

Since Sen. Samuel Anyanwu (Samdaddy) made his intention to govern Imo State known, a few dissenting voices opposed to this selling idea have been bandying the story that he abdicated his responsibilities as a leader in Imo PDP and sat on the fence when the party in the State was enmeshed in a seemingly intractable leadership crisis between 2016 and 2017. They make comments that he did not identify with the would be victorious Ahmed Markafi faction and other nauseating stuff like that.
I am not here to stop the merchants of lies from plying their trade, however, my interest is to set the records straight for the benefit of those who are being deceived into buying their rotten product.

Samdaddy, being the only elected PDP Senator from Imo State left in the then Markafi faction, signed and submitted the result sheets of the Ward and LGA congresses held in the 9 LGAs of Owerri Zone and Oguta LGA in Orlu Zone, which is a clear endorsement of the officers elected into the various positions of the State Working Committee (SWC). One wonders how he could have done that if he did not believe in the Markafi led national caretaker committee and the Chief Charles Ezekwem led SWC which emerged through a transparent process that he (Samdaddy) helped to organize.

Again, between 2016 and 2017, Samdaddy never stopped making his monthly financial contribution to aid the running of Imo PDP. Therefore, those asking where he was during the struggles should prove with the record available to the party that Samdaddy had fallen short of his obligations to the party, both at the State and national levels. They should also publish how much leaders of Imo PDP contributed to the renting and furnishing of the party's State Headquarters for people to compare and contrast. Samdaddy being a man who knows what it means to be a responsible leader contributed heavily to ensuring that Imo PDP today enjoys a more comfortable head office at 98 Okigwe Road, Owerri.

Furthermore, the propagators of falsehood do not like to mention that Samdaddy alone bankrolled the renting and furnishing of the new Owerri PDP Zonal office, which cost him millions. Funny enough, I never knew that it takes a man who sat on the fence when his political party was in crisis to hire and furnish an office complex for the smooth running of the same party.

Anyone having the above obnoxious notion of Samdaddy is operating in fools paradise. Samdaddy had been and still remains one of the major financiers of Imo PDP and the desperados who have failed in their attempts to pocket the party in the State and their sheepish followers cannot change this fact. Even recently at the inauguration of the Imo PDP Special Citizens Group, Samdaddy donated a brand new Bus and a huge sum of money to the group which comprises people with disabilities; a group which he (Samdaddy) is one of the brains behind. It needs not to be repeated that Samdaddy's ambition to govern Imo State is for the interest of Imo PDP as a party and all imolites in general. No wonder the party began to blossom immeasurably again after his official governorship declaration, as in him, officials and genuine members of the opposition party in Imo have seen the man who has the personality and clout to return Imo PDP to winning ways in 2019.

The pragmatic lawmaker should be given credit instead for not allowing his service to Nigeria as a nation, and more importantly, the good people of Owerri Zone and Imo State to suffer amid the crisis that prevailed in his party. He was good enough to contribute his quota to ensuring that the party came back stronger, yet meeting his obligations as a ranking Senator who is not only the Chairman of a very sensitive Senate committee, but also Vice Chairman of two other committees and member of several others.

Samdaddy does not see the things he does to lift PDP, under whose platforms he rose to prominence politically, as something for public consumption or that which to boast of, and use against other leaders of the party. The Amaimo born seasoned politician is a great team player that is naturally loved by members of his party and the public at large. Perhaps, it is on the realization of this fact that those who feel threatened by his rising profile and popularity have resorted to their infantile mongering of lies against him.

But the Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions cares little about all these. This is because he feels certain that those gathered against him to will definitely fall apart, hence any truth hidden under the sun will someday be made open. And of course, the victory of evil over good can only be temporary.

Ka Anyanwu Chaa!

All the very best to SamDaddy as long as he won't join the corrupt politicians when he makes it there.