The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the November 6 Anambra State governorship election, Mr Valentine Ozigbo has disclosed that he went to the primary election as an orphan.
Ozigbo made the disclosure while interacting with journalists in Awka Anambra state capital on Monday night.
According to Ozigbo , during the election , he had no godfather, but only hoping on God for success.
He said that his victory in the primary election was divine.
He also said that he is an independent minded person who does not believe in godfatherism to be in an election.
“Not even Mr Peter Obi, Tony Elumelu or any other individuals is sponsoring my election . I am sponsoring my election from my money, ” he said.
According to him, he has an idea of what he wants in Anambra, which are principally on women and youths development.
Ozigbo said that the leadership of the PDP can make suggestions to him about issues but the suggestions must be anchored on merit.
He also denied the claim that his running mate, Mrs Azuka Enemo was imposed on him by an unnamed godfather in the state .
“I decided to run along with Mrs Azuka Enemo because of her huge integrity and large support base. Nobody imposed her on me. The fact that I ran an election for two years in the state should have given me an idea of who my deputy would be.
“I am not one of the people who go to politicians to make empty promises, infact I was in the plane coincidentally with Mr Peter Obi and I told him how I would engage the leadership of Anglican Communion to get my deputy.
“I turned down the first list of the people they sent to me not because the individuals sent to me were not good but there are certain criteria I insisted must be met.” he said.
