The Media Assistant to Mr. Peter Obi, the former gover­nor of Anambra State, Mr.Valentine Obi­enyem has described his boss as the face of APGA in Nigeria. He made this remarks yesterday while speaking to the press at the burial of the wife of late traditional ruler of Adazi-Enu, Nwakego Il­oghalu.
Obienyem said that be­sides being presented as such by Dim Chukwue­meka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, that Obi’s steadfastness made the chairman of the party, Chief Victor Umeh to present to him in Sep­tember 2003 , the APGA Most Faithful Party Man of Our Time Award.
“Obi has not changed, he has continued to make legendary sacrifices for the growth of the party against the wishes of those that saw the party as an instrument of merchandise.
The most recent of his many sacrifices was his rejection of a ministerial appointment rather than join another party as was requested of him”, Obi­enyem said
When asked to comment on the statement credited to Chief Victor Umeh’s As­sistant on Media, Mr. Stan Okeke to the effect that the claim of Obi’s sacrifice for the party was a ruse, Obi­enyem said: “I do not want to make comments on what Victor Umeh or his Assis­tant.

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