Stop threatening civil servants in Anambra - Chidoka warns Obiano

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- A former minister of aviation has slammed the governor of Anambra state, Willie Obiano, for allegedly threatening civil servants in the state

- Osita Chidoka said the threat by the incumbent governor that they would be victimized if they do not vote for APGA in the forthcoming election is wicked

- Chidoka also said a team of lawyers have been assembled by the Chidoka campaign office to take up cases of harassment against any civil servant in Anambra state

A former minister of aviation, Osita Chidoka, has slammed the governor of Anambra state, Willie Obiano, and the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) for threatening civil servants in the state.

Chidoka accused the governor of planning to victimize the people of Anambra if they do not vote for APGA in the November 18, Anambra gubernatorial election.

In a statement released by his campaign media director, Viola Okolie, the former minister said the threat by the incumbent governor is wicked and an act of extreme desperation.

"While we know that the Obiano administration and APGA have been in morbid fear of the popularity and overwhelming public endorsement of our candidate, Chief Osita Chidoka and our great party, the United Progressive Party (UPP), it is however, to say the least, despicable that in their nervousness they are seeking to drag down innocent civil servants for rejecting them," the statement said.

However, while we salute the courage of the workers for mounting a stiff resistance and exposing this threat; and though we also know that Governor Obiano is already on his way out, the Osita Chidoka Campaign will still leave nothing to chance in protecting our civil servants, especially knowing they are dealing with very vicious elements," Chidoka campaign office said.

The statement said the office has assembled a team of lawyers to take up pro bono, any act of harassment, suspension, unwarranted transfer, query, delayed salaries, denial of promotion or any unjustified action against any civil servant before, during and after the elections.

It also said that the office is working with a team of senior labour leaders in the state to ensure that all workers at all levels are covered and protected.

"We have the list of all workers and their designations and we are set to resist, with full force, and to any length, any infraction against any of them.

Whoever advised them to threaten our civil servants has helped the Obiano administration sound its death knell as the workers, by this are now fully determined to end the harassment by dealing APGA a devastating blow at the poll.

They failed to understand that these workers are ndi Anambra, who know their rights and by nature, cannot be intimidated. Anambra belongs to all of us and nobody should try to intimidate others. The people have chosen to rally with Chief Osita Chidoka and the UPP and no amount of threat can reverse that.

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The fact remains that if the Obiano administration had done well, its backers would have no need to threaten people or act like that devious character, who, knowing that his time is up, prowls like a roaring lion seeking for who to devour," the statement said.

NAIJ.com earlier reported that the former minister had said that Anambra state deserves a better governance than what it has at the moment.

Chidoka said the people of the state must focus on electing a governor with proven character and experience in public service.

He also decried the high rate of unemployment in the state especially at the local government areas of Anambra state.

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