How Peter Obi,Goodluck Sealed Pact On Anambra Guber Poll.

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CONTRARY to denials by leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the party had an unwritten understanding with the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the prosecution of the gubernatorial election in Anambra State which culminated in a supplementary poll on November 30, 2013, The Guardian has learnt.
The state Chairman of PDP, Ken Emeakayi and the governorship candidate of the party, Tony Nwoye, insisted that there was no understanding reached by PDP with the ruling APGA in Anambra State. Nwoye told The Guardian emphatically, “none, not at all.”
But investigations by The Guardian revealed that the pact with APGA was to the effect that after winning the November 16 governorship election, the candidate, Mr. Willie Obiano, and Governor Peter Obi’s supporters in APGA would be handed over the PDP structure in the state and “reduce the influence of cantankerous elements that made peace elusive in Anambra PDP.”
A source within the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP confided in The Guardian that the pact which was a closely guarded secret with some political actors in the Presidency set the second quarter of 2014 for Obi to lead the new Anambra governor to PDP so as to begin the process of firming up an effective support base for the President’s second term ambition.
“No matter what anybody will tell you, there was a pact for electoral collaboration between the Presidency and Governor Peter Obi’s faction in APGA. This understanding was the major reason the President was hesitant in settling the protracted crisis about who should fly the party’s flag for the Anambra gubernatorial election. The matter would have been curtailed if the President had waded in,” the source hinted.
He maintained that because of the decision to hand over the PDP structure in Anambra State to Obi and his supporters, President Goodluck Jonathan and his handlers allowed the party to weary itself in internal wrangling, stressing that it was discovered that nearly every politician in APGA in the state, including Obi, enjoyed PDP membership at some point.
The source declared: “The one issue that informed the pact was who could be fielded in PDP that could play the role Peter Obi is playing for the Presidency at this critical juncture when 2015 politics are near at hand?
“The fact is the man in charge (President) never wanted any man to defeat Obi and there was no way he could have said so unless by creating such massive crisis to ensure that PDP as it were, was destroyed in the eyes of the electorate. That is also why nobody can cancel the election; because you cannot cancel a thing the man who dictates the tune wanted for himself.”
He further disclosed that “APGA was seen to be better organised and well accepted by the masses in Anambra.” 
According to him, if there is to be a presidential election, it makes sense that APGA would seek support for the President more than any incoming governor that may not enjoy followership yet to fight political battles.
“If you bring the new governor for instance, he may not have the clout to control all the governors of the South-East. Even if the next chairman of South-East Governors’ Forum comes from Ebonyi or Abia States, you can see that they won’t have the clout to galvanise support for the President within the geo-political zone. So, there are a lot of things going for APGA in the equation for the presidential election.
“There is also fear that some of the President’s friends are mere businessmen, even those with connections with Minna. That is also why you saw the Niger State governor dilly-dallying in his political moves because there is a grand plan to change the political equation in the country,” he said.
Confronted with the details of the alleged political understanding between his party and APGA, Emeakayi stated: “There is nothing like pact with APGA or any other party; we have filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Awka, seeking to disqualify Mr. Willie Obiano and APGA. Can this be said to be action of people on a kind of pact?”