I Didn’t Anticipate The Negative Tribunal Judgement—Ezeife

By Chuks Eke

Former Civilian Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeiife, said yesterday that he did not expect such a harsh decision from the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, but understood it was possible in a country like Nigeria.

In a phone conversation shortly after the verdict was delivered, Ezeife asked Nigerians to put the subject behind them and focus on things that will make Nigeria great.

“God endowed this country with abundant natural resources and gave us the assignment to use those natural resources wisely to convert Nigeria into a superpower,” Ezeife says, “but unfortunately, it appears that we are converting those resources to make Nigeria the world’s poverty capital.”

“God gave us the highest natural resources that no other country in the world has and expects us to use them wisely, but we are misusing the resources to the point where there is nothing left for us to fall back on; rather, we have gone borrowing without considering that he who goes borrowing, goes sorrowing.”