Why I Was Removed As Anambra Governor – Chris Ngige reveals

Former Governor of Anambra State, Senator Chris Ngige, has alleged that his removal from office in 2006 was largely due to his refusal to appoint prominent political figure Chris Uba as his deputy governor.

Ngige, who also served as Minister of Labour and Employment under the administration of the President Muhammadu Buhari maintained that he remains a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), although he is currently on sabbatical from active party politics.

In an interview in Abuja, Ngige said he had no regrets about his ousting from office, describing it as part of divine plan.

“I know those who were removing me. They showed their hands. They gave me conditions, and I said I won’t do them”, Ngige said.

He recalled a meeting facilitated by the late Senator Ibrahim Nasir Mantu, who allegedly delivered the conditions on behalf of the powerbrokers.

“Mantu came to me and told me the things I was supposed to do. He said somebody sent him, I said “Tell the person I would not do it”.

He came back and said, “Let us go and see the person. And the person told me the major condition would be that I should make Chris Uba my deputy governor”.

The former governor said he rejected the choice of Uba because he could kill him. And the immunity that deputy governors have, Uba could walk into his office and shoot him dead without raising any dust.

He also revealed that the people of Anambra State never liked Uba, hence his refusal.

“First, If I made him (Chris Uba) deputy governor, he would have immunity and could walk into my office my office and shoot me.

“If he shot me, nothing would happen. Stories would be told that my orderly did it by accident.

“Second, the people of Anambra would revolt against me. That’s the even more important reason because the Anambra people have seen all those people and they didn’t hide themselves”, he said.

Chris Nwabueze Ngige was the governor of Anambra State from May 2003 – March 2006 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was elected Senator in April 2011 and served as the Minister of Labour and Employment under President Muhammadu Buhari administration, from 2015-2023.

-9News Nigeria.