(Ugoachataberu)
A nameless sort of huge light shined on Okpara Square Enugu yesterday, 27th January, 2023, and illuminated to its brightest fullness the wild support, goodwill, love and acceptance the PDP holds among the people of Enugu State. The clouds gathered and unleashed in torrential quantum a heavy crowd of endlessly surging multitude of supporters for the PDP. Okpara Square, Enugu was agog with a mammoth crowd emptied into it with overflowing force of natural support for the Enugu State Peoples Democratic Party, Governor Ugwuanyi and Peter Mbah, the governorship candidate of the party in the state and in fact anything whose name was associated with the PDP in Enugu State. Eyes had yet to see that kind of love, wild acceptance and goodwill the PDP commands in the state nor ears heard the chants of praises for the party and the elegance that peoples it. The state campaign of the party was flagged off at Okpara Square, Enugu and the 'ashes of the Holocaust' that swirled away into distant oblivion any opposition to the PDP has yet to die down. The embers are aglow and spread abroad. The din reverberates endlessly into the borders. Okpara Square was filled to the brim.The three-arm zone was flooded with sea of heads that overflowed to Presidential Road, Agric Bank and the Tuskana end. You would find nowhere to place your next step without stepping at the heels. All was in solidarity to the PDP and its candidates in the forthcoming general elections.
As early as 8am, the clouds had begun to muster the mist, and it was clear it would unleash it in torrents. The pavilion was already filled with who is who in the state and many did not mind they had got no seat.The innumerable canopies at the fringes were already filled and many of the support groups were yet to be contained. They did not mind as they sang and chanted, ululated, danced and capered about, flying the PDP flags, and a thousand posters and placards of the various PDP candidates and various support groups in the state. A sea of heads stretched far into the fringes redolent with thousands of canopies occupied to a man. Songs and music of all types echoed in the horizon and accentuated the glory and spectacle of the day.
Peter Ndubuisi Mbah's arrival with his running mate, the highly cerebral Ifeanyi Ossai, with their entourage, was one of the climatic moments of the occasion. The crowd erupted and surged forward, hailing and chanting the praises of the visionary young men, Mbah and Ossai. The placards flew the sky and fanned the hot weather cool as this son of man anointed to lead the people, Peter Mbah, bestrode the arena like a Colossus that he is. It was glorious an atmosphere and the love of the people for Mbah and the PDP was unmistakably shown.
Governor Ugwuanyi's arrival with the G5 governors elicited a frenzy of excitement that yet again saw the surging crowd break into paroxysmal shouts of joy, praises and chants of the appreciation of a man loved by the people, a governor whose selfless leadership and superlative scorecard have earned a place in the heart of the people. It was a sweet and glorious spectacle to behold as the live band sang the 'Ifeanyi bu onye udo' song. The crowd burst into the song in singing, dancing, in love, appreciation and utter support of the governor, Mbah and the PDP.
In fact, I am short of words with which to capture with acuity the spectacular moments that greeted the occasion. But one thing to take away from the scenic display is that Enugu is PDP and PDP Enugu. No doubt about that. Where would you come from to upstage the PDP in Enugu State? The mothers of those who would form the party have yet to be conceived. Anyone who beheld what took place at Okpara Square yesterday will agree with me that the game is over. All the PDP candidates should get ready to be sworn in. Barr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah is unarguably the next Governor of Enugu State by the special grace of the Almighty God who has called Peter to lead Enugu to Eldorado. Peter is clearly the will of the people in expression and by heart. The voice of the people is the voice of God. Whoever thinks anything else to see thinks what never shall be.
The G5 governors led by Nyeso Wike, the governor of Rivers State, were enthralled. They came, saw and believed that Ugwuanyi is in charge; they saw that as far as Enugu State is concerned, the PDP is the super power. The power of the people was unleashed. The love for Ugwuanyi was shown; the acceptance of Mbah was glaringly flaunted by the people. Even the opposition pledged their support to the governor and the party, as 12 opposition parties in Enugu State at the arena pledged their support to Ugwuanyi and the PDP, vowing to work for the PDP in order to sustain the good work Ugwuanyi had begun.
So, what else remains? Why do the heathen rage and the opposition imagine vain things? The token of opposition has utterly been frustrated by the people of Enugu State themselves. The political rascals and prodigals should leave off feeding from the pigsty and return home. They should turn back from a journey on a culdesac and come back to the bright side of the chessboard.
The PDP as constituted in Enugu State is a united team of go-getters. That sired by the lion must be strong. Ugwuanyi is the lion. He roars! Gbaa n'uzo! Ugwuanyi's indomitable spirit has rubbed off on us. Chief Augustine Nnamani, the State Chairman of the party in Enugu State, is a member; he is the son of the lion; Ikeje Asogwa, the Director General of Enugu State PDP Campaign Organisation, is a member; he is sired by the lion. We in the PDP are members, and sons of the lion. The king of the forest protects its own. The denizens that follow the lion never chew weed. The lion fends for its underlings. The denizens have many branches on the Iroko to perch. The PDP is the Iroko; the umbrella is big enough. Come in! Enugu PDP indeed is the Super Power.
