Ngige swears to another ‘oath’

Chris Ngige Senator Elect

Former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chris Ngige, on Sunday stunned his supporters and guests when he stepped out of his shoes, stood barefooted and made declaration to do something in the Senate that Nigerians would never forget.
The occasion was a reception he hosted at the Tourist Garden Hotel, Awka to celebrate his election as a senator to represent Anambra Central Senatorial Zone.
He said as he stepped out of his shoes, “One promise to Nigerians is that Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige from Anambra Central Senatorial District will champion a bill that Nigerians will never forget in their lives.
“The Senate will know that some people passed through there. Even if it is for one day, or two days or for four years, Nigerians will feel the presence of Ngige and other progressive senators. It is a promise.”
He stepped back into his shoes and continued his speech, after making the promise.
A witness said it amounted to a traditional oath.
In 2003, Ngige was taken to a shrine at Okija, where he was made to swear to an oath of loyalty to his former political godfather, Chief Chris Uba.
That secret was blown open after Ngige reneged on his loyalty to Uba
He thanked the people of Anambra Central for reposing confidence in him, and promised to recover the other mandates stolen from the Action Congress of Nigeria in the last elections.
He expressed disappointment with some of his opponents, who supported former President Olusegun Obasanjo, when he engaged the former president and his supporters in the battle to free Anambra State.
“Today, they have come to Anambra State to say that they are more patriotic than Ngige. They are just behaving like the ostrich,” he said.
By Emmanuel Obe, Awka           Courtesy Of: Punch