The Sir Paul Chukwuma Campaign Council has stated that it was its team members that actually saved Anambra State Commissioner for Youth Development, Patrick Agha Mba from the attack by angry youths in Onitsha yesterday when he blocked the entrance gate of Onitsha General Hospital now renamed Federal Medical Centre, Onitsha.
The Chukwuma Media Team in a statement released on Sunday stated that Paul Chukwuma, the Candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) for the November 8, 2025 governorship election in Anambra state had gone to the medical facility to offer assistance to the victims of the gunshot attack at Onitsha main market few days ago only to discover that the Commissioner blocked the gate to prevent the team from taking the victims to another facility where they will get better healthcare.
“A few days ago, the Governorship candidate of the YPP, Sir Paul Chukwuma, had to suspend his initial campaign plans to respond to an emergency arising from the violence meted out to innocent traders by operatives of the Anambra State Government, leading to some deaths, right in the heart of the main market in Onitsha.
“This shocking incident immediately triggered the traders to their wits’ end, leading to the destruction of vehicles belonging to the leaders of Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra State – OCHA Brigade, accused of leading the onslaught on the traders. The agency’s office was also vandalized.”
“This was the situation in the market when Sir Paul Chukwuma arrived in the main market, Onitsha, and pleaded with the traders to remain calm and law-abiding. This can be seen in the video of Paul Chukwuma’s outing in the market.
“Responding to the complaints that some of the injured traders during the attack by the government operatives have not been admitted or are not receiving adequate treatment at the hospital where they were taken, Sir Paul Chukwuma then assured that he was going to the hospital to ensure that they are treated and adequately taken care of”.
“Upon arrival at the hospital, Paul Chukwuma was asked to get an ambulance if he wanted to have the injured traders transferred to another hospital, and he complied. While the injured were taken into the waiting ambulance arranged by Paul Chukwuma, a branded sienna vehicle approached the gate and blocked the entrance gate.”
“A government official then disembarked from the vehicle and immediately proceeded to the hospital, ordering them to shut their doors. Realizing that the occupant of the sienna is a serving official of the same government whose operatives killed their relatives and injured others, some of the relatives launched an attack on the government official. In fact, the government official first earned the wrath of the people when he ordered the hospital to close its doors. This infuriated the relatives of the injured and deceased who were present. At this point, the official of the government was immediately asked to leave the place and to remove his vehicle, which he had used to block the gate.”
“The video now being shared by the same APGA government, which only a few days ago unleashed terror on innocent businessmen and women in their shops at the main market in Onitsha, suddenly dares to revive its dead conscience, days after its debased argument over virginity and DNA tests.
“The government official in the video was saved from being manhandled through the intervention of YPP team members, who tried to stop the angry traders from hitting him. This can be seen clearly in the video they are sharing.”
“The APGA government in Anambra State must take note that they are at cross purposes with the people of Anambra State, and no amount of attempts to derail credible and healthy competition from the YPP, Sir Paul Chukwuma, and his Deputy, Uzu Okagbue, can stand.”
” What we are asking is simple: the governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Soludo, must tell us what he has done with the billions of public funds he has overseen for and on behalf of the people and government of Anambra State in over three years. The Governor may wish to grandstand and put up all manner of theatrical distractions to evade accountability, but he will surely not escape the rejection of Ndi Anambra on the ballot come November 8, 2025” the statement concluded.
Credit: The Sun