Mazi Gburugburu: Dr. Chima Mathew Amadi’s speech on the commencement of open campaigning.

SPEECH ON THE COMMENCEMENT OF OPEN CAMPAIGNING

By Dr. Chima Matthew Amadi (Mazi Gburugburu), Senatorial Candidate, Imo East (Owerri Zone)

Ndi Imo East, umunne m, my fathers and mothers, my brothers and sisters, distinguished party faithful, gentlemen of the press: Today, August 19th, INEC has lifted the ban on open campaigning. And I, Mazi Gburugburu, stand before you to declare without fear and without apology: the APP in Imo East is ready!

We are ready , not with empty slogans, but with ideas. Not with bags of rice at election time, but with a plan for all time. While others perfected the politics of deceit, we walked the streets of Owerri, sat with traders in Relief Market, listened to farmers in Ngor Okpala, to artisans in Mbaise, to our youths whose talents waste for lack of opportunity. Their cries have become our manifesto. Their hopes have become our covenant.

From today, we take our message to every ward and every community of Owerri Zone. We will campaign on issues , on our roads that have become rivers, on security of lives and property, on jobs for our teeming youth, on healthcare, on education, on bringing the dividends of the Senate home to Imo East, not to private pockets. We will not descend into insults or bitterness. We challenge every opponent to meet us on the field of ideas because that is a contest we cannot lose.

But hear me well, and let no one mistake our civility for weakness.

To anyone planning to intimidate our supporters – we see you, and we will resist you. To anyone plotting to harass our agents, disrupt our rallies, or threaten the good people of Imo East for daring to choose freely – know this: we will not run, we will not bow, and we will not be silenced. Gburugburu means everywhere – and everywhere in this zone, our people will stand, protected by the law, by our solidarity, and by our unshakeable resolve. Every lawful instrument – the courts, the security agencies, the watchful eyes of the world – will be deployed in defence of our right to campaign and your right to hear us.

We did not come this far to be frightened out of history. Imo East has buried too many dreams under bad leadership; we will not bury our courage too.

And beyond the campaign, let me sound this warning loud and clear: we are ready to defend our votes. Every single ballot cast by the people of Imo East will count: nothing more, nothing less. The era of writing results in hotel rooms is over. Our agents will be trained, vigilant, and present at every polling unit and every collation centre. We will watch, we will record, and we will follow every vote from the ballot box to the final declaration. Only the votes cast will count and anyone who dreams of subverting the will of Ndi Imo East should bury that dream today, because we will resist it lawfully, loudly, and to the very end.

So I charge our members: go out with boldness. Campaign with dignity. Persuade with facts. Defend one another. And to my people of Imo East: judge me by my ideas, my character, and my record: and when the day comes, let your vote thunder louder than any threat.

The campaign begins today. Mazi Gburugburu is ready. The APP is ready. Imo East, forward ever, backward never!

Unu emela! God bless Imo East. God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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