*CHRIS ANYANWU'S BOOK RAG TAG, FULL OF FALSEHOOD, INACCURACIES* - _OHAKIM_
*_Despite The Media Hype That Greeted The Public Presentation Of Sen. Chris Anyanwu’s Latest Book – ‘Bold Step’, Her Special Guests, Former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan And Olusegun Obasanjo Declined To Attend. The Former Chief Security Officer Of Imo State, DR. IKEDI OHAKIM Said The Leaders Refused To Attend Because The "Book Is Full Of Falsehood; A Cock And Bull Story With Inaccuracies"_*.
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*Chris Anyanwu recently released her memoir titled ‘Bold Leap’. From reviews in the media she appeared to have been hard on a few leaders in the state including yourself.*
It is natural that if a fellow of that standing comes up with a memoir, others would take interest in knowing what she is talking about. I have managed to flip through some areas to educate myself not just on the things she had to say about me personally, but also about our state and our country. So far, I am worried about some of the things she said about our country and some of her leaders. The book is full of falsehood and inaccuracies. It is obvious that she did not carry out any empirical research; which is the bane of most Nigerian writers. Most books written by Nigerians are controversial because the writers do not conduct research to find out what other authorities exist on the subject they want to treat. Anyanwu did not write as a journalist which is supposed to be her main calling. I have just read Femi Ojudu’s memoir which represents what a work from a good journalist should be. For example, in her narrative of the 2011 Imo governorship election, she just penciled down her personal opinion. In my forth book, Nigerians will be able to read the unbiased truth about Imo 2011, including statements by top military officers who Madam Anyanwu claimed she recruited to stop me from rigging. A very laughable claim.
This is a fellow who rode on the back of the military throughout her career. It was the military boys that railroaded her into becoming a commissioner during the military era and later becoming a senator. When she failed the primary election in her bid for a second term, she went back to seek the help of the same military according to her. Madam Anyanwu is one of those Nigerians who could not have gone anywhere without the patronage of the military. Madam Anyanwu in her book failed to mention that she wrote a lengthy letter of apology to Abacha and the federal government and owned up that she told lies in order to sell her magazine. I challenge her to deny that and I will publish a copy of that apology for Nigerians to see the type of person she really is.
*_Some people may not agree with you but in what other ways are her claims untrue as you say?_*
Everybody does not have to agree with me but those who know what I have just said are there. Nigerians should just wait for my forthcoming book. She lampooned the Nigerian military for bad conduct yet according to her, she used the same military to stop me from ‘rigging’ election in 2011. In other words, according to her, she used the military to truncate democracy. Was that not a perfidious act against the country and its people? Is it the job of the military to intervene in elections? Has that not been the thing Nigerians have been complaining about? We can now see those that are behind the perennial use of the military to influence election processes and their outcomes, which has been the bane of our democracy. Christiana Anyanwu is one of them. There is a saying that he who rides on the back of the tiger ends up in its belly. Anyanwu’s case is quite illustrative of this saying. The aspect that baffles me most is her claim that a sitting president, Goodluck Jonathan, gave her the approval to engage the military in the 2011 Imo governorship election. Nigerians are waiting to see how President Jonathan and his handlers will react to that claim. You can now see why Jonathan failed to show up at the book launch despite the media hype that he and President Obasanjo were going to be there. Why did Obasanjo, who allegedly wrote the foreword to the book, stay away? I am certain that she obtained that endorsement from him before the final output. Obasanjo must have decided to stay away in order not to be associated with such a rag tag book. And Jonathan must have been advised not to have anything to do with a book that defamed him by claiming that as a commander-in-chief, he authorized the use of the military to rig an election. The claim that they used the military to stop me and my party is false. It was the other way round. They used the military to rig me out through the supplementary election.
*_Talking about the 2011 Imo governorship election, what really happened?_*
Well, this is not the forum to say what really happened. Except that from what I have gathered, Madam Anyanwu might have printed just a few hundred of copies to serve as souvenir since she knew that nobody would buy her book, I would have asked you to go and obtain a copy and read. Then I would also advise that you go and read other fully documented accounts of that election and compare. You will be dismayed. As a so-called intellectual, you would expect Madam Anyanwu to be truthful in telling the story of what happened both for now and for prosperity. But she failed woefully. For example, you would notice that she refused to give details on why INEC declared the April 26, 2011 election inconclusive and scheduled a supplementary election for May 6, 2011. That was the first time Nigerians were hearing about supplementary election. Anybody who wanted to be sincere about the 2011 Imo governorship election cannot fail to give details of why INEC declared the first balloting inconclusive and what really happened on May 6 when the deed was done. But she refused to do that in order to conceal certain things. So, as far as I am concerned, her book is of no use for posterity. It is a cock and bull story. Well as I said, you wait for my own book on the real account of what happened backed with empirical evidence including now declassified security reports.
*_Extracted By GOC NWADIKE From 'The Nations Online, January 12, 2025 as_*
*_Interviewed By Chris Njoku In Owerri, Imo State_*
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