By Chuks Onuoha.
Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, High Chief Ikechi Emenike has said that legacies which late elder statesman, Chief Mbazulike Amechi left behind which Nigeria can borrow to grow her democracy include selfless leadership, well-grounded ideology, patriotism, standing for social justice and inclusive governance.He stated this while reacting to the passage of the nonagenarian to the great beyond, describing him as one of Nigeria’s foremost nationalists, who faithfully served the nation with all his strength.He cautioned that while the nation mourns him, they should not fail to appreciate his contributions to national development from his younger, adding that even at the ripe age of 93 years, he never abandoned the good principles and ideology that he stood for.Emenike expressed sadness over the transition of the first republic aviation minister, insisting that Nigeria has lost a great nationalist and a fearless crusader of justice, equity and fairness.Amechi was the last of the members of the famous Zikist Movement that successfully fought for Nigeria’s independence, and later became the country-s first aviation minister during the first republic.The APC Governorship hopeful for Abia urged Nigerian political leaders to imbibe the life of selflessness, good leadership and principled brand of politics that defined Amechi’s life as a politician and crusader for social justice.He recalled that during pre-Independent and post-independent political activities of Amechi, the late nationalist was “a very bright star in the political firmament and a colossus that walked the political terrain”recalling the pre-Independent and post-independent political activities of Amechi, Emenike noted that the late nationalist was “a very bright star in the political firmament and a colossus that walked the political terrain”while condoling with the family, he urged the people of Nnewi in Anambra State and Southeast people as a zone to take solace in the fact that they gave the nation a great man.Chief Amechi, he said was not only a source of pride to his place of birth but also to the entire Southeast and Nigeria in general, Emenike emphasized. END
