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Anambra crisis could lead to another civil war – Ojukwu,- Says my people want me to be the commander-in-chief Jude Ossai, Enugu Monday, November 2, 2009 FORMER Biafran leader and Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, has raised the alarm over the political crisis in Anambra State, saying any attempt to stop the incumbent governor of the state, Mr. Peter Obi, from exercising his constitutional rights of seeking re-election in 2010 could lead to another civil war in the country. advertisement Chief Ojukwu, flanked by the National Chairman of the All Peoples Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, told journalists in his Enugu residence, on Sunday, that no country had two civil wars without suffering deeply for such a mistake, stressing that what was currently playing out in Anambra State could lead to civil war in the country. According to Chief Ojukwu, “Anambra people are looking up to me to be the commander-in-chief if there is going to be another war and I will not allow anybody to toy with and play my people around like a balloon. I will support justice at all times.” Reacting to media report that the standard-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2007 gubernatorial election, Chief Andy Uba, had gone to the Appeal Court, asking it declare him “governor in waiting,” the Ikemba warned against any move to set aside the ruling of the Supreme Court. Chief Ojukwu pointed out that the apex court had ruled that there was no vacancy in Anambra State Government House in 2007 and that the puported election that Chief Uba was claiming brought him into office ought not to have been conducted in the first place. “Appeal Court is no way superior to the Supreme Court. The pillar on which our justice stands is that the constitution is supreme. Nobody can stop the incumbent governor, Peter Obi, from exercising his constitutional rights of going for a second term. Whatever we are playing with, we must know the consequences. We are stepping into another bloody war and I do not want to be part of another civil war,” he further warned. He noted, “We are being confronted with a very dangerous situation where they want to halt the Anambra State election and we shall resist it. We must bear in mind that as we set up courts and go through our various litigations, we must remember that we cannot get something out of nothing.”