Between Andy Uba and Sekibo: How Impasse May Hurt Guber Ambition

King Solomon of ancient Israel said that poor people are slaves of the rich; borrow money, and you become the lender’s slave. This interesting observation is one of the many bits of advice that popular Anambra politician Senator Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba (Andy Uba, for short) would have done well to heed. Now that he has gone and locked horns with Heritage Bank, what is to become of his grand gubernatorial ambition?

The entire Nigerian social media scene is still flooded with gasps and gossips at the still-trending issue with Senator Andy Uba and his alleged indebtedness to Heritage Bank. Supposedly discharging the instructions of their MD, Ifie Sekibo, staff of Heritage Bank, were seen hanging around the residence of Senator Uba on Monday, June 21, 2021. The gist was that Uba owes the bank an unspecified sum of money, which has been the case for a few years. His reported refusal to sort out this debt forced the bank’s staff to remind him convincingly.

There is no doubt that business and politics require a touch of the divine or both enterprises will be ground into a fine powder of disappointments and regrets. Still, even with a smidge of divinity, one seldom escapes a self-brought calamity unscathed. This is what folks are saying that Uba has done to himself. Considering Uba’s goal of clinching the Anambra State gubernatorial high chair, has Heritage Bank’s Sekibo pulled out the seat from under him? That remains to be seen.

What is evident at the moment is that Senator Uba has shown himself to be someone that delays on his promises. At least, that is what folks are saying. Of course, the majority of these folks are his detractors, so there is bias. Nevertheless, the momentum he has gathered, not to mention the confidence he projected of overruling and overwhelming the oomph of the other aspirants, has collapsed like a house of cards.

Not to trumpet the obvious, but things are not looking good for Senator Uba and his gubernatorial agenda.