By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

The Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano has doled out a million naira to Mrs Eunice Ngozi Onuegbusi, an indigene of Ukwulu in Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State for rejecting financial inducement during last weekend’s governorship election in the state.

It was gathered that Onuegbusi who voted at Amagu, ward 1, poling unit 04 refused to take N5,000 allegedly given to her by an All Progressives Congress (APC) agent to vote for the party.

A video of the encounter eventually went viral, drawing the attention of Governor Obiano, whose party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), eventually emerged victorious in the election.

Rewarding the woman on Thursday in Awka, the state capital, Obiano said she put the progress of the state first irrespective of the temporal relief the N5,000 would have provided her.

His words: “Madam Eunice knew that though money could buy her temporary relief, that Anambra would be a better place if she voted according to her conscience.

“Victory belongs to our loyal party men and women who resisted temptations of financial inducement from rival parties to fight under the banner of APGA because they knew that victory for APGA is victory for the ordinary citizens of our dear state.

“And finally, it belongs to Ndi Anambra at home and in the Diaspora who stood behind APGA, not because we have met all the expectations of our people but because even in the foundation my team and I have laid so far, they see enough sunlight to believe that Anambra State is like the sun which is bound to rise, against all odds. That is why we won this election.”