A lagos-based legal practitioner and former president of the Association of Enugu State Development Unions in Lagos, Nnabuike Edechime, has advised Enugu State governor, Sullivan Chime not to be carried away by his recent victory at the Court of Appeal which set aside the earlier decision of the tribunal that nullified his election.

In an interview with Sunday Independent in Lagos, Edechime said the governor should see himself as a father of all indigenes of Enugu State and carry everybody, including the opposition, along in his policies. "He should not be carried away by his victory. He should not start riding rough-shod over everybody in the state, including the opposition. He should see himself as a father of all, whose primary duty should be the order and good governnance of Enugu State, welfare of Enugu citizens and residents. That is his primary responsibility - to carter for everybody, not his supporters or the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)members only."

On the vicious opposition against the Chime government especially within the PDP, the lawyer advised them to either support the government of Chime or leave the party.

Said he: "The PDP members who are sabotaging Chime need to be warned. His party members who are opposing him should support the governor or leave and join another party. I am aware that what is causing tension in the state is because the other factions of PDP are up in arms against him. They should not do that. It is either they are in that party or if they are disagreeing with the governor who is the leader of the party in the state, they should go somewhere else. There are more than 50 parties. They should join another party and be visible opposition, not inside opposition, because that is causing confusion and anarchy which we don't want in the state. They are all our brothers; we should learn to live together, vie for an office and when we lose, we should be good losers, not bad losers."

Edechime also advised Chime to use of Enugu professionals both at home and in the diaspora to support his development drive in the state. "The past governments in Enugu State failed to utilise the state's enormous manpower residing in Lagos for the development of the state which is very regrettable. People rulling Enugu State over the years have generally ignored (those of them)Lagos, although occasionally, for personal reasons, they pick one person or the other, but generally they have ignored Lagos.

"But we have the brightest Enugu people in Lagos who are actually ignored by the government and it is regrettable," he said.