I feel so reluctant writing rejoinders to the uninspiring, delirous
and blackmailing submissions of Odimegwu Onwumere. Calling them articles will
be a great misnomer as his twisted pieces will hardly measure up in any way with
acceptable norms of writing. They are so much characterized with confused
verbs, non existent expressions and banal logics. To reveal his debased intent,
none of his claims are evident even when juxtaposed with the most minimal of
scales. It is unfortunate that a journalistic goon and unrepentant school
dropout will continue to insult a popularly elected, and an incumbent governor such
as Sir T.A. Orji. One thing is certain; the flagrant conflagrations ignited by
onwumere will one day consume him.
For those who do not know him and his antics, Onwumere is a
proven blackmailer and vagrant of no fixed address. He claims Rivers State and
at times Aba. It is on record that he was nabbed in UBA Port-Harcourt where he
went to pick up a blackmail payoff unaware that his victim had alerted the
security officials of the bank. According to Patrikobi an online publication, he is an ex-convict having served
time for libel. Last year he was questioned for molesting minors having laid a
good foundation for his criminal act as he pretended to run an N.G.O. Is such a
character worth our precoius time, costly mental perspiration and prized appropriation?
Check out http//juristlaws.blogspot.com/2012/08/ ‘Odimegwu Onwumere nabbed.’
From his recent publication in Mordern Ghana, an online publication, he imagined and wants people to believe that Abia State Government House is no more comfortable for His Excellency Sir T.A. Orji and so he embarks on trips abroad. He cited the last Canadian trip as an example. The world knows that the trip of the Governor and entourage was a national affair involving other state Governors and presidential aides. It was titled the ‘Nigeria-Canada Investment Summit,’ so why single the governor of Abia for oprobium if odimegwu is well intended? Other trips by the Governor are known and have achieved monumental results. His Excellency was at John Hopkins University, United States of America, where he delivered a thought-provoking lecture, hinting on Governance in Nigeria while urging Nigerians in diaspora to come home, invest, contribute their quota to home growth and partner with Government in many fields. Can there be a more patriotic service to state and nation than this?
As an accountable personality who exercises the mandate of the people, he takes time to brief Abians of his missions whenever he comes back from journeys, and I ask: is there anything wrong with that? As stated above, these trips are followed with results. Shanid Agro International is in Ohambele Ukwa East, rehabilitating the Abia Palm Estate. Shoprite, the South African Superstore chain is in Umuahia, Abia Rubber Company in Abam Arochukwu Local Government Area, enjoys a PPP contract with a foreign firm facilitated by Abia Government. There are many verifiable examples.
In March 2013, Engineer Joe Etto, the president of World Igbo
Congress in America, a reputable cultural group of Igbo extraction and lobby
group visited Abia and publicly acknowledged in an interview in the THISDAY
newspaper of April that Abia is on the right course. Daily Post online of March 25th posited same. So what else do we need?
The corrugated opinions of Odimegwu, his likes and paymasters put together fall
on T.A. Orji and Abians like blunt darts of serious regret.
Probably
his delirious ear is yet to hear about the meeting of opposition
parties in Abia compromising: ANPP, CPC, DPP, APGA, ACN. All
respectively represented by the following- Chief Cassidy Agbai-
Chairman, Kalu
kalu, Ikonne Okechukwu, Chief Ozo Abata and Chief Egwunatu Egbulefu who
jointly
and emphatically agreed to support good governance in the South East no
matter
the party.
In one month interval, the Executive Chamber of Abia State
was abuzz with quality and valuable visits from Hon Boon Intiratana, the
commercial counselor of the Royal Thai Embassy in quest of Agric Tourism and
agro processing. Ambassador Hoang Ngoc Ho, Vietnamese Ambassador to Nigeria
talked about trade cooperation in agricultural, manufacturing, construction, pharmacy
and textile. Jeffrey Hawkins, U S. consular General in Lagos with a powerful
entourage numbering over five Americans with the deputy, Mrs Dehab, mooted
ideas not too far from the former. Could these incorruptible officers of sworn
integrity and gazetted probity have left their hallowed embassies for a jamboree
in Abia?
Locally the Governor has been awarded pass marks from Federal
Government personalities. Who did not hear of the good Governance tour that
couldn’t finish visiting the projects sites because of its numerosity? The
Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, NUJ Chairman Mallam M. Garba, RATTAWO
President, Hon Yemi Gbamgbose, Mallam Lamido Sanusi who crowned the governor as
the best on youth empowerment during his Ochendo annual lecture series on APRIL
24, 2013. Are all these oracles aides of Ochendo who sing his praises?
Just last week, Hon. Ozo Mgbachi – the house committee
chairman on works visited Abia with his committee members on their oversight
functions verifying Federal Government projects especially those done by the state
for which the state is owed huge amounts. After their tour they extolled the
efforts of His Excellency in over all infrastructure and added a new appellation-
Ochendo Global. Are these sychophants too?
Monday, 20TH May 2013, Alhaji Aminu Tanbuwal, speaker
of the Federal House of Reps made a short visit and commissioned two completed
projects, the ASEPA House which was started not too long ago and the Industrial
Market at Azueke Ndume. Are these phoney people?
Abia has
recovered from many diseases inflicted by bad leadership of the past. I may not
delve into the Legacy Projects dotting the landscape of Abia like the new
workers secretariat spawning the first elevator in Abia which Odimegwu knows
too well but for his selfish interests of desperately blackmailing for his
irregular meals has refused to acknowledge lest he annoys his paymasters. Not
to worry about that, the sun is shining and the wonderful works of T.A. Orji-
Ochendo are wondrous in the eyes of men and God.
Shame on
Onwumere!
God bless Abia. May we have more Ochendos
Eddie Onuzuruike.
