Methodist Bishop joins Abia senatorial race

News    Friday, December 3, 2010

Lagos-The Bishop of Evangelism and Discipleship, Methodist Church Nigeria, Rt. Rev. Sunday Onuoha, has declared his intention to contest a senatorial seat in Abia State.

Onuoha, who will be contesting the Abia North Senatorial seat under the platform of People's Democratic Party, PDP, seeks to unseat Senator Uche Chukwumerije.



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The clergy, who is also chairman, Vision Africa Radio (FM 101), Umuahia, announced his plan late on Wednesday at a fund-raising dinner organised by his friends in Lagos.

He told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, that he was bringing integrity, uprightness, exemplary living and experience to politics.

Onuoha had served under former President Olusegun Obasanjo as Special Adviser on Privatisation.

According to Onuoha, God has ordained him to proclaim freedom to Nigerians, hence his decision to go into politics which many perceive as dirty.

"If politics is dirty, it has to be washed. I know that there are clean people who entered into politics and came out clean, and I hope to follow their footsteps,'' he said.

Commenting on Onuoha's plan, Prof. Joe Irukwu, former Ohanaeze President, said the entrance of good men became necessary because of the degenerating quality of politics in Nigeria.

"I believe that politics and religion are concerned about human beings and how to make society better. I think the blend between religion and politics is a positive one.

"This is not the first time that I have seen the clergy trying to play a role in politics. So I think it is a positive development,'' Irukwu said.

According to him, the situation in Abia has been making many people uncomfortable.

Some of the dignitaries at the dinner were Elder Uma Eliazu, Group Managing Director, Nigeria Flour Mills; Dr Emmanuel Akwariukpabi, former Lay President, Methodist Conference of Nigeria; and Sir Remi Omotosho.

Others were Prof. Herbert Oji, MD, Suma Guaranty; Chief Theo Eke, former MD, Union Assurance Plc; Sir Ogala Osaka, MD, Nigerian Reinsurance and Eze James Ogbonnaya. (NAN)

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Prof. Joe Irukwu, former Ohanaeze President
Elder Uma Eleazu
Group Managing Director, Nigeria Flour Mills, Dr Emmanuel Akwari Ukpabi
Prof. Herbert Oji, MD, Suma Guaranty;
Chief Theo Eke, former MD, Union Assurance Plc
Sir Ogala Osaka, MD, Nigerian Reinsurance
Eze James Ogbonnaya

So all these bolded well-known Igbo bigwigs are from Abia but prefer to stay in Lagos and allow eediots like Orji Kalu and Theo Orji ruin Abia?

Abia MUST be rescued from the hands of those Okijarised Orjis and given back to the people. The State has suffered so much with a lot of dreams wasted. Abia people must insist on One Man One Vote to remove Thief After Orji and his cohorts from power. Abia Gov has become ADC to GEJ following him like a leach to commission projects in other states except his own Abia and hoping that will help him to secure a second term,

1025:

@guyman02,
i am from imo state, can we exchange governors?
come and take ohakim so that imo ppl will take orji.
do u know that our ohakim dey sale jobs to graduates who are not even sure of the jobs?
pdp is just the problem and nothing more

1025:

@guyman02,
i am from imo state, can we exchange governors?
come and take ohakim so that imo ppl will take orji.
do u know that our ohakim dey sale jobs to graduates who are not even sure of the jobs?
pdp is just the problem and nothing more

excanny:

Dude, i'm absolutely disappointed in you that you could make this kind of suggestion? Dont you have standards? You should be looking for ways that would ensure that these men end up cooling their butts in jail. Please, there must be change, and it starts with getting rid of these shameless crackheads.

Dude, i'm absolutely disappointed in you that you could make this kind of suggestion? Dont you have standards? You should be looking for ways that would ensure that these men end up cooling their butts in jail. Please, there must be change, and it starts with getting rid of these shameless crackheads.

I don't think he actually meant it, I think he was just trying to say his own governor is equally bad. No sane human being would wish to have any of them.

1025:

@excanny,
if u are disappointed in me today, there is a possibility that u will be appointed in me tomorrow. tell me what makes u think ohakim is better than orji or in which areas do u think imo is better than abia.
most ppl here can tell u the problem of abia is the two orjis and some will say is kalu's mother but nobody can tell u the problem of imo state. what we have in imo state is peaceful sharing between the elites with nobody saying anything. the state has remain dormant since the departure of late sam mbakwe and that is far back 1983.
in a bold letter; PLEASE ABIA PEOPLE SHLD COME AND TAKE OHAKIM AND GIVE US THEORDORE ORJI.
where on earth have u seen a state gov selling job opportunities to poor graduates? ohakim is out there beating revrend fathers sending them to detention for obstructing his convoy, is that not madness. what will a gov be doing with a revrend father? shame of all shames.

@NnamdiN,
if this is a sign of insanity, then i have settled for it. i mean every alphabet of that request.
abia ppl are not comfortable with the governance hence all these complain but in imo, anything goes as long as all the stakeholders get their shares at the end of every month and that is peaceful sharing. if tomorrow, abia joins the ruling party at the federal levels, nobody will hear all these complaints. i will remain insane until somebody tell me those areas ohakim use to be a better gov among the two.
it has been the case, from evan enwerem to achike udenwa down to ohakim, imo enjoys peace because the sharing is always peace among the big heads. the state has refused to grow in anything.