The attention of Hon.Acho Obioma media team has been drawn to a said press release by agents of Abia state government whom in their bid to thwart the truth and divert attention from the verifiable points and issues raised by the APC chieftain has led to further more exposure of the gross incompetence and mediocrity of those unfortunately in the affairs of administering our dear state.Hon Acho Obioma ordinarily would not have raised an eyebrow about the said publication but believes he owes Abians a duty to further expose the timidity and gross corruption being perpetuated by Ikpeazu and his bunch of charlatans.

It is of note that in the said press release the Abia state Governor accused Hon.Obioma of collecting 90% mobilisation in respect of the Ariam road and abandoned the job.This is the height of irresponsibility and neglect of duty for a government to admit paying a contractor 90% mobilisation in contravention to the procurement act and still left the contractor to abscond without taking adequate measures to recover the said money from the contractor.

We challenge the government to make available now to Abians the payment process stating the payment vouchers,cheques/e-payment receipts and the bank used for the payments if no such records they should now tell Abians what they did with the alleged money.The onus lies on the government to do so and should in case in the contrary the government will now meet us in court for defamation of character and Abians would also now know Ikpeazu runs a government of propaganda,lies and deceit.

Its also of note that Hon.Obioma is In court with the state government on the said contracts after repeated lies in form of promises that governor Ikpeazu has always made to the Ariam Ikwuano community on how he will pay his company to go back to site which Hon.Obioma found absurd and had to take legal action to recover monies being owed him by the state and clear his name, and we ask how can a man paid 90% upfront contract sum still take the government to court to get his money?

Why did the state government wait till Hon.Obioma's expose of the monumental fraud and ineptitude of the government which can be seen but not limited to the government appropriating the sum of one billion naira on the eastern comfort to polycorn junction road, a road less than one kilometre before they start cooking up false allegations against his person just the way they did a fortnight ago when Dr.Alex Otti raised an alarm on the government's incessant borrowings with nothing to show for such huge sums where Abia state remains the least developed state with decayed infrastructure, and civil servants going as long as nine months without being paid their salaries?

Just of recent a government that is owing salaries running into arrears of nine months, just for it's self seeking need to win re-election, having failed in providing Abians the basic necessities of life went ahead and recruited over one thousand aides for a governor, with majority of them not having portfolios or offices and also twenty seven commissioners in a state with less than fourteen ministries, just in a desperate move to gain underserved re-election,It is very funny and regreattable that a governor who keeps crying of paucity of funds when it comes to salary payments would go ahead to recruit over a thousand aides to serve as attack dogs to perceived political enemies.

The government should stop it's deceit just like they claimed to be bringing in $1.5b shoe factory which has remained elusive till date, We make bold to challenge the governor on a media tour to show us the projects he claimed he has done,locations of the projects,cost of projects,monies paid so far on the projects,stage and time of completion.

This, if the government garners enough courage to do will further expose its penchant for collecting kickbacks from contractors, mostly with the claim to bribe judges handling his several litigations and cases and his crave to always travel out of the country to buy choice properties where his children whom just before now were schooling in Nigeria but hurriedly left the country to school abroad on his assumption of office leading to his lackadaisical attitude towards paying teachers.

A man who never had a house in his village prior to being made the governor,just the other day invited his kinsmen to show off his multi billion naira mansion to them.
To showcase the mediocrity and show of shame that has become the hallmark of Ikpeazu's administration and PDP usual style took Governor Wike of Rivers state to commission three earth moving equipment inflated and bought with billions of naira whereas his contemporaries in APC controlled states are commissioning bridges and flyovers.

Abia state government today is so ridiculed for it's theft and mediocrity that even Ikpeazus predecessor today openly testifies to his failure in governance.


Signed:

Kenneth oladokun
Media aide to Hon.Acho Obioma

Ikpeazu and co ,una well done o!