Agbazuere: Abia's Chief of Chaff

December 6 could have gone unnoticed, undetected and unannounced but for the exuberance of a certain Anthony C.B. Agbazuere who has now been suspended from office by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu for a recklessly irresponsible act of spraying cash on Odumeje who paid him a visit.

In saner climes, Agbazuere should by now be cooling his heels in EFCC detention and bundled to court for violating the law on the Naira.

While Abians have been celebrating the suspension of the Law expert from office, many more have been wondering why a man of such experience would so easily and flagrantly foul the law, bring shame to Abia State Governor and his government in particular, and to Abians in general, calling for his outright sack.

Findings have revealed that the reason Agbazuere invited the controversial pastor to his office could be far from noble. Many have alluded it to what they suspect to be Agbazuere's penchant for fetish activities and consulting sorcerers. The story from impeccable sources is that Agbazuere had hosted Odumeje in his office on one of the nights as late as 10pm while the visit was repeated the next day, only that this time round it was as late, or should I say, was as early as 1am, in the dead hours of the night.

Pray, what business transaction could Agbazuere be having with Odumeje that had to be conducted in unholy hours of the night? No matter how one looks at it, objectively, the conclusion will always be the same.

Agbazuere should also come out clean and tell Abians why he chose to host such a meeting inside Goverment House which signifies our collective destiny as a people, and not in his private residence? Was he trying to fortify the spell he was rumoured to have casted on the Governor for some time now that made him go away with several acts of gross impunity of his in the recent past? Could the spraying of cash on Odumeje be a gesture of appreciation for a job well done the previous night? What was the evil significance of Odumeje being chauffeured around our Government House in an open roof vehicle from where the pastor was waving and acting out his circus? Was that a sign that something sinister could happen to the Governor and Agbazuere will, in his warped and jaundiced imagination, somehow become the Governor through the help of his sorcerers? Or was he merely trying to hypnotise the Governor and make him do all his biddings including wielding absolute powers at the expense of the Governor and other Exco Members? Could this be why he was desperately signing correspondences that were far beyond his office, including the ones sent to the State Assembly, when the Governor took ill, when there was a sitting Deputy Governor in place then?

Things are beginning to add up now. Like Macbeth who was promised the throne by the witches, Agbazuere wanted to get there by his own means, whether foul or fair! And he, indeed, pursued it vigorously, albeit, through foul means. With the benefit of hindsight, one could now rightly ask the question, was the governor's illness then medical or was he attacked through diabolic means? Because the very poisonous propaganda suspected to be churned out by Agbazuere and his camp against the Governor in the last two days thereabout for suspending him is indicative of a man who never loved the Governor but who merely hanged around him to finish his suspected demonic mission. Such hate that will propel the wheel of hateful propaganda against one's Principal is not cultivated in just two days. It is certainly a thing that has always been there waiting for an opportunity to be unleashed!

The ill will that Agbazuere alone has brought to the Government of Dr Okezie Ikpeazu is unimaginable. Such ill will attracted to one's Principal qualifies one in that position to either be designated "Thief of Staff" for causing disquiet among Government House workers, or "Chief of Chaff" for having contributed nothing to the advancement of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu's administration other than discord, controversies caused by overambition.

As for Governor Ikpeazu, he should have nothing to fear because He that is in him is greater than He that is in the world. He, however, needs to extricate himself and his government completely from snaky and poisonous elements like Agbazuere before the damage already done by such elements become irredeemable!