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Re: An Open Letter To Senator Adetumbi - 'Enugu Is Not Bankrupt' by Dede1(m): 9:31pm On Nov 03, 2011
*Ileke-IdI:

Is that so? Tell them to take panadol, you take one too. It'll help the ache. Dont worry, I have balls enough for all.

Done posting yur anti-Yoruba threads already?



You seem to be delusional about everything and every time. Where are your so-called balls located? Please watch your mouth or fingers already.
Re: An Open Letter To Senator Adetumbi - 'Enugu Is Not Bankrupt' by Nobody: 9:44pm On Nov 03, 2011
He's still seeking for attention. . . .

Odunnu:

You too like wahala, I swear!!! grin grin

I can't argue that one.
Re: An Open Letter To Senator Adetumbi - 'Enugu Is Not Bankrupt' by ak47mann(m): 9:58pm On Nov 03, 2011
That is good, enugu state are lucky to have chime as governor cool
Re: An Open Letter To Senator Adetumbi - 'Enugu Is Not Bankrupt' by SamMilla1(m): 10:39pm On Nov 03, 2011
Ileke idi grow up or atleast grow down ( U used to be reasonable ). Either way, u will be more matured than you are now.
Re: An Open Letter To Senator Adetumbi - 'Enugu Is Not Bankrupt' by Nobody: 10:51pm On Nov 03, 2011
Seun ought to make an "Ileke-IdI complaints" section, so that those who are too grown will concentrate on the topic more and less on Ileke-IdI.

Who is next?
Re: An Open Letter To Senator Adetumbi - 'Enugu Is Not Bankrupt' by SamMilla1(m): 10:57pm On Nov 03, 2011
like u concentrated on the topic when u jumped from enugu state bank account to the the governor's bedroom.
Re: An Open Letter To Senator Adetumbi - 'Enugu Is Not Bankrupt' by Nobody: 11:00pm On Nov 03, 2011
Sam Milla:

like u concentrated on the topic when u jumped from enugu state bank account to the the governor's bedroom.

I believe that was his wife's sister, not me.
Re: An Open Letter To Senator Adetumbi - 'Enugu Is Not Bankrupt' by ambroseagu: 10:43pm On Nov 06, 2011
Regarding that wicked lie against Governor Chime, please note that
Governor Chime is INNOCENT. He is a VICTIM of a Smear Campaign.
Please Read.
A Season for Smearing our Governors: When Governors become the Hunted


By Ambrose Agu

Folks, the political opposition in Enugu State has now jettisoned real
political opposition and is now employing the reprehensible and dishonourable
tactics of outright fabrications, lies, blackmail, and demonization in its
attempt to destroy the political and PERSONAL life of Governor Sullivan chime.
Currently the opposition is prosecuting a terrible smear campaign against Gov
Chime on the internet by circulating a false story in which they spew a tale
that Governor Chime impregnated his sister-in-law. Of course this is not true.
It is a complete fabrication. Period.

But folks, apparently Gov Chime is not the
only Governor under attack by haters and detractors.

1. Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State is also under attack! In this sordid
piece Oshiomhole is accused of impregnating a teenager and even of pedophilia!
See:
http://elendureports.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2373&Itemid=1

2. "Grand Pa Governor", Gov Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State is also under
attack. This old man that can scarcely lift anything up is accused of
"out-sexing" teenage girls (LMAO!) They even used an obviously photoshopped
photo to try to support their fabrication. Click on this link to read the
ludicrous / comical story direct from the purveyor:
http://www.elombah.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5571:nigeria\
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\s-oldest-governor-murtala-nyako-in-teen-sex-escapade&catid=46:naija-gossip

3. Ex Gov Gbenga Daniel is also under attack! In this one Daniel's haters and
detrators claim that Daniel is a "bestial intimate predator", and that they have
used juju to destroy Gov Daniel's Mojo (joystick). Click on this link:
http://www.pointblanknews.com/os1041.html

4. Gov Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa is also under attck! In this one his unGodly
haters are circulating an obviously photoshopped picturewhich they claim is a
picture of a Unclad Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna State in a
Same-sex Act with fair-skinned man. You can see the picture in this link but
be warned that the picture is very disgusting and disturbing! But if you will
brave it, then click this link:
http://questionmarkmag.com/2011/01/picture-of-governor-patrick-ibrahim-yakowa-in\
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\-Same-sex-act-real-or-photoshopped/

5. Senate President David Mark is also under attack! In this one Mark's haters
are claiming that he is messing with a married woman (Adultery)! Read the story
here
http://nigeriafilms.com/news/13697/9/senate-president-david-mark-spoils-actress-\
\
\chika-i.html

6. As for Gov Chime, his own haters and detractors are circulating a fake tale
that he impregnated his sister-in-law. Folks, that story is NOT TRUE at all. The
story is a WICKED LIE! It is NOT TRUE at all. It is a sick FABRICATION aimed to
demonize and rubbish Gov Chime and smear and ridicule the entire Chime family.
There is no single truth to the story. We that reside in Enugu know all the
victims of this story and meet them quite frequently, and can CONFIRM that the
story is a WICKED FALSEHOOD! Gov Chime's detractors are indeed vicious and
terrible! This FABRICATION is a clear example of how far they are willing to go
to hurt Gov Chime and if possible destroy the Chime family unity. But we must
not encourage this extremism. Please disregard the silly story. And may God
judge the pervert who fabricated and is circulating this falsehood!

Well, I suppose all the above mean that these types of attacks come with the
territory, and that any Governor or public figure should not be too surprised if
and when this type of attack comes. As they say, uneasy lies the head the wears
the crown.
Re: An Open Letter To Senator Adetumbi - 'Enugu Is Not Bankrupt' by ambroseagu: 10:46pm On Nov 06, 2011
Still on that reference to the sicked "sex scandal" frame up, here is the response of Governor Chime to the smear. Please read:

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Gov Chime is Innocent , "MY SEX SCANDAL STORY – GOV CHIME", Read for Yourself

MY SEX SCANDAL STORY – GOV CHIME
From PETRUS OBI, Enugu
Saturday October 22, 2011
Gov Chime

Enugu State governor, Mr. Sullivan Chime, has at last broken his silence on the
rumour that he had an affair with his wife's younger sister and got her
pregnant. He said that nothing like that ever happened. According to the
governor, "no girl is nursing a baby for me."

Chime spoke on this as well as the contentious minimum wage issue, among other
things, in a chat with newsmen in Enugu.

There's a rumour that you impregnated your wife's sister. What do you have to
say?

Well, you can see I am here; you did not even finish the story; that was not the
only thing they wrote. They wrote about the non-existing female Permanent
Secretary living behind the Government House. I have tried to find out if there
is anybody that fits into that description; no such human being exists. But they
have written about it. They wrote how I was beaten up mercilessly. When you hear
such stories, you don't even come here to ask me questions; you go and verify.

The young lady they talked about, if you are interested to know, I am sure you
will be seeing her around. I can tell you sitting down here that she is one of
the most decent human beings I have ever seen. Why they chose to rubbish her, I
do not know; if they had written about, maybe, some other people, it will make
sense, but not that particular girl. I am not talking about myself; they can
write anything about me; after all, you were there when I came to seek your
support to be the governor. So, everything is not siren; they can say all sorts
of things about me. But the truth is that no such thing happened; nothing
resembling it happened; nobody had any baby boy for me. As a matter of fact, the
young girl being talked about is getting married this December; she is getting
married to an Onitsha man and was actually staying with the young man when they
alleged she was in my home in the village nursing a baby boy for me. So, it is
all nonsense.

I also learnt that I bought Piccanto cars for all the girls in Enugu; I don't
see Piccanto in Enugu; the car is not popular in Enugu; and they have not been
able to point at least one such beneficiary; I will like to know them. You stay
in Enugu and hear such stories; the first thing you should do is to look around;
you look for the Piccantos, know if they exist. Some even said it is Piccanto
Jeep. I don't know of any car like that. They are just writing all sorts of
nonsense; taking advantage of the Internet to publish nonsense.

It's unfortunately and regrettably that some local magazines have published
those articles. My lawyers are at work on those ones we can reach. You can write
anything on the Internet. You are on your own. That is the price we pay for
occupying such offices; so whenever you see me, try and make me happy because so
many things make us unhappy.

Workers in your state are saying that they were not paid last month. What's the
true position?
First, on the observation that some workers have not been fully paid for
September, I don't know if you also investigated to see if the workers worked
fully for September. No responsible government will pay you for work not done;
no responsible government, nowhere in the world will do that. In Enugu State,
the labour leaders and their workers called for strike for no reason; they were
alleging non-payment of minimum wage and we paid minimum wage, not minding that
they were even on strike at the time. We used the skeletal services we had at
the time and made sure we paid on the 25th of the month, as usual. It's on
record that throughout the South East, and I make bold to say, apart from a few
who had been paying that before, maybe throughout the country, Enugu State was
the only state that paid minimum wage, as agreed in August; we are not talking
for August; we paid for August in August. We did not just stop there; we also
agreed with labour that we will have up to October to pay the arrears; but
because of what you may call windfall, we felt we had enough to pay the arrears
and we felt there was no need waiting for October to pay the arrears. We paid
all the arrears in August. What we got in return was for the national leadership
of NLC, TUC and whatever names they answer, to come here and take our workers
for a ride. Meanwhile, these people come from states that have not paid the
minimum wage and they all came here and the workers were hailing them.

So, the workers went on strike for no reason. Thank God they have seen reason to
go back. They wasted September; the earnings we ought to have made in September,
we did not make; so we had no money to pay them. You work and you get paid; so
no sentiments about it and we made it clear before they embarked on the strike;
so it did not come to them as a shock. We had precedence. We begged them not to
go on strike; we warned them of the likely consequences, but they chose to go on
strike. So, if tomorrow the labour leaders ask workers to go on strike, I expect
the workers to ask a question, like, why are we going on strike? They have
wasted one month; nothing has come out of it. Now, they have gone back to work;
if they like, let them continue with their strike. It is the press that
encourage them; when they do something you hail them; when they came here we try
to prevent them from holding a rally because, one, it's illegal; secondly, as
the chief security officer, I think I have the right and the powers to stop
rallies or even any gathering that will cause any kind of breach of the peace.
So, we tried to do that; unfortunately they saw themselves as heroes; some
television stations were showing how they were being held hostage; so they had
their way, they went to address whoever they wanted to address and they went on
strike.

When they sneaked out of town, we did not know, until after causing the trouble.
So, it is quite unfortunate; you and I must come together to make this country
what we desire it should be. Labour, unfortunately, most regrettably went on
strike in Enugu for no reason and thank God they have found reason to go back. I
hope they continue to work and see Enugu as their state.

You were said not to be interested in paying the minimum wage, but you just said
you paid…
The minimum wage Act is straightforward; you don't need to be a lawyer to
understand it. It's a very short law, you go and read it, and we have
implemented what the law says. You ask us to increase using the same percentage
for every other person's salary; the least paid worker in the state before
earned about N8, 500; now he or she earns N18, 500; that's over 100% increase;
and you want us to increase every other person's wage, maybe including mine; we
cannot afford it and no state can, not even the Federal Government. So, the
minimum wage Act has fully been complied with; I am a lawyer. I can't do
anything that is illegal, I assure you.

Federal roads in the South East are in deplorable condition. What are you doing
about it?
We have always complained openly, not just myself as a governor but also my
colleagues in the South East. We've complained; we've complained; we've
complained. The ones we can do, we are doing with our state funds, with hope
that we will get a refund. We've done a lot of federal roads, to make sure that
our people at least move. We made attempts to see if they can give us
concessions to build those big roads and then we will be paid later, but it
didn't work; so what do you do? We have limited resources and we can't take over
those roads, unless you want to waste your money there. So, it's unfortunate but
we are not relenting; we are still talking to the authorities and we hope they
will improve on it. The Enugu/Onitsha road is very sad because as they are
working, it's failing and they want to repair it; they just built on the
nonsense already built, instead of scrapping the whole thing; so it's quite sad.

What have you done in the area of housing?
I want to start by reminding us that immediately I took over for the second term
and in forming my cabinet, we established a full-fledged ministry of housing, to
show how seriously we are taking the issue of housing. It's no longer housed by
the ministry of land; so we are taking housing very seriously; we are currently
in the process of acquiring lands for the purposes of building new estates. The
Maryland Estate, I don't know if you have been there; we have been working round
the clock to make sure that place is fully developed. From one uncompleted
building we met in 2007, about five have been completed and each has about 36
flats; so we are building; I think there are nine of them and in no time we
should be able to complete the remaining four; so we are working.
The housing corporation is also acquiring land, while the ministry of land is
making land available to the ministry of housing; so we are taking it seriously.
We certainly envisaged the influx of people, not because of Boko Haram, but we
knew, from the outset, that making Enugu habitable would attract our brothers
and sisters; they will want to comeback and stay here.

What of security?
We are taking the issue of security very seriously. This is the ember period and
people want to make more money to enjoy Christmas, but I can assure you that no
stone is being left unturned; we are doing everything possible and God willing
and in no time, we shall be able to restore that peace that Enugu is known for.
So, I am assuring you that we will have a very peaceful Christmas.

You have been accused of handpicking chairmanship candidates for the local
government election. Why should it be so?
The process that produced our chairmanship candidates was transparent; it was so
transparent, to the extent that we didn't shut out anybody; it was openly done.
I personally went to vote for my own candidate. It happened in all the local
government areas. There had to be a repeat in the few local government areas we
received complaints from. So, these things were done openly. I don't see what
can be more transparent than that. It is not me sitting here in the Government
House and telling you that I did not handpick anybody or whatever, but the
process was so transparent; we held consultations; we met ourselves; some
people, on their own, withdrew from the race; others fought till the end, until
they lost. I mean this is democracy; it happens everywhere in the world; it's
democracy; no single candidate was handpicked and if handpicked, I will like to
know who handpicked them and these things are very verifiable. It is a bit sad
that people you stay with hear story about you and they believe what they hear
from outside, rather than what they observe. So, no candidate, chairmanship or
councillorship, was handpicked by anyone.

What do you have to say about the violation controversy?
This is very strange, in the sense that if you look at the age bracket of the
victims, it's quite strange. The culprits, to me, should be examined. I don't
think they are well; they should be sick upstairs. It's not normal; why should
teenagers go after 60 to 80-year-old women, except of course we are told that
all the young girls have fled the community? If not, you can't explain this. But
we can assure you that government is not taking the issue of violation kindly. Of
course, you know the punishment for violation; anybody caught will seriously be dealt
with. It's a life jail offence; so if an 18-year-old boy wants to go to jail for
life, for playing with an 80-year-old woman, so be it. It's unfortunate.
Re: An Open Letter To Senator Adetumbi - 'Enugu Is Not Bankrupt' by ambroseagu: 10:54pm On Nov 06, 2011
And more and more voices have been speaking up to CONDEMN
that terrible and wicked FABRICATION which Governor Chime's
detractors have been spreading about Gov Chime in the media,
particularly the internet. Here is a one such condemnation by
ALL the civil society organizations in Nigeria.
Read the news item below:


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Report on Governor Chime's `sexual escapade' malicious – Group
October 25, 2011
www.blueprintng.com
By Raphael Ede

The Network of Civil Society Organisation of Nigeria has described the report on
the alleged sexual escapade of Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu state, posted on
the internet as baseless, malicious and campaign of calumny against the
governor.

The nextwork, which is an umbrella of body of over 120 civil society and
non-governmental organisations in Nigeria, stated this in a press conference
held at the NUJ press Centre in Enugu, stressing that the story authored by
online news hub Sahara Reporters was malicious.

In a communiqué signed by the secretary general and publicity secretary, Dr.
Nwambu Gabriel, and Comrade Kalu O. Victor, respectively, the group stated that
there is no rancour whatsoever between the governor's wife and any cabinet
member of his government. "There exists a cordial relationship amongst all staff
of the Government House, devoid of bitterness, acrimony or ill feeling," it
said.
Re: An Open Letter To Senator Adetumbi - 'Enugu Is Not Bankrupt' by ambroseagu: 11:01pm On Nov 06, 2011
The 'Guiltying' of Innocence , Woe to anti-Chime Hate Cultists!


Folks now you have heard it from the man himself. Gov Chime has spoken.
That whole "impregnation story" was a LIE! A baldfaced fabrication by
Gov Chime's detractors. A very, very wicked and pernicious, malicious, hateful,
demonic and deadly slander. By that terrible story the Chime detractors went
for Gov Chime's jugular. They reasoned that since Gov Chime's performance
as Governor is unassailable, perhaps then they should attack
and destroy his character, his reputation, his name, and his family unity. And
boy they sure tried to do that with that terrible story. But in the end good
always triumphs over evil.

We thank God that Gov Chime finally addressed the press on this matter because
at a point those haters began to tout Gov Chime's ignoring of/ silence
on the matter as "evidence" of "guilt". So we commend Gov Chime for finally
addressing this matter, and getting it out of the way. Now, to those haters
who concocted and spread this very wicked, terrible LIE and caused another
human being (Gov Chime) and his family so much
trouble and pain for no just cause, in the name of the people of Enugu State I
say to you:May God judge you for this evil that you have done. And may Heaven and Earth
contend against you, FOREVER, if guilty!
Re: An Open Letter To Senator Adetumbi - 'Enugu Is Not Bankrupt' by ambroseagu: 11:07pm On Nov 06, 2011
Sorry for digressing from the topic at hand to the matter of the fake "sex scandal". I stepped in to clear the air on the fake "sex scandal" matter only because another poster had made references to it. So now please feel free to revert the discussion back to the topic at hand which is:
"An Open Letter To Senator Adetumbi - 'Enugu Is Not Bankrupt'". Thanks.
Re: An Open Letter To Senator Adetumbi - 'Enugu Is Not Bankrupt' by cjfavour(m): 11:52pm On Nov 06, 2011
It is true.If nt why didn't ike ekweremmadu and other enugu senators speak up? Where they sleeping?They shld wake up,day don break.
Re: An Open Letter To Senator Adetumbi - 'Enugu Is Not Bankrupt' by HighChief4(m): 12:38am On Nov 07, 2011
^^^It is not within their jurisdiction to speak up. Its the duty of the state government to debunk that farce and not the senators

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