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Abia Royal Fathers Disown Chieftaincy Title Conferred on Buhari


Traditional rulers in Abia State have disowned a chieftaincy title conferred on the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Major General Muhammadu Buhari, by the traditional ruler of Eziama Aba autonomous community, Eze Isaac Ajuonu Ikonne.


The Eziama Aba monarch had on Friday honoured Buhari with the chieftaincy title of Ogbuagu I of Aba kingdom (meaning lion killer, signifying a mark of valour) when the APC presidential candidate and his entourage paid him a courtesy visit during his presidential campaign rally in Aba.

But the leadership of the Abia State Council of Traditional Rulers faulted Eze Ikonne for going beyond his domain to give a chieftaincy title encompassing the entirety of Aba, which comprises over 400 communities spread across two local government areas, namely Aba North and Aba South.

Addressing journalists at Umuahia on Sunday, the chairman of the state Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Eberechi Dick, who is the traditional ruler of Mgboko in Obingwa local government area, chided Ikonne, the Enyi I of Eziama for usurping the powers of other traditional rulers in Aba and acted as if he was the only traditional ruler in Aba.

“Eze Isaac Ajuonu Ikonne of Aba North has no powers to install Buhari as Ogbuagu I of Aba Kingdom,” he said.

He explained that since “Aba in stricter sense is made up of two local governments, namely Aba North and Aba South while as a zone, Aba is made up of nine local government areas with over 400 communities” Eze Ikonne has no power to act on behalf of the entire royal fathers whose domains are located within Aba.

“Ikonne is therefore incompetent to give somebody title on behalf of Aba. Abia traditional rulers, hereby condemn Ikonne’s resort to politics,” the Abia royal fathers council chairman stated.

Dick further upbraided Ikonne delving into politics by using the occasion of the visit APC chieftains, including Buhari, Rochas Okorocha of Imo State and Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State, who is also the Director General of Buhari campaign organisation, to attack Abia State Government and the Federal Government of Nigeria

“We disown him and his statements,” the enraged monarch said, adding that “reports reaching the state traditional rulers indicate that Ikonne was influenced to do what he did (hence) we shall investigate it and take appropriate actions.”

The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Chief Anthony Agbazuere, who was present at the press conference, accused Ikonne of turning himself into an opposition party by his consistently but incoherently misdirected attacks on Abia State government led by Governor Theodore Orji.

He said it would do Ikonne a lot of good by defining his role as a royal father and choose between being a traditional ruler and active opposition politician, adding that there was no way the Eziama royal father could operate effectively if he failed to retrace his steps.

this is pack of lies

Jonathan flops Uzor Kalu (OUK) on national awards...Award committee cautions OUK on the illegal use of MON title.
Unknown to many, the former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu actually lobbied to be given a national award (MON) but his hopes were dashed. A source at the office of the SGF told our reporter exclusively that kalu gave huge amount to a top member of the award committee to put his name on the list.
Kalu's name we gathered actually made the list but he couldn't survive the screening. Our implacable source said that the panel threw out Kalu's name as he was described as a con man. His source of income and character were questionable
First, Kalu we learnt couldn't survive the screening as he had years back given himself the title of MON, a development members of the panel described as fraudulent.
Secondly, the Panel said that Kalu is not a man of integrity as he, OUK is enmeshed in a degree certificate scandal. Thirdly kalu was disqualified based on intelligence reports which linked him to the death of one Miss Masi in his United States America home and the death of his former editor Dimgba Igwe who died a day after Dimgba confronted him (kalu) for owing them 8 months salary.
Our source hinted that kalu was devastated when he heard that he was dropped having boasted to his friends that President Jonathan has assured him of a national award.

T.A is the man,he has done better ,shame to Orji Uzor Kalu

Abia with T.A is better than Abia during Orji Kalu's tenure.Orji Kalu was a failure and he still a failure....Kudos to T.A for the work he has done so far

Ebola - Abia Health College Adds Preventive Medicine to Curriculum


As part of measures to prepare primary health care workers in handling patients with contagious diseases, the Abia State College of Health Sciences and Management Technology (ASCHMT), Aba, has included Preventive Medicare to its curriculum.

Rector, Dr. Apollos Ibelegbu, who made the disclosure during a one-day sensitisation campaign organised by the institution for health workers, students and the college staff at the school's auditorium, said the initiative was to create and share knowledge on the ways of handling the Ebola virus disease in particular, and other communicable diseases in general.

According to Ibelegbu, as a major player in the health care sector, by training the personnel for primary health care centres and hospitals, the college has a lot at stake.

"In the training of primary health care workers, we deal with issues of diseases; this is not the first time we are hearing about Ebola disease, but this is the first time it is coming into Nigeria and we know that without that index case coming from Liberia to Lagos, Nigeria would have remained Ebola-free," he said.

with a prestigious award by the World Igbo Congress for excelling in relationship building with Ndi Igbo in the Diaspora.

The award is also for a distinguished record of support by Governor Orji for the Igbo project all over the world.

This was the highpoint of the twentieth anniversary convention of the World Igbo Congress held in Houston Texas, United
States of America.

Presenting the award, the Chairman, World Igbo Congress Nze Joe Eto, said Governor Orji had over the years given unprecedented support to the congress which had tremendously impacted on its activities.

Nze Eto urged other well meaning Igbo sons and daughters to emulate the governor by identifying with the programmes of the World Igbo Congress and commended the governor for his dynamic style of
leadership which had brought positive socio-economic transformation in all sectors of the state economy.

Receiving the award, Governor Theodore Orji represented by his Special Adviser on Diaspora Matters, Chief Kingsley Megwara, reminded Ndi Igbo in the Diaspora of the need to remain committed to
the Igbo ethos of ingenuity, communal spirit and enterprise that knows no barrier in fast tracking the development of the people.
people.

Governor Orji noted that his contribution in advancing the Igbo cause was based on his philosophy that with unity of purpose, Ndi Igbo would record remarkable achievements and would excel in pursuit of their goals.

The Chairman World Igbo Congress Nze Eto was re-elected for the second term at the event which had prominent Igbo people
in attendance, including Labour and Productivity Minister Chief Emeka Nwogu, former Governor Anambra Mr. Peter Obi, Senator Hope Uzodinma, Senator Ben Obi, wife of Anambra State governor, Mrs. Ebele Obiano among others.

OPEN LETTER TO CHIEF ORJI UZOR KALU (2)
RE: What happened to the ₦1 trillion Abia earned during your tenure (1999-2007)?

My second advise or infact warning, is that you should henceforth desist from harassing Gov T.A Orji. Just think about it, are you the only Governor who disagreed with his successor in office? Why all the fuzz? Have you ever heard Dr Peter Odili, Chief Attah, Mr Donald Duke, Alhaji Bafawara, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani, Alhaji Adamu Muazu etc, say anything against their successors? There is something fundamentally childish and unbecoming about this whole episode. Can't you simply get on with your life, really? But if you choose to persist on this course, and keep abusing Governor T.A Orji, we are firmly resolved to answer you in kind. Our people have decided that this nonsense has gone on for too long. It has to come to an end now!

Let me say upfront that I had intended to make these exchanges with you, civil and educated. Apparently, you are not so minded. Your diatribe against me last Wednesday, in your Sex, Crime and Gossip tabloid, was a sickening reflection of the perverse quality of your mind and its chronic inability to rise to the rigorous demands of cerebral discourse.

I was not disappointed, knowing you, artful dodger! Your intention was to distract me from the core issue of your dismal performance as governor of our dear state and even more importantly, your prodigious squandering of the over N1 trillion Abia state earned in that period. Sorry sir, i will not fall for that cheap trick! It is the oldest trick in the business, hurling abuses in order to divert attention. Let us face the issues which i believe Abians and millions of other Nigerians are really interested in. What did you achieve as Governor in 8 years and what did you do with the N1 trillion Abia earned, internally (1GR), and externally, from the federation account? This is the question history will forever pose to you.
You were elected Governor in 1999 and entrusted with the responsibility of leading Abia State and adding value to her. It was an esteemed mandate. Abia had suffered immensely in the hands of various soldiers of fortune who governed her under the military. Umuahia, the state capital, was the epic centre of the Nigerian civil war, having served as the capital of the defunct Biafra. As a young man, many had expected you to see your election as a historic opportunity for a new generation of leaders to seize the moment and put Abia on the path of sustained socio-economic development. But eight years after the fact, what was your record? You claimed in your initial onslaught against Governor T.A Orji, that he is now converting the projects you established as his own. What projects? You assumed office in 1999 and inherited a dilapidated and ramshackle Governors lodge and residence. These facilities had been requisitioned by the first military Administration when the state was created in 1999. You spent eight years living and working in the same make shift buildings. You didn’t build a governor’s lodge.

You didn’t build a governor’s office. You didn’t build a state secretariat, (even Governor Achike Udenwa of Imo State whom you often made fun of at your dinner table built a state secretariat.) You didn’t build an office for the judiciary. The house of assembly is still occupying a temporary office. The commissioners quarters your predecessor started was not completed. Unknown to millions of Nigerians, Abia state is therefore the only state of its age where the seat of Government is still located in temporary buildings, 23 years after. For eight years, the broadcasting corporation of Abia state functioned in temporary apartments. Indeed, everything under you was temporary. You didn’t build even a single dualized road in 8 years. You didn’t build one hospital or even a maternity, or a market, except the Igbere evening market. You ignored Aba, Abia’s commercial nerve centre and allowed that great town to lose traction and become wasted. You left Umuahia worse than you met it, allowing the golden Guinnea Brewery to collapse. Sir, what did you really achieve in Abia State? What did you give to Abiriba, your next door neighbour and Arochukwu, the community you claimed to have adopted? I once asked Chief Emma Nwokoro why you treated Arochukwu so cruelly.

You ignored the collpased intra city roads and didn’t pay attention to the perennial water shortage. Yet, at every opportunity, you would go to Arochukwu visiting with many of their illustrious sons. What of Ukwa-Ngwa, what is your record there? The strategic road which passes from Umuahia through the heart of Ngwa land, Ururuka road, and which you announced on television that you would reconstruct, was abandoned. You didn’t build a stadium. You didn’t build even one secondary school. You didn’t set up a University. It was Gen Ike Nwachukwu who set up the Abia State University. Governor Evan Enwerem set up the Imo State University. Governor Sam Egwu set up Ebonyi state University.
So your Excellency, what did you achieve in Abia that T.A Orji is now claiming? Please tell me? Practically, anything of note in Abia State today which Okpara and Mbakwe did not build, was built by Gov. T.A. Orji… New governor’s lodge, new secretariat, new governor’s office, new conference centre, new judiciary complex, new general market and new office complex, etc.
THE TRIAL OF ORJI UZOR KALU.
You were elected Governor and subsequently re-elected. The governorship is a full time job. But that was not the way you saw it. For you, it was a part time job, a platform to expand your fledging business empire, SLOK, using the time and resources of Abia State. So while the fortunes of Abia state were dwindling under you, the fortunes of your SLOK business empire was expanding exponentially. While in office, you set up an airline, SLOK AIRLINE. You set up a bank, First International Bank, Gambia. When you attended board meetings of the bank in the Gambia, Abia state government usually paid your bills and the ecstacode of the officials in your entourage.
You set up a shipping line. You set up an insurance company, while a plethora of companies fronted for you in the construction business. You increased your equity in the defunct Hallmark Bank Plc. You set up a newspaper, The Sun and also applied for a license to set up a bank in Nigeria. Meanwhile, the State owned Newspaper, the Ambassador, was deliberately allowed to vegetate. You didn’t build any housing estate. Meanwhile the only one which the military government had established, the Ehimiri Housing Estate, you acquired over 24 units for your personal use.
ICING ON THE CAKE: In 2007, you took us on a tour of your palatial castle in Igbere. You were in an expansive mood that day and so failed to note that the look on my face was actually a grimace.
I was put off by the grotesque display of opulence and was greatly troubled by the sublime irony of it all. For 8 years, you built virtually nothing in Abia state, not even an office to work from or a residence to live in: And yet you built a palatial mansion, fit for a Saudi King, in your village, just 20 kilometres from Government House! You showed us the guest chalet, 72 rooms, the large lecture hall, larger in your own words than the main hall of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), the tennis courts, the various swimming pools, the 22-hole golf course, the land you mapped out for the proposed aerodrome (to land small gulf stream jets) the orchard, e.t.c, One question that kept ringing in my mind that day was not where you got the money from (the answer was quiet obvious) rather it was, “so you know how to build befitting structures and you didn’t build even a lodge for the governor of Abia State?” Your Excellency, I am still curious: why? Was it an act of wickedness or plain selfishness? Did you nurse a psychological hatred for Abia and her people? What did our people do wrong by you? How could you, a young man – given such a wonderful opportunity – so crassly abuse it? How could you have treated Abia as war booty? All the contracts in the Ministry of Information, at least during my tenure, were executed by the company belonging to your brother, Prince Nnanna Kalu. For 8 years, the Ministry of Environment was absolutely under your mother. She nominated all the commissioners and managed all the contracts. Choice real estate in Umuahia and Aba, were allocated to your family or interests representing them. And yet, when Governor T.A took over, you wanted that regime to continue. You asked him to cede the Abia State Government-owned General Hospital in Umunanto, the only one in the zone, to you to serve as the teaching hospital of your proposed SLOK University of Technology. Haba Oga, can it ever be enough? T.A’s refusal, (documented) is part of your bitterness towards him. What you may not know is that it was Abia Elders who advised him not to cede that hospital to you. They argued that you made enough money to build a hospital if you needed one.

That is also my considered view. No government in Abia State, now or in the future, should so indulge you again. You have made enough from the system. Something should be left for the people of Abia State. Abia is not a vassal of the Kalu family!
MATTERS ARISING FROM YOUR RESPONSE IN SUN NEWSPAPER
Oga, i sincerely do not relish the prospects of rummaging in the sewer with you. I believe that adults can, and in fact should conduct debates, no matter how contentious the topic, with civility. Nevertheless, I am constrained to respond in kind to you not really because I wish to descend to your gutter, but mainly to make a crucial point to you. Your Excellency, you do not possess a monopoly of rascality, loud mouth or foul language. Well, don’t blame me, you asked for this, now here goes, sir.
You accused me of disagreeing with my father, and yet buried him in style. Well, I did o! So what’s the big deal with a son disagreeing with his father on occasion? Which young man does not? But what of you; did you have a father? When did he die, and how was he buried? I am referring to the father of a governor, the self-acclaimed richest man in Abia State? You once said that your father never visited you at the Government House throughout your 8 years as governor. Please why was that so, if i may ask? Could it be because he was bitter with you? And why? Does it have anything to do with the occultic and incestuous desecration of sacred maternal values in his family? Which father would be happy to so share his wife? Indeed, your Excellency, you should be the last person to talk about morality and family values. The truth is that you have none. You are morally bankrupt, through and through. The funny thing is that it is common knowledge. You made your choice a long time ago to pursue the god of money. And I must say, you have succeeded. But the price is that you are bereft of honour and integrity. You should not complain, after all, you got what you always wanted – wealth. You believe that with money you can purchase anything. Your latest project is to become a Papal knight. Well, you are allegedly a Catholic and know the rules. So which wife will you present? Ifeoma, Ifeyinwa, Gladys or Waziri?

http://southeastnewsonline..com/2014/09/open-letter-to-chief-orji-uzor-kalu-2.html

Stop insulting Abia govt, Orji warns Kalu

Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State on Monday warned his predecessor, Orji Uzor Kalu, against persecuting his administration through the use of his newspaper.

He said Kalu should “stop running down his administration, using his ( Kalu’s ) paper as a conveyor belt.”

Orji, who took exceptions to a media report (not The PUNCH), credited to Anambra State-born billionaire politician, Arthur Eze, alleging that “Abia stinks.”

He accused Kalu of using his medium to “twist the truth and propagate falsehood.”

Briefing journalists on Monday in Umuhaia, the state Commissioner for Information, Eze Chikamnayo, said that Eze was wittingly quoted out of context by Kalu’s paper in his bid to further rubbish the efforts of Orji to reposition the state.

According to Orji, the Anambra State billionaire, who spoke during the Abia @ 23 Celebration, was only expressing his dissatisfaction with the deplorable condition of the Enugu- Port Harcourt expressway. He said he did not refer to Abia internal roads, as misrepresented by the said report.

“From what Arthur Eze said, it was obvious he was voicing his concern on the state of the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway since he drove in through Enugu and passed through the Okigwe section of the highway, which is in a very terrible state,” Orji said.

Orji noted that even the Abia State House of Assembly had recently passed a motion calling on the Federal Government to speed up the repair of the highway.

He added that he had also been positively engaging the Federal Government on key developmental projects in the state.

He said it was unpatriotic of “the former Governor to use his paper to turn Arthur Eze’s candid remarks to mean that Abia stinks,” a comment he said Eze had denied when contacted.

Orji contended that his administration had made remarkable success in infrastructural development as well as improving the standard of living of Abia residents.

He said Kalu ought to be a shining example of patriotism, warning him to desist from “his campaigns of calumny against the state government.”

He added, “Or we will be forced to use every legal means to caution him.”

“It is only obvious that Kalu is intimidated by the towering achievements recorded by the present administration in Abia, a feat which could not be achieved in his eight years of maladministration.”

The Movement For Abia Development a non governmental organization with its Headquarters in Aba has declared that any organization, persons institution or agency whose sole aim is to tarnish the image of Abia State will not succeed.

The Movement in a statement titled ITS A NEW DAWN IN ABIA released to the Press stated that the impression being created by some groups and persons that Abia is static is unacceptable.

The statement signed by Comrade Enyi Okemadu said that efforts by the Former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu to rubbish the progress made by the present administration of Chief T.A Orji is laughable.

According to the group the mess kalu left is what Governor Orji is gradually cleaning up.

Comrade Okemadu specifically said that his group is highly disappointed with Kalu and his SUN Newspapers for mis quoting Chief Arthur Eze just to give Abia a bad image.

Chief Eze during the 23rd anniversary lamented the poor state of federal roads in Abia and assured that he will speak to Mr. President on the matter, Arthur Eze never said ABIA STINKS as reflected in the said publication, Okemadu added.

Comrade Okemadu further stated that it is Kalu and his Family that almost killed Abia. He said that his movement will not sit and watch kalu and his group rubbish Abia and warned that if he continues, the movement will also react with a force that sink OUK into total oblivion.

GROUP WANTS GOV T.A ORJI T DECLARE HIS INTEREST FOR SENATE

Ahead of the 2015 general elections, a political group in Abia state, PDP Stakeholders Network says Gov. Theodore Orji’s achievements have intimidated his opponents out of the race for the Abia Central senate seat.
In a chat with newsmen in Umuahia, the group represented by its state Chairman, Goodluck Ibem, Chairman ; Public Relations Officer, Marcus Ngozi; among others, the group described the governor as the most qualified person for the seat and appealed to him to declare his interest before the end of the second week of the month of September,2014.
The group further stated that it has adopted the governor for the position because of his sterling achievements which liberation of the state from family domination and idolatry remains the most outstanding.
“Gov. Theodore Orji’s achievements have intimidated opponents of the race for the Abia Central senate seat. As at today, nobody has declared interest to run against the governor. We are appealing to him to contest for the position because he remains the most qualified person to represent Abia Central zone at the senate in 2015. We have chronicled his achievements and enduring legacies in the administration of Abia state and have endorsed him for the senate. The achievements such as building of health centres in all communities of the state, empowerment of over 5,000 youths, construction of international conference centre, construction of new government house; among others, points to the fact that Gov. Orji has laid a solid foundation for the state. He is the Moses who will take us to the Promised Land. We are appealing to you to represent us at the Senate for more enduring legacies.”
The group threatened to embark on a two million man protest march in Umuahia if the governor refuses to declare his interest in the position before the second week of September 2014.
“We have resolved that if you do not heed to our request to declare his interest before second week of September, we will mobilize a two million man protest march and will not rest until he agrees to run,” the group threatened.

ABIANS WONT FORGET IN A HURRY.

By Havilah Iheka

Without a waste of time I would have to recant what I witnessed the other day while Orji Uzor Kalu was at present in Onitsha during a devotion ritually conducted by traders .In that day he a statement that he left a legacy in Abia state,and that it is there for all to see.I was shocked by that statement and I asked myself if he was even going haywire ,perhaps he is in a dreamland.

My question is ,what is the legacy you spoke of at Onitsha during that devotion day.Was it a legacy of failure that you found which another man is trying to erase totally.If that is the legacy you meant to say,I don't disagree with you ,because I could remember it as in your tenure that you benevolently share WHEEL BARROWS to market men and women as an empowerment kits.Well,am unflappable as to your argument about legacy ,all those are legacy depending the way one looks at it because if you can empower someone with wheel barrow ,literarily ,it is empowerment.But one thing is obvious ,that is rather huge mockery to humanity and governance.

I always feel uneasy when I see you sprout out from your comfort zone to parry political issues like a goal keeper in-between the sticks; you mesmerize your gullible audience as Messi mesmerizes a weak defense line.Was it that you bought them over with the money you stole from Abia state fund to enrich your self the more ,or that they believe you with tinkered mind ,or that you have blindfolded the tentative minds with your voodoo mannerism.I use to think you and ORO ,Rochas are alike but I see something which makes him even more better a dangerous politico than you are.You are not just tricky, rather you are a con man.You have made it to the top and we are all not against your success but to still stand and share your ego to the public as a successful leader and braggart as one who achieved an Indelible feat is what i consider a misplacement of judgement ,and discomfiting in the sense that you have little or no knowledge of what SUCCESS ,& LEADERSHIP means in the proper depiction.Please Chief OUK ,It is safe to urge you to look back to old days when you the governor ,try to measure your self-acclaimed feat.Then come back to us and tell us you failed us.By then we-the quick-witted Abians will show you what legacy achievement and success means.But in the absence of that,you are not telling us any truth.

Orji Uzor Kalu Remains A Facile Liar!



Between Chameleon and Leopard, there is a wide world of difference. While the Chameleon is panchromatic and, therefore, adapts to environmental changes the leopard is stereotyped and, so, rigid. No wonder why it is usually said that the Chameleon changes its colour while the leopard never changes its colour.


wpid-Orji-Kalu.jpegTaking these two biological creatures to represent two different persons, each per person, could be a very apt analogy in the context of the unfolding exposition. Before highlighting the crux of this piece, it would be necessary to buttress the fact that it is always reasonable and logical for one to be very meticulous in the choice of animate metaphors in trying to conjure a juxtaposition. Any time objects for comparison are wrongly chosen, the anticipated result is always antithetical.



Even though I am a thinker, Orator and writer, I have had cause to be mindful and also selective of what I read. I have taken this position because the mind, no matter how strongly developed, could be subjected to pollution. As a knight of St. Christopher of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, I am very well informed that a cleric of the Anglican Communion is deeply developed in the spirit. He knows the difference between God and the devil. Still at that, he maintains his chastity by keeping a safe and incorruptible distance from the necromancer.

Sequel to the above expose, I hardly buy the sun Newspaper. Even in the internet, I seldom go searching for news from its Website. My reasons are in the plurality. One is traceable to the circumstances surrounding its initial funding and establishment, including the equipment with which the paper took off. The second is my conviction that the paper, as a corporate entity, has a policy that is geared towards the propagation of falsehood. A third reason why I do not like reading the newspaper is that the proprietor of the paper, being aware that his tenure as governor of Abia State for eight years was an abysmal chaos, unethically uses the paper to give himself and members of his family, whose only aim while he held sway in Abia State was to loot the state treasury, false protection. But on Sunday 24th August, 2014, someone drew my attention to a publication on Page 71 of Saturday Sun of the previous day. I asked a relation to buy a hard copy of the paper for me upon which I saw it was Kalu leadership series which was preposterously tagged “Theodore Orji’s endless lies”.



Because of the title of the write-up, I decided to read it not cursorily but very critically. At the end, the summary was his psychological devastation that Governor Theodore Ahamefule Orji recently alleged that he dumped him and his moribund “Progressive People’s Alliance” because “he led him and some of his commissioners to a shrine in Okija in Anambra State”.



After reading what he wasted one full page writing, I had cause to be sober and even worried. I was worried just because the fund and equipment used in establishing the sun newspaper were meant for the modernization of the State’s own Ambassador Newspaper but which, as Governor of the State, he criminally and craftly diverted to establish the Sun Newspaper as his own private media outfit. I, therefore, asked myself a rhetorical question, “if Orji Kalu were to pay for the space he used in producing and dumping this quantum of derisive and putrid irrelevance, would he be satisfied with the mercenary that wrote it for him?” I have used “Mercenary” because anybody that knows Orji Kalu would certainly tell whoever that cares to listen that Kalu’s background cannot enable him to write on his own two sentences in English language that are correct. Even when he speaks in any public forum, Abians are usually ashamed that that was the quality of a Governor they had the misfortune of having as recent as eight years ago.



On the subject–matter of his vexation and trauma, which borders on his allegation that he was lately accused of forcefully taking people to swear to an Oath of fetish allegiance, I want to say here that I am yet to read any piece in which Governor T.A. Orji, Ochendo, ever said that Orji Kalu took him to any place, including Okija, for Oath–taking. I have also not heard him say so to my hearing.



But that Ochendo has not said it does not in any way exonerate Orji Kalu from that heinous criminal intimidation of innocent Abians through the primitivity and crudeness of forceful oath–taking. As the caption of my write-up implies, Orji Kalu remains a facile liar. I say this because of his false claim that the latest in Governor T.A. Orji’s deliberate lies against him is that he dumped him because he led him and some of his commissioners to a shrine at Okija in Anambra State to swear to an Oath of allegiance”. If Orji Kalu claims that the above is the latest allegation against him, does he want to suggest that this is the first time he is being accused of coercing his followers into fetish oath–taking?



Orji Kalu in the same piece under discussion claimed that he had restrained himself from replying to Ochendo’s “insults and castigations for almost eight years”. This claim is a characteristic revelation of Orji Kalu as a pathological liar. On January 21, 2012 and on Page 71 of the Sun Newspaper, Orji Kalu came up with his lamentations titled, “Paying Back Evil for Good”. In that write-up, he fruitlessly spared no effort to paint the people’s Governor black.



Orji Uzor Kalu’s eight-year tenure as Governor of Abia State represents the darkest epoch of Abia State as a corporate entity. If it had stopped at the constitutionally stipulated eight years of his governorship, the consequences would not have been as devastating as it would later be as he, his mother; Eunice and his siblings insidiously constituted themselves as incubuses against the administration and economy of the state even in the first three years of Ochendo’s first tenure. This is to say that for eleven years; 1999 to 2010, the Orji Kalu’s family looted, raped and ravaged Abia State. It is the collective prayer of Abians that no family of such Kleptomaniacs shall ever have anything to do with the affairs of the State again in life. Lest we forget, Orji Kalu had no house of his own at Igbere before he became a Governor. The palatial mansion he lives in now at his home–town of Igbere was started and completed as Governor of Abia State. But in his characteristic misrepresentation of facts, he now claims he built the mansion long before his emergence as a Governor. Before his emergence as Governor of Abia Stat in 1998, Orji Kalu was completely a tenant in Lagos, both where he lived and where he had his office. But today, Orji Kalu has accumulated enormous wealth, in Lagos, Abuja and overseas. Being the unrepentant liar that he has always been, Kalu claims that he had acquired such property before becoming a Governor.



Orji Kalu was so shamelessly heartless in looting the treasury of Abia State that he had the temerity to buy aeroplanes and a ship in his first tenure as Governor.



Back to the question of oath–taking, Orji Kalu is only being mischievous by reminding the Ochendo–liberated people of Abia State of that holocaust that was his tenure as Governor.



I was very close to Orji Uzor Kalu and his mother. I know in their characteristic inclination to falsehood, they would deny knowing me, much more having anything to do with me. Truth is, however, as constant as the Shakespearian northern star. In 1997, Orji Kalu and a good number of Abians were in the defunct United Nigeria Congress Party; U.N.C.P. I was the State Vice Chairman of the Party incharge of Abia–South Senatorial Zone. Surveyor Rowland Onyeizu was the State Chairman of U.N.C.P. At a time, there was disagreement between the mother of Orji Kalu and Chief Onyeizu. Their misunderstanding became so intractable that things had to fall apart while the centre failed to hold.



Being Vice Chairman from Abia-South where Chief Onyeizu hailed and still hails from, I metamorphosed to being the Party Chairman via a special state congress held at Nwannedinamba Hall at Macaulay Street, Umuahia.



The following day, as early as 7a.m, the Mother of Orji Kalu; Eunice, sent her driver and a police orderly attached to the family, Corporal Douglas, to come and bring me from my country–home at Umuiku-Isi-Asa. I managed to brush up and joined them to her Nweke Street residence at Aba. There, she told me that some elders of her Bende Origin wanted to discuss with me because of the strategic importance of my position as Chairman. In my innocence, I perceived nothing diabolical in her request since I knew I would not use my position to frustrate her son’s ambition to become Governor.



We, thereafter, left Aba for Bende. Among those that were in my company were the Police corporal Doughlas and one Ifeany Nwangwu who was Chairman of U.N.C.P in Aba-North and the driver. Both Doughlas and Ifeanyi are now late. I was driven to a very remote part of Bende called Umuhuezechi. It was there that if dawned on me that I was being taken to a juju shrine for an oath–taking. The point I am making here is that Orji kalu and his mother had been taking people to shrines for oath of allegiance even before the formation of P.D.P. Orji Kalu and his mother cannot deny this fact as I had said it for the umpteenth time. I even did a full page advertorial to this effect on Page 34 of Vanguard of Friday January 11, 2013. In my different other publications on Page 61 of Nation Newspaper of January 23, 2012 and on Page 22 of Nation Newspaper of January 18, 2013 I alluded to Orji Kalu’s unpardonable atrocities of inducing followers into oath–taking.



After the proscription of United Nigeria Congress Party in 1998 following the death of military dictator Gen. Sani Abacha and the subsequent formation of People’s Democratic Party; P.D.P., Orji Kalu and his mother became extra-ordinarily intoxicated with the ungodly practice of insisting that their supporters must swear to oath to assure their loyalty. Towards the end of 2002, they had discovered the Ogwugwu shrine at Okija and because Orji Kalu had engaged himself and even the State in many absurdities of conflicts and confrontations; his unwarranted and unjustifiable fight against his Deputy; Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, his invasion of the State House of Assembly and his irresponsible confrontation against the Federal Government of President Olusegun Obasanjo, Orji Kalu and his mother felt that the only way they could be sure of any follower’s loyalty was by forcing the person to swear to an oath. It was at that period that the mother directed that I should go to Okija, sometime in January 2003, for a more re–assuring oath–taking as they had more faith in the Ogwugwu Shrine than that of Umuhuezechi. I was by then a Special Adviser to Orji Kalu. I bluntly refused this instruction and threatened that I would sue them for reparation for the one they had earlier taken me to. Besides, I made them to know that I had become a Knight of the Anglican Communion and had jettisoned the devil and its instruments of destruction. Grudgingly, they spared me but from then on there was no love lost between the Kalu’s and I.



The argument by Orji Kalu that he did not take or lead anybody to any shrine for oath taking is completely untenable. This is because he did not need to personally lead any person to a shrine as he had many partners-in-crime, who aided and abetted that act of desecration of human faith and dignity. Afterall, the day I was taken to Umuhuezechi neither his mother nor himself accompanied me. But the black saloon 504 car that conveyed us to Umuhuezechi and the goat that was presented at the shrine were provided by the family.

Orji Kalu talked of performance in his hired write–up, I just would not go into any attempt to compare his performance for eight years and Governor T. A. Orji’s five years as Orji Kalu, his mother and siblings voraciously eroded his first three years. But for purposes of stating the obvious, I have to assert that if the five years Ochendo would be staying in office as Governor as at 29 May, 2015 could be divided into ten, that is each being six months, what Orji Kalu achieved in his eight years would definitely be less than fifty percent of what Ochendo would have achieved in each of the ten six months. There can be any basis for comparison between Governor T. A. Orji and the charlatan called Orji Kalu.



Returning to my analogy between the chameleon and the leopard, I want to sympathize with Orji Kalu who, by calling Ochendo a chameleon, thinks he has used a derogatory description of the Governor Ochendo, indeed, is a chameleon and should remain a chameleon. A chameleon, as I had earlier qualified, is panchromatic and by this description, it means that any man that has characteristic features of a chameleon is capable of adaptability, flexibility and sensitivity to the aspirations of the people within his milieu. If Ochendo had not been panchromatic, he would not have been sensitive to the plight of Abians who were subjected to the extremity of exploitation, extortion and total socio-economic deprivation and devastation and, therefore would not have liberated them from Orji Kalu enslavement.



On the other hand, Orji Kalu, as the leopard that he has always been, can not change attitudinally and will never be sensitive to the feelings of the masses of Abia State whom he milked dry with his mother and siblings. Orji Kalu claimed he did over seventy–five roads within his eight years tenure. He should have had the moral courage of mentioning the roads for purposes of verification and accuracy. Kalu thinks that Abians are handicapped by amnesia but the reverse is just the case.



Each time Orji Kalu talks of reputation he built over many years, I spontaneously tell myself that the animal called man is fundamentally criminal and deceitful. Is Orji Kalu that is laying claim to reputation not the one that stuffed a carton with paper-cuttings and fraudulently presented it as a one million naira donation during Borno State Education Endowment Fund raising Ceremony in Maiduguri? Has Orji kalu, who has just woken from his left and remembered reputation, forgotten his shame–laden effort to deceive the Abia State University, Uturu when he unscrupulously bulldozed his way into the University, even as the visitor to the Institution, to gain admission as a student albeit not being in any way qualified?



It is also strategic to take note that Orji Uzor Kalu has severally claimed that he never knew that Governor T.A. Orji was characteristically cunning and deceitful. My take on this is that Orji Kalu does not realize that by making such a claim, he is only exposing his mental porosity by being incapable of effectively studying and predicting some one he had closely worked with for eight consecutive years.



Orji Kalu is humiliated and tormented by the volume of achievements recorded, so far, by Governor T.A. Orji who, contrary to his calculation, has converted his five years of liberation–administration into a construction machinery that has ceaselessly, even as the administration is winding up, churned out projects that will outlive the next three generations of Abians. Inferiority complex has certainly set in and naturally Orji Uzor kalu, who is now beating about the bush and aimlessly boxing into the air, remains a facile liar.



Chief (Sir) Don Ubani; ksc, JP

(Okwubunka of Asa)

Umuiku – Isi- Asa

Ukwa – West Local Government Area

P.M.B. 7048, Aba

Email: ubanidon@yahoo.com

Tel: 08035523360

24–08–2014

A note of gratitude on Abia Day

Author: T. A. Orji

Being the governor’s fraternal message on the 23rd anniversary of the creation of Abia State. I write this piece with an overwhelming sense of gratitude to the generality of peace-loving Abians. As a matter of fact, I lack the fitting syntax to exhaustively convey how I feel about the awe-inspiring love Abians have lavished on me these past years.

This year’s Abia Day Celebration is particularly unique in the sense that it will be the last I will celebrate with Abians in my capacity as their governor. It hurts to say goodbye, but the expediency of exiting when the ovation is loudest cannot be over-emphasised. The inauguration of any endeavour is as vital as its closing activities.

In retrospect, today evidently calls to mind how I was made a trusted instrument to fearlessly drive the much-expected new dawn in Abia, a state desirous of prosperity and a new lease of life at that time. The responsibility was enormous, especially in the face of gaping infrastructural decay and political confinement which had been the pathetic lot of Abia since creation. Application of the much-expected template, however, ushered the needed new horizon.

The victory in Abia is not that of one party over another but of freedom of Abians from political hawks who would rather delight in privatising the state and keeping the citizens perpetually at war with each other, while they mindlessly hoard and fritter away common patrimony for personal aggrandisement. It heralded the exhilarating new dawn Abians had been yearning for. Regardless of the mind-boggling infrastructural layback, which menacingly stared us in the face, we chose not to trade blames – and we did not disappoint in instituting a workable programme for effective take-off of the state.

Widening our option was considered a better approach and it earned us the needed merit for streamlining and prioritising our interventions so as not to shoot ourselves in the foot. We can always rewind to flaunt our milestones encompassing every facet of human endeavour, which humbly but steadfastly began with the health sector. Like the Biblical mustard seed, our resilience in this regard grew our health care delivery from 650 health centres located in all the nooks and crannies of the state to the icing of instituting state-of-the-art medical and diagnostic centre. Our medical tourism, which is still growing in leaps and bounds, will soon celebrate the inauguration of a 100-bed modern hospital in each of the 17 council areas of the state.

The undisputable new dawn we attained in health care fired us to broaden the laughter on our people’s faces. Thus, the capacity of our mandate to deliver was further proven and driven home when the gigantic twin Workers’ Secretariat conceived to free us from infrastructural layback sprouted like a mushroom and is aesthetically adorning the landscape of Ogurube Layout. It has motivated the right approach to work among the rank and file of Abia civil servants.

The saying that where there is a will there is a way practically played out at the positive turn of events, leading to the relocation of Umuahia Market, hitherto at Isi-Gate, to the hugely spacious and more modern Ubani neighbourhood where over 6,000 shops have been built and occupied. This feat is flamboyantly coloured with other critical necessities such as asphalted good network of roads, functioning fire services centre, and a controlled parking lot. It has rid the capital city of traffic confusion and the embarrassment of filth.

The other legacy is the classical new Government House. On completion, it will deservedly reward Abians for believing in us and free the state from a pathetic retrogression of operating from ramshackle buildings. So will the state-of-the-art International Conference Centre, JAAC and ASUBEB high-rise buildings.

Let us recall that some years back Abia was precariously turning into some sort of political Siberia as a result of high rate of insecurity. Businesses nosedived as residents fled in droves. Fear took possession of all and sundry, until our security recipe restored hope and brought about a new dawn in Abia. With the restoration of tranquillity, other blueprints vital to the sustenance and wellbeing of teeming Abians began to unveil. Consequently, our avowal to help our people to help themselves came alive with the distribution of countless empowerment vehicles to throngs of Abia youths, delivered through an ongoing window christened Abia Youth Empowerment Programme.

Time and space will not permit me to reel out other life-touching programmes championed by our administration for the benefit of our people. We are not unmindful that the totality of our socio-economic challenges may not have been addressed, but the legacies we have established will remain green. As a matter of fact, they will herald a watershed in the socio-economic illumination our state deservedly needs. I therefore sincerely express my gratitude to Abians for looking beyond my inadequacies when providence partnered with them to elect me their governor.

Perhaps it will be pertinent to acknowledge that we may have ruffled some feathers, knowingly or otherwise, in the onerous task of addressing decades of mountainous challenges prevalent in the state. I am also not dismissing the possibility that some political officeholders may have become laws unto themselves, hounding and exploiting innocent and unsuspecting Abians for their selfish interest. Naturally, every angst in this regard is directed at the chief executive, the anchor point of every buck. Let me without reservation apologise on behalf of such individuals, because we fought hard to institute peace and our persuasion is that the instrumentality of a convivial atmosphere in moving a given society forward cannot be over-emphasised.

God delivered peace in Abia State and every stratum is a beneficiary of its positive effect. This administration will continue to propagate that peace, especially as the countdown to 2015 is cascading. We can only have one governor at a time, whose tenure ceases at the expiration of eight years, leaving the choice of providing the next governor to another geopolitical entity as it is done in the wider Nigeria. No particular zone is a custodian of knowledge.

I will always posit that if preceding administrations had had the political will to leave one landmark or the other, available scarce resources channelled towards such necessities would have been deployed to tackle other mounting demands.

As we commemorate the 23rd anniversary of Abia State, we reiterate our avowal to uphold the virtues which stimulated our founding fathers to collectively work for the creation of God’s Own State.



T. A. Orji

GOD’S OWN STATE ON THE 23rd STEP

by Eddie Onuzuruike

The 27th of August every year has become an annual ritual, celebrated with fanfare of multiple hues. There is no doubt that Abia will triumph. A collocation of factors, most of them propitious are pointers that could be interpreted as good omen.
If we take a look at Abia birthday mates who have trod this earth and other epic events, you will realize that they left quantum footsteps and extra large sized shoes, too big to meet matching feet. Lyndon B Johnson, the 36th president of the United States of America was born same date in 1908. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, the 19th century German Philosopher, acclaimed worldwide for his numerous political and social theories, hit the earth on August 1770 in a place known as Stuttgart. Towering above others in service to mankind was Mother Theresa, the Yugoslavia-born Catholic nun. As captured above, she lived and died for the poor and raised charity work to the highest level. She shares the same birthday with Abia as she was born in August, 27th 1910. It is democratically instructive too that the French National Assembly issued the bill of Rights of Man and Citizen on the 27th of August in 1778.
From all the above, it is evident that Abia was born great, full of promises and like Canaan, bound to flourish with milk and honey.
Abia created in August 27, 1991 by the Ibrahim Babangida military regime was a result of hard work, diligence and synergy of the founding fathers led by Dr. Michael I. Okpara, Mr B A Wachukwu, who functioned as the deputy while Hon Dr MAO Agbara was the secretary. Other notable members are Dr. Anagha Ezeikpe, still kicking and highly articulate, Senator S M Ojukwu, J OJ Okezie, Hon S U Nwangaga and Prof. J C Ogbonnaya, former pro-chancellor of ABSU and consultant surgeon at Madonna University Elele. These men and other officers of the Abia State Movement, too numerous to mention living and dead, marched gallantly to the National Assembly in Lagos, on July 3, 1980 and made a formal presentation for the creation of Abia State. It took eleven years, after most of the activists have died for their prayers to be answered.
The first Military Administrator, Group Captain Frank Ajobena, did the pioneering work and took off with the existing structures, converting tiny education department offices of the then Ikwuano/Umuahia local Government Area and classrooms into some parts of the existent Government House. These rooms make up the rooms 1 to 20. These rooms are still in use as Government House Offices, but change is afoot with the new Government House under construction by the Ochendo administration.
A succession of military officers continued till the era of democratically elected government of Dr. Ogbonna Onu, who himself, had to go due to another military intervention. The benevolent interregnum of Gen Abdulsalam Abubarka ushered in Dr. Orji Uzo Kalu who exhausted his two terms before handing the truncheon to His Excellency, Chief Dr. Theodore Ahamefule Orji.
The founding fathers were aware of some awful experiences that emanate from political movements and struggles. Most of the time, cases abound of deprivations, neglects and slavish domination; consequently they laid a solid foundation in form of legal framework to check such ugly situations. These foolproof checks were well stated, signed, sealed and delivered. According to professor S N Nwabara, in his book, God’s own State, an account of the creation of Abia State page 43, ‘Abia will be a happy STATE, a model STATE in the Federation of Nigeria. It is to this end that the people of the proposed ABIA STATE have drawn, signed and sealed for themselves what we call THE CHARTER OF EQUITY. This is to reassure friends and opponents alike that everyone matter; that every community matter; that no part will be neglected; that there will be no domination of any group in the STATE by the other; that there will be even development of the STATE. This is what is reflected in the motto of the STATE: “ONYE AGHALA NWANNEYA”.
This Charter ranks as high as other fundamental declarations like the Magna Carta and other bills of Right. Among other articles is the power shift which is a potent inflammable factor and cause for concern in other political situations. This all-important issue of power rotation among the senatorial zones was fully addressed and has been fully adhered to. As a testimony, power has shifted from Abia North Senatorial zone to Abia Central.
Dr. T.A Orji, from Abia Central Senatorial Zone has unequivocally pledged his commitment to this document as to facilitate the power shift from the central to Abia South Senatorial Zone, notably, in 2015, his terminal date. In a Unanimous decision by the PDP Abia Caucus, ratified by the stakeholders on 21th July 2014, this zone will produce the next governor.
As a people, there are some pertinent questions we have to ask ourselves.
Where are we coming from?
What have we achieved so far?
Where are we heading?
In all these years, which persons or group have served us better?
The Holy Bible states it clearly in Proverbs chapter 29 verse 2, ‘when the righteous are on the throne the people rejoice. ’None can deny the fact that Abians have had it so good with His Excellency Dr. T.A. Orji in all sectors of human development. In infrastructural assessment, Abia leads. If previous administrations have embarked on such developmental strides like Ochendo has done, there will be no bad road in Abia. His Excellency has transformed bush paths to roads, bushes to houses and local communities to townships. Communities do not have to travel long distances with over 710 Primary Health Care centres, 250 out of these built by him in all the nooks and crannies to sooth frayed nerves as, according to him, only the healthy can enjoy dividends of democracy.
Diagnostic centres equipped with state-of-the–art machines like dialysis machines are in place not forgetting the ultra modern specialist hospital that is the toast of our brothers from neighboring states like Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers State, Ebonyi and Rivers State. Basic Education is free with free busing in Umuahia and Aba. It is instructive that all the while, T.A has not done anything else but serve people in multiple capacities. He has a trail of Legacy Projects as if to answer the question: what will you be remembered for? In answer, there are the new secretariat, new Government House and the 9000 capacity International Conference Centre which had denied Abia the hosting rights of international conferences. Others are the updated Abia State University Teaching Hospital, the judiciary complexes in Umuahia and Aba, the 48-room Broadcasting Corporation of Abia house, first of its kind in Nigeria, acknowledged by no other than Yemi Bamgbose, current RATTAWU Chieftain. The new industrial market at Azueke and the Ubani Modern Market are still making waves in the commercial world. What with the twin-tower secretariat and the E-library with an idea hub. The Governor as a change agent has laid foundations for new airport and seaport, opening new commercial frontiers. Construction of roads and other utility projects are continuous processes too numerous to be listed.
The big question is, ‘why have previous administrations forgotten these definitive projects?’ For T. A. Orji, the icing on his cake is reassembling and genuinely reconciling all Abians in one big umbrella of PDP as a house divided cannot stand. As a testimony, all Abia leaders led him to an unprecedented victory in April 2011, with Chief Onyema Ugochuwu, his hitherto political adversary playing major supportive roles. Ochendo’s honesty in keeping his promises has disarmed his former foes in the old political formation, forcing them to place their cards on the table. It is not a surprise seeing Chief Ojo Maduekwe, Vin Ogbulafo, Elder Emma Adelu, Enyi Abaribe, Chime Asonye, Senator Nkechi Nworgu and others previously tagged Talibans or Abuja politicians, dining in one ornate table. In the same vein, Abia leaders of thought hitherto cajoled, harassed and negatively profiled for their upright positions on policy issues, for these and more scampered to safety but are now back to reckoning, snuggled on the Ochendo comfort fur coats.
Crime rose to high heavens in form of horrible kidnappings and gangster-like armed robberies which forced banks on unscheduled closures, have been brought to the barest minimum. Today, Abia is the investment destination with groups like the Honeywell group, Nigerian Breweries, Guinness Nigeria, Spar, Kia Motors, TradeMore, African Independent Television, Aso Investments and International Conglomerates like Shoprite, Broadbased Communication- a fibre-optics behemoth, Embassies of Thailand, America and many others are posturing for space. Agriculture the mainstay of former Eastern Nigeria is reengineered, made attractive for our youths to migrate from being ravenous consumers to the enviable place of producers. These are just to say a few. These have multiplier effects on Abia sons and daughters in far and near as they win educational laurels.
What more can we expect other than peace, growth and tranquility?
Having come this far as a State and a sociopolitical aggregation against all odds, may we say these prayers together:
Oh lord, when the winds blow and we wobble, steady us.
If as mortals we fall, raise us,
If it gets aggressive like the kidnappings we experienced,
Give us the courage to fight and show us the escape route.
Strengthen our leaders to give us more intellectual
growth and infrastructural development. Amen!
Abians, trudge along the dreams of our founding fathers.
Happy 23rd birthday!

ORJI KALU HAD ALL THE OPPORTUNITY MAKE ABIA BETTER

He had all the chances as Governor to practically prove his love for our people. He had all the opportunities to better the lives of the people of Abia State through quality leadership but he threw away the chance. At the PDP primaries that produced former President Obasanjo as the party’s flagbearer, Orji Uzor Kalu spearheaded the failure of Dr. Alex Ekwueme, former Vice President and Ndigbo’s most notable presidential candidate. He led the coalition of young political turks that torpedoed the ambitions of the man who would have become Ndigbo’s first democratically elected President. Yet, this same man goes on and on preaching about marginalization of Ndigbo and our political asphyxiation. How convenient.
I don’t know if Dr. Ikechukwu has ever lived in Abia State. If he has, he would understand my outrage. The man he so desperately seeks to present as a political saint and business mogul laid the foundation for the rot that has bedeviled and still bedevils Abia State today.
In fairness, Orji Uzor Kalu is a successful businessman. His business acumen is widely respected. Indeed, it was one of the reasons behind his electoral success in 1999. Abians believed that a young man with such dexterity in business will help turn around the fortunes of our state. But what did we see?
We saw the liquidation of Abia Newspapers and Publishing Corporation, publishers of THE NATIONAL AMBASSADOR and the birth of a brand new publication, THE SUN owned by Orji Uzor Kalu. This happened while he was in office as Governor. What happened to the so called business skill? The argument that the State owned newspaper wasn’t making profit flies in the face of simple logic. If the venture wasn’t profitable, why would he set up his and it still survives till date employing lots of people and generating profit for him and tax for Lagos State.
While in office as Governor, he set up SLOK AIR and SLOK SHIPPING! While all these went on, the State finances experienced unprecedented hemorrhage.
A leader is assessed based on his legacies. Dr. Ikechukwu may wish to tell us Orji Uzor Kalu’s legacies in Abia State. If he has forgeotten, I will refresh his memories with just a few.
Orji Uzor Kalu left a legacy of family dominance in Abia politics and governance. It was under his tenure that the primitive concept of a family oligarchy crept in and found a permanent place in Abia politics. Strange words like MAMCRACY AND MOTHER EXCELLENCY found their ways into Abia’s political lexicon. For the first time in the history of our state, family members of the Governor became Lords and Emperors. They decided who got what, how and when. The mother of OUK became the de facto Governor of the State. Her words were like summons from the gods. She nominated key members of the State Executive Council and controlled local government councils. All the major markets in Aba and Umuahia were under her direct superintendence. Traditional rulers became pawns in her chessboard. In all of these, the people groaned under a yoke of bad leadership.
Orji Uzor Kalu left a legacy of division between the two major micro-ethnic blocs in the state. Prior to his ascendancy as Governor, the people of Old Bende and Old Aba divisions, the two major blocs in the State cohabited peacefully. It was under him that these two blocs suddenly became political enemies and sought to undermine each other. Yet this is the same man that preaches the gospel of the unity of Ndigbo.
Orji Uzor Kalu left a legacy of instability and suspicion in government. He holds the unenviable record of being the only Governor that had 3 different deputies in his 8 year misrule. Creating the impression that his deputies are not to be trusted, he orchestrated their removal from office and their subsequent replacement. From Enyinnaya Abaribe to Dr. Chima Nwafor and then to Eric Acho Nwakanma, he held his deputies by the jugular and kept them in a state of perpetual fear while they worked with him.
Orji Uzor Kalu left a legacy of institutional desecration. He remains the only state Chief Executive, who as Visitor to the State University, arm twisted the University authorities into awarding him a Bachelor’s degree as a full time student. It still baffles me how a sitting governor will have the time to attend to matters of state and still have time to pursue a full time degree programme in a University. I was a student of the Abia State University then and I looked on with shock as that very unfortunate episode unfolded. I am glad that the University authorities have done the needful.
Another perspective of Orji Uzor Kalu’s legacy of institutional desecration showed in the area of the balkanization of autonomous communities and the subsequent appointment of all manner of people as traditional rulers. Prior to his time as Governor, our traditional institutions had some tincture of decency. Only people with known pedigrees became traditional rulers. As soon as he came on board, our traditional institution became a political playground of sorts and suddenly all manner of people with questionable pedigrees became traditional rulers. Indeed, in some communities, two different people will be appointed simultaneously as traditional rulers of the same community and given certificates of recognition by the same man, thereby setting the stage for fratricidal warfare in such communities. Brothers suddenly became enemies! Yet this man claims to be passionate about Igbo unity!
Dr. Ikechukwu’s reference to the successes recorded in the aviation sector of our economy and Orji Uzor Kalu’s self appointed defence of the Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah raises curious answers.
In the first place, Princess Oduah doesn’t need anybody to defend her. Her rock solid achievements speak for her. Any person that passes through our airports regularly will bear testimony to the total transformation there. There is a deliberate and concerted attempt to change the face of our airports. No one needs any propaganda to tell anybody that serious work is going on at our airports.
This brings me to the second issue. While struggling to defend the Aviation Minister and her legacies, one wonders if Orji Uzor Kalu ever thinks of how he will be remembered. What legacies did he leave behind?
Throughout his 8 year tenure, Abia State Government operated from a temporary Government House, roads were decrepit and the few attempts made to rehabilitate them were feeble and effeminate. Those roads caved in even while he was in government. Our state ministries and departments all were housed in old and dilapidated buildings that were inherited from the old Imo State. One wonders exactly how Orji Uzor Kalu wants to be remembered. One wonders where all the money went!
Public servants and pensioners groaned under the yoke of unpaid salaries and entitlements.
Not content with his 8 year period of misrule, he still wanted to be in charge even from outside. He plotted and installed his crony to replace him and foisted on him, people to ensure total control. But nature always has its own way. His crony metamorphosed into a Frankenstein monster. The story is well known.
Today, Orji Uzor Kalu gropes in political darkness and desperately seeks avenues to remain relevant. From offering to be a Boko Haram negotiator to his latest stunt at the British parliament, he stops at nothing to be in the news. He loves attention but sadly, Abians have moved on. He belongs to our past now…our sad past.
Dr. Ikechukwu does not need to wonder whether Orji Kalu was mismanaged or whether he mismanaged himself. The answer stares in the face.
Finally, Dr. Ikechukwu is well within his rights if he decides to take on the job of a Public Relations Consultant for Orji Uzor Kalu. But in doing that, let him always remember that facts are sacred.

Buchi Ememanka,
Attorney at Law
Lagos

Long live Abia state ...security minded governor,we love you

**** Only very few courageous leaders in Nigeria will invest massively on security before building round about and planting flowers...For Governor T.A Orji, partnering with the Nigeria Army to re establish the 14 Army Brigade at Ohafia, Abia State was an investment worthwhile*****
Nigerians have been urged to encourage the Nigerian Army in the face of the current security challenges confronting the country instead of constant criticism.
Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State gave the advise in Umuahia when he received in audience the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant Gen. Kenneth Minimah who paid him a courtesy visit with other senior Army officers.
He said that the Army has been doing a very good job in fighting the Boko Haram which he said is new in the country.
Chief Orji was of the opinion that the Army has to take time to adapt to fight terrorism which according to him is totally new to Nigerians, noting that many soldiers have sacrificed their lives while fighting insurgency in the country.
He expressed confidence that the new chief of Army staff will perform creditably in office and assured him of the continued support and partnership of the Abia State government to the Army.
The Governor appreciated the Nigerian Army for the tremendous assistance it rendered to Abia State to end kidnapping as well as for the establishment of the 14 brigade of the Army at Ohafia which has enhanced security in the State and appealed to the Chief of Army Staff to provide military equipment at the Army camp at Aba, give preference to the state during Army recruitment and to ensure that the Army in the State work in synergy with the police and other security agencies in the State.
Earlier in his speech, the Chief of Army staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minima said he was in the State to visit military formations as part of his familiarization tour of the 82 Division, Enugu.
He appreciated Governor TA Orji for his assistance to the Nigerian Army which he described as exemplary and requested him to do more as the Army cannot do it alone.

Orji Lambasts Okorocha, Says APC Has Already Failed in Abia

Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has said the opposition All Progressive Congress ( APC) , can not win a polling booth in the state in the 2015 general elections as the party " does not exist in Abia".

Governor Orji who was reacting to a recent boasting by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State who said APC would take over Abia in 2015, said Okorocha is suffering from acute malaria even as he advised him to seek medical examination.

Okorocha who represented by his Deputy, Prince Eze Madumere, had while addressing a stakeholders' meeting of the South East chapter of APC held in Umuahia , said APC would sack PDP from the seat of power in the state come 2015 because " the state's fortunes have dwindled under the watch of PDP - led government".

In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Charles Ajunwa, Governor Orji reminded the Imo State Governor that "Imo people are still regretting their mistake of 2011 when he was voted into power under false pretense as a political messiah which he has proved not to be".

Governor Orji told Okorocha that most of his "policies and programmes which are neither here nor there have rather taken Imo State backwards" while he parades himself as a progressive leader.

" Your rescue mission has failed to rescue Imo and how do you think you can deceive Abians with your political rhetoric and gimmicks? People are now wiser, your tricks in 2011 cannot work for you again. Stop deceiving yourself South-east has no space for you and your APC in 2015".

The Governor also told Okorocha to " stop wasting Imo resources on his imaginary Vice - Presidential ambition but instead deploy them on projects that will benefit the ordinary man as exemplified in Abia ", adding that "very soon it will dawn on Okorocha that he has travelled deep into a political wilderness accompanied by sycophants who will soon desert him."


He said that contrary to Okorocha's propaganda, his PDP - led administration in Abia has posted some undeniable legacy projects across the state which "the likes of Okorocha will never be able to achieve."

He therefore, advised the Imo Governor to fight for his political survival as his abysmal performances so far in office has proved him to be a disappointment rather than the messiah he claimed to be.

Governor Orji assured that in 2015 PDP would replicate the victory it recorded in 2011 when it was overwhelming voted by the people of the state and South-east at large based on the antecedents of its candidates which they have continued to consolidate on.

ORJI UZOR KALU: A MAN WITHOUT SHAME
By Frankie James
“His speech at every public or private event begins and ends with my name, as if he has no other business in governance other than to abuse Orji Kalu. Not only that: he goes about telling all kinds of naked lies in order to soil my reputation. He also goes to gossip to the President and his wife about me, telling them unprintable things, just to disfavour me. He tells anybody he encoun¬ters – businessmen and women, politicians, the clergy, traders, farmers, drivers, carpen¬ters, bricklayers, the high and mighty, lowly people, and just anybody – that I am his sworn enemy. He also takes his campaign of hate against me to the Diaspora. The situ¬ation is really getting out of hand”
I have just extracted the lines above from an article on SUN Newspapers of August 16, 2014 written by Orji Uzor Kalu entitled “The Chameleon in Orji”. The first thing that struck me was , Orji Uzor Kalu may be suffering from chronic sight and sound disease. For those who may have forgotten, OUK was Governor of Abia State for Eight wasted years. It therefore amounts to madness for him to think anybody would need to damage his reputation. For a start, OUK has no reputation. Common law of libel teaches us that a man who has no reputation cannot claim to have had his reputation injured. OUK may have gone down in the history of Abia politics as the most shameless and conscienceless Governor to have ruled the State. Nobody is haunting Orji Uzor Kalu. He is simply being haunted by his flagrant display of ineptitude, ignorance, cluelessness and visionless leadership in Abia for eight years. OUK is being haunted by his character as a pathological liar and doomsday democrat who missed the golden opportunity of his writing his name in the hearts of Abians.
Governor T.A. Orji should please don’t mind OUK. He should not give him the honor of a reply because facts speak for themselves. OUK has plastic ears and wants to perpetually rue the loss of a personal estate, which Abia was under his custody. It is scandalous and pitiable for OUK to tell the whole world that he actually signed documents from TAO his Chief of Staff without cross checking them. Is it not a case of personal indictment coming from OUK a stark illiterate who allowed his witch mother to oversee the affairs of over two million Abians in the most dastardly manner?
If you think I am crying wolf, I urge you to patiently glance through these facts:
1. The stark illiterate said he was going to make Abia the fastest growing State Economy. At the end of eight years, he sold off Golden Guinea, Umuahia Ceramic Industry (UCI) and Enyimba Hotels throwing well over 5,000 Abians out of gainful employment. TAO is currently revitalizing Golden Guinea having wriggled out of the illiterate OUK’s legal bottlenecks while working hard to recover Enyimba Hotels and UCI.
2. OUK closed the State University Teaching Hospital for nine months, exposing Abians to excruciating healthcare delivery system. Today, under TAO; Abia has the most well – equipped Specialist/­Diagnostic Center (upgraded to Teaching Hospital standard) and a world class Eye Hospital, South Nigeria.
3. OUK converted Abians to Wheelbarrow and Truck pushers. Today, well over 2,000 Abia Youths have been empowered with vehicles; completely free of charge in what is adjudged the most realistic Youth Empowerment Programme.
4. This fifth columnist called OUK, self - acclaimed International Business man, lived in a rented Government House with gross economic implication of over one billion naira annual rent. Today, TAO is set to deliver a world class Government House to Abians
5. Civil Servants under OUK worked under horrible environments, under trees and in shabby houses scattered in all nooks and crannies of Abia. Today TAO has built, furnished and relocated all Ministries in Abia to a twin multi – billion naira Workers’ Secretariat.
6. OUK encouraged street trading in Umuahia, the only capital city in Nigeria without a standard market. Today, TAO has practically ended Street Trading in Umuahia, building two world class markets to boost economic returns for both government and traders.
7. OUK who did not know the value of education, built lock – up shops around our schools, while majority of these schools were converted to refuse dumps. The Gigantic model school standing at Abayi, Aba with similar ones replicated in all seventeen LGAs in Abia is the only “gossip” TAO needs to tell the world that he succeeded a non – achiever.
8. Let OUK visit Power line leading to the street where his late ‘father’ lived in Aba. Let him compare the state of the road now with its squalor status while he lasted as Governor of Abia State.
9. Enyimba Football, which is OUK’s visible claim of success now has a bank account and functional administration. As daft as OUK was, his Enyimba, run like his private business could not supply CAF a valid corporate account in 2003 when they emerged CAF Champions League winners. That is what happens when you give a secondary school dropout mandate to govern a State. Enyimba is still winning but with a better corporate identity.
10. OUK chastised Abians with harmful scorpions. Today, TAO is building bridges of peace and erecting indestructible foundations that were elusive under OUK.
Please, who will help me shut OUK up for life. He has no shame and should be reminded in simple language that” ihe agba n’aka; ejeghi enyo ele ya”.
Frankie James a rapid response journalist writes from Scotland

Abia’s new approach to governance


Uche Nwosu:
According to Bronson Alcott (1799-1888), an America philosopher, “to be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant”. In fact, this is the best way to describe critics of Gov T.A. Orji of Abia state who, rather than appreciate the socio-economic and political revolution ongoing in Abia state, decided to hurl brickbats to deceive the ignorant on the Abia Project and thereby make themselves happy.

If we can recollect the words of Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914), an America writer; “Fool is he that pervades the domain of intellectual speculation and diffuses himself through the channels of moral activity”. For one to see a good and enduring work and decides to disparage it, ie standing the truth on the head because of pecuniary considerations, is indeed to make jest of the truth.

It beats one’s imagination that critics of Chief T.A. Orji’s administration (Ochendo Global) could be so pedestrian and hollow in their analysis of the events which ultimately lead them to present hollow criticisms on the Abia Project and makes one to conclude that those critics have nothing to offer except to join in stamping and in fact engraving his (Ochendo’s) name in the marble of gold as it has been widely acclaimed.


If his critics have run out of ideas on what to write concerning the administration’s positive running of the state affairs, they should shut up. Numerous developmental projects stand tall for prosperity to behold. Are we talking about the massive construction and reconstruction of infrastructures in the towns and communities of the state, the administrations building of multi-million naira and internationally acclaimed modern health institutions, including a network of roads or the well organized security network now in place?

Before the inception of the Ochendo’s government, electricity was very epileptic, insecurity was at its crescendo, unemployment was spirally on the increase while the economy snow-dived to the point of leading the state to bankruptcy. Gov. Orji’s detractors saw that as an opportunity to blackmail the government despite the glaring evidence that the problem started from his predecessors. Now, having fixed the economy, empowered the women and youths and made electricity to glow continually in Umuahia and environs through the installation of 132kv sub-station of the then Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), hecklers of the Abia state administration are now talking about Village Bridge that collapsed recently as one Odimegwu Onwumere recently wrote.

If we accept the facts that only one bridge, the Igwu Bridge suddenly gave way, making it impossible for the Ndi Ebe Abam people to connect with other villages, does it not point to fact that the administration is alive to its responsibilities, having built so many bridges and roads: an aftermath of which made one single bridge that recently collapsed on July 1, 2014 a headline news?

Consequently, their resort to criticizing the government on its alleged inability to fix infinitesimal project, like a village bridge, is a clear testimony that they have accepted the fact that the administration has taken care of bigger and much pressing projects. Certainly, they have come short of acknowledging the fact that Gov. Orji is carrying a revolution no other governor of the state has ever carried out since the creation of Abia state in 1991. People call it a revolution because, for the first time in the history of the state, a new government house is being built, twin secretariat for public servants have been completed and currently being used while housing estates are springing up in Umuahia, Aba and some communities in the state.


But has the Igwu Bridge collapsed and vehicles still ply on it? If the critics said the bridge was in bad shape, it would have been understandable. Actually, the bridge got dilapidated some months back and had to be fixed by the State Ministry of Works pending the expiration of the raining season when comprehensive rehabilitation would be done on it. But unlike some projects which receive some bashing following constant rains, the bridge may have been affected by the pounding of the rains.

But that does not make it totally unused as minimal movements on that Umuahia-Bende-Ohafia road is still on. Motorists still ply on the roads and make their ways to and from Ohafia. Aside the road, there are other roads which the people could access to get to other communities and towns including their neighbouring communities. It is a truism that many roads in the state including the ones in Arochukwu/Ohafia federal constituency have been put in good shape.

Accordingly, the once dilapidated, ridiculed and maligned Abia state has been upped to the point that its economy flourishes, its women and youths empowered and provided for, while the residents have their environment and properties secured at a time insecurity is on the increase in the country. Indeed, a night in Abia is beauteous, calm and free. Residents and Visitors relish this system of goodly feast. It is the philosophy of Ochendoism at work.

Gov Orji started working for Abia when he was sworn in May 29, 2007 as the third executive governor of Abia state and did increase the tempo of performance in his second term of office. One of his remarkable achievements is the assemblies of hitherto political enemies into one large and accommodating umbrella. For people who disagreed politically since 1999 when the fourth republic came into being to have agreed to work together under a common front to move the state forward shows that politics is actually a doctrine of possible and a concept that is attainable.

In Abia today the three arms of government work in concordance. Rule of law reigns supreme. Judicial officials are provided with the logistics as well as some cozy offices to perform their onerous task of dispensing justices without fear or favour. The administration not only ensures that the people have unrestrained access to justices, it equally emphasis the fact that the good of the people is the highest law. These are the concepts that calm a society and enthrone peace and unity in the polity. And this is what blackmailers of his administration have refused to acknowledge.

It is pertinent to point out at this juncture that awards are not given because of mediocrity performance; it is given to great men who have worked hard for to better humanity. Like Henri Frederic Amiel (1821-1881) the Swiss writer once posited, “great men are real men: in them nature has succeeded”. However, I sometimes don’t blame the traducers of Ochendo. Like Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), America writer declared, “To be great is to be misunderstood”. Indeed, the cynics of the Abia administration are dazed because of the blaze of splendid accomplishments of the government.

Mr. Uche Nwosu, a Public Affairs Commentator, wrote from Umuahia, Abia state

A Day Of Mercy, Giving and Empowerment: Training, Graduation, Empowerment with Cash, Equipment and Certification. Thanks To The Heart Of Gold, Her Excellency Chief Mrs Mercy Odochi Orji (Osinulomaranma). Special Thanks Also To Our Beloved Governor His Excellency Chief T A Orji (Ochendo) For All Your Encouragement And Support For This Successful Scheme. Your Foot Prints In The Sands Of Time Will Forever Remain Indelible and Golden In The Books Of Historic Givers. God Bless You For Showing Such Invaluable Love To The Youths Of Abia State. Well Done.

Chief Orji’s Urban Renewal Initiative

In Abia State, change moved from the realm of expectations to a clear-cut state craft. Though it is fashionable and patronizing to resist change, yet it has remained the most enduring dynamics of human existence and social setting.
A philosopher once asserted that “In a sick country, any attempt to cure the disease, is an affront to those who benefit from the sickness”.
Indeed, relocation of the markets situated at the heart of the State capital, Umuahia, had remained a vexed issue. It was therefore a grand demonstration of tough love and test of Governor Theodore Orji’s political will. But it has turned out a flagship of the present administration. Three big markets (Umuahia Main Market, Auto Spare Parts Market and the Industrial Market at the World Bank Housing Estate) in Umuahia had denied the State capital of the usual decorum and tranquility expected from a vintage seat of power. As a matter of fact, the plan to relocate the Umuahia Main Market, popularly called Isi-Gate began in 1935 but successive administrations ‘played safe’ and served out their terms. Yet the nagging questions agitating the people’s minds had been: who would bell the cat? Hitherto, a first time visitor to Umuahia, would probably be greeted with a shabby environment and confused noise, emanating from the Main Market at the heart of the town. The nightmarish and long stretch of traffic gridlock occasioned by the activities in the market was better imagined than experienced. Even the pedestrian bridge built at the Isi-Gate to safeguard the human traffic from the risk of road accidents, was abandoned before it was demolished last year.
Today, people are beginning to reap the gains of the vision of relocating the market. Ubani Ibeku, the new site of the Ultra Modern Market with over 6,000 shops, is a few kilometers from the city centre. By the side of it is a sprawling estate with about five thousand two-bedroom houses, which has already provoked strategic thinking on greater development options in the new area. The new Ubani Ibeku Market has internationalized the business climate of Umuahia and decongested the city from the tantrums and nuisance of the old market. The human face approach adopted and the constructive engagement with the traders made the resettlement less emotionally cumbersome. Governor Orji spared no effort in making the market comfortable for the traders. Provisions are made for basic amenities like adequate water supply, electricity, good and motorable ‘dualized’ roads, well-paved gutters and flood channels, toilet facilities, recreation ground and other necessities like fire station, clinics, banks, schools and security. By way of incentives, government scaled down the initial price tag of the shops, and initiated the payment by installments for a period of for years, to the traders and other perspective buyers from the general public. As a stop-gap measure, Governor Orji procured air-conditioned buses to convey traders to and fro the new ultra market at subsidized rates. The panic-ridden mood that usually trail this kind of exercise was clearly absent as the civil approach employed by the Abia State government in implementation of the market relocation made it less stressful. Traders were not ejected forcefully. Bulldozers were not used to stampede the traders to the new site. Without much bickering, the market was painstakingly relocated.
The other markets – Auto Spare Parts Market and the Industrial Market were also successfully relocated to Ohiya and Ahieke Ndume respectively. These developments have given impetus to economic activities at the suburbs. For sure, this rare political will marked a quantum leap in the age-long vision of making Umuahia a befitting State capital. The sites of the old markets have been re-channeled into other developmental efforts. Already, a state-of-the -art Event Centre is being developed at the site of the old Umuahia Main Market, while a unique estate has sprung at the old site of the Industrial Market. More importantly, the decongested city centre has repositioned the State capital for accelerated inflow of development activities and elicited new thinking and paradigms, to maximize the accruing opportunities. Ultimately, the whole scenario of success has cut out Governor Orji as a cerebral leader who defied bookmakers to break a 78-year-old jinx. This unequivocally stands him out as the chief architect of Abia modernization.
. Uche wrote in from Umuahia, Abia State.

ABIA GOV DISMISSES IMPEACHMENT RUMOUR

Abia State Governor Theodore Orji has dismissed rumour that the House of Assembly has commenced impeachment process against him.
The governor, who spoke shortly after he arrived the state from a trip abroad, said: “I have always said that one of the benefits of democracy is freedom of speech. Anybody can say anything and get away with it because it’s their right. Commencing an impeachment process against me is something that will never happen in the state House of Assembly. Our Assembly remains one of the best in the country in terms of support to the executive. You can’t even raise such a matter on the floor of the Assembly, because you will be stoned to death”.
On the 2015 election, Orji said he has not endorsed anybody to succeed him as governor of the state.
“I’m not power drunk like previous governors; I have not come to establish a business empire in Abia State. Where ever I stop in 2015, someone else will continue from there. Anybody that will rule Abia will emerge from the congress; nobody is more powerful than the other”, he said

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Uzor Kalu (OUK)'s Mother attacks President Jonathan

The mother of the former Governor of Abia State has joined his son to attack President Jonathan...According to reliable sources, the Mother of the former Abia Governor is now a ghost of herself as the on gay marriage is affecting her being practicing bisexual. It is no longer news that Mrs Eunice Kalu has been involved deeply in this lifestyle since over a decade ago since her last husband, a trader who died few years ago, sent her packing before his mysterious demise few years ago.

It is also no news that his Son OUK, is a well known gay in the country, no wonder why he is well accepted among the Northern Elite right from Maiduguri...being gay brought in wealth and influence according to his friends.

During the debate by the National Assembly on the issue of gay ban, Mrs Kalu aka Odiuko sponsored people to oppose the planned bill but she failed.

Today, it is reported that Mrs Eunice Kalu lifestyle (Spiritual and Social lifestyle) and that of her cronies has been shattered and she had resolved to lead her group to attack Mr. President for signing the gay ban bill.

A reliable source, confirmed her determination to use the SUN Newspaper owned by her son to fight against Jonathan in 2015 while painting Jonathan Government an anti human rights government before the World.

It is also reported that Mrs. Eunice Kalu, Odiuko and his son, OUK have started to mobilize gay activists from across the globe to stage protest in Lagos, Abuja and Enugu.

Just last week, a gay club reportedly owned by OUK in Victoria Island Lagos was demolished following tip by neighbours to security men just as his massive gay edifice in Abuja has been sealed by the Abuja Municipal Council.

Governor Orji preaches peace, unity as Muslims celebrate Sallah

Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has called on Muslims to pray for peace and unity of Nigeria as they celebrate this year’s Ramadan and Eid-Fitri festivities.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Charles Ajunwa, Governor Orji said that the one month holy prayer embarked upon by Muslims apart from the potency of its spiritual rejuvenation, said the prayers would help to bring about the needed peace to drive the Nigerian project.
Governor Orji who noted that the Christian and Muslim communities in Abia State have continued coexist over the years peacefully without any rancor, said other Muslim faithfuls in the country to emulate from the Abia example.
He said that peaceful co-existence of the country is a mandatory civic responsibility for all Nigerians to be involved in and not an issue for the government alone.
Governor Orji also called on Muslims to use the Sallah celebration to show love to all citizens especially the less-privileged ones in the society. The less-privileged ones according to him should be supported with financial and material gifts in order to give them a sense of belonging which they crave for.

T.A is a good man and better ,he knows how to govern his people but I don't know much about uduaghan

Chief Theodore Orji condemned bomb blasts in Kaduna

Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has condemned the recent bomb blasts in Kaduna which claimed the lives of over 100 people.
He also thanked God for saving the lives of the former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and a prominent scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, who narrowly escaped being killed in the bomb blasts which occurred at Alkali Road and Kawo area of Kaduna metropolis.

In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Charles Ajunwa, Governor Orji who said that he was devastate

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