The Diabolical Enchantment Of Abia State Governor

EMMANUEL UGWUMBA

Yesterday being the 14th of June, 2018, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu in a desperate move to deceive the nation and Abians abroad engaged in a crowd renting and forced gathering of traders and market women across the state in a poorly conceptualized One Million March. This obviously is in an attempt to rebuild his already battered political image occasioned by his poor performance and the heartless looting of Abia state resources.

This is a sign that Ikpeazu government is not popular, hence is using intimidation and underhand tactics in an attempt to create an impression of being popular within the state.

Despite these machinations of the governor, evidences abound that the masses of Abia are suffering untold hardship of unimaginable proportion.

Furthermore, it is evident that Ikpeazu after looting and squandering the resources of Abia State is desperate to create an impression that he is loved by the people of the state. But unfortunately this cheap propaganda has failed flat on his face. The hunger ravaging the state and the mountains of unpaid salaries and pensions are manifest evidence that he is on a voyage of self deception.

Apart from the unpaid salaries, pensions and allowances of workers, Ikpeazu has dug the ordinary masses of the state like Keke drivers into deeper poverty through multiple taxation. His revenue brigade who helps him to collect taxes that goes into his personal pocket have not only become a violent army of occupiers, they have also become murderous in their desperation to force resources out from people who obviously have none. They have increasingly resulted to blood let because Ikpeazu is looking for more money to bribe and settle vested interests who’s support he require to stay in power by all means in order to continue to loot the treasury. Just recently, Ikpeazu’s men murdered a man of God in the state, a usual blood offering that was institutionalised by his godfather T. A. Orji.

Ikpeazu cannot account for the humongous resources at his disposal. The charred being witnessed everyday on national television as projects are not even worth the job of ordinary local government chairmen in some states. A comparative engagement with a state like Ebonyi that is less financially endowed reveals his criminal deception and mediocre thinking. Imagine spending millions of Naira in paid advertisement on television every week to showcase dirty Abia environment and poorly executed projects that are less in worth when compared to the amount being paid to display them.

The poor perception of life by Ikpeazu administration and his criminal activities and that of Abia PDP are made manifest in his lack of vision and the manner they are handling the affairs the state; so mediocre. There is definitely no way Abia can become a state to be reckoned with in the comity of states with such incoherent governance and deception.

This latest act of desperation, of forced endorsement and armtwisting of market officials and traders is a warning to all Abians home and abroad that the state is under diabolic siege. We all need to wake up to the reality of the diabolic enchantment of the Ikpeazu led administration. Except people of good conscience rises up now and put a stop to this diabolism, we will discover soon that the state has been impoverish beyond redemption and the future of our children raped beyond repair.

It is not about zone, political parties, power and politics, it’s about the future of Abia State. It’s about where we should be and the reality that is before us. It’s about the quality of infrastructure and the standard of life and leadership we desire for our state. If we don’t do something like our brothers in Anambra did, we will soon become the dustbin of the nation, as we have already become the shame of the entire South East states under Ikpeazu and his godfather T. A. Orji.

Already, there is a grand plan between Okezie Ikpeazu and T. A. Orji to install Chinedu Orji (ikuku), T. A. Orji’s son as the next governor of the state after Ikpeazu had 8 years. They have become so emboldened because they have succeeded in trampling the people of the state and are now confident that they can do anything and get away with it.

This is a call to all Abia men and women of vision, a call to all Abia indigenes who desire a great future for the state to rise up and challenge these heartless undertakers in power who are manipulating the destinies of our people to no end, because of cheap material gains.

Abia is dead in the woods and something must be done and done now. The diabolical oligarchs in power in the state must be made to realise the limit of their shenanigans. It’s time to fight for the future of our people and redeem ourselves from the shame and underdevelopment that has been foisted on us. The time to end their emotional blackmail and diabolic manipulation is now.

Abians arise and take your state back. Arise and put a stop to the shame brought on us by T. A. Orji and Governor Ikpeazu.

Abians arise and let the whole world know that we are not slaves and that we are not cowards.

Abians arise!