Re: Moses Orji – The Miserable Messenger Of A Discredited Political Order 

EBERE UZOUKWA, PhD

There comes a time when silence is no longer golden—especially when purveyors of falsehood begin to mistake maturity for weakness and sustained mischief for clever strategy. That time has come. And this response, though long overdue, is both necessary and deliberate. Moses Ayodele Orji, a notorious errand boy of the disgraced Abia PDP cartel, continues to ply his only known trade—blackmail and lies—in a desperate effort to tarnish the transformational leadership of Governor Alex Chioma Otti, OFR. His most recent rant, cloaked in pseudo-intellectual gibberish and spiced with ill-fitting Hitler quotes, is nothing more than another clumsy tantrum sponsored by a failed political class still gasping for relevance.

Let it be made abundantly clear: this response is not aimed at dignifying Orji’s malicious campaigns, but at exposing the truth, unmasking his paymasters, and putting his handlers on notice. Abia State has moved forward. No volume of propaganda—no matter how persistent or poisonous—can drag her back to the years of rot, ruin, and reckless indebtedness. Moses Ayodele Orji is not a journalist. He is not a credible commentator. He has no known profession, academic record, or intellectual grounding. What he does possess is a toxic laptop, a cheap data subscription, and the backing of political scavengers who once looted Abia blind—and are now fuming that Governor Otti has shut down their illicit pipelines to public funds.

This is a man whose only notoriety, aside from digital slander, is rooted in his own community. Orji, who is widely known in Umuekpo, Umuaro, Obingwa LGA, is infamous for instigating communal conflicts and fanning the embers of local strife. He is a pathological liar and a serial blackmailer with no regard for truth or consequence. His reputation precedes him—not as a builder, but as a destroyer; not as a reformer, but as a petty agent of confusion and chaos.

It is particularly wicked—and undeniably dishonest—that he continues to ridicule Project Ekwueme, reducing a life-saving healthcare initiative to “painted post offices.” Before Governor Otti’s intervention, Abia’s primary healthcare system was in ruins. Facilities were abandoned, drugless, power-starved, and lacking medical personnel. Expectant mothers gave birth on bare floors; patients were turned away due to lack of beds, medicine, or even light. Health workers were disillusioned, helpless, and hopeless. Today, thanks to Project Ekwueme, nearly 100 Primary Healthcare Centres have been transformed, with over 900 targeted for full renovation. These are not PR stunts—they are physical, functioning centers equipped with solar energy, clean water, essential drugs, hospital beds, and trained personnel. This rebirth cuts across all 17 local governments. This is governance. This is impact.

It is laughable that Orji claims President Bola Tinubu “snubbed” Abia due to a so-called “lack of projects.” The truth? The President’s scheduled visit was respectfully postponed due to an official invitation to Rome as a special dignitary at the Vatican. The visit to Abia is still on the President’s calendar. In the meantime, Governor Otti continues working with singular focus: rebuilding roads, reviving agriculture, restoring transparency, and repairing broken systems with visible, measurable progress. The evidence is everywhere—for those not too blinded by hate to see.

Orji’s charge that the groundswell of support for Governor Otti is “rented” is a projection of his own corrupted upbringing. It reflects a mentality forged in a political culture where loyalty was purchased with rice, wrappers, and looted cash. Governor Otti’s support base is genuine. It is earned, not bought. It is grounded in performance and gratitude. Pensioners who once languished unpaid for years now smile as they receive their dues on time. Civil servants get their salaries before the month ends. Infrastructure is coming alive. Roads are open again. Schools are no longer bushy ruins. The applause Governor Otti receives is not paid for—it is heartfelt. It is the voice of a liberated people singing their freedom.

Now Orji wants to preach “accountability” and “transparency.” But where was this hunger for openness when civil servants were owed for over 18 months under the PDP? When hospitals were ghost towns and schools became jungle outposts? Where was this voice when education budgets vanished and teachers became beggars? He was silent—stuffed, perhaps, on crumbs from looted funds. Today, the gravy train is derailed, and Orji suddenly discovers activism. But it is not passion—it is payback. Not conviction—but hunger-fueled vendetta.

Governor Otti is rebuilding Abia—not with noise, but with data, discipline, and deliberate reforms. Internally Generated Revenue processes have been sanitized and digitized. Ghost workers and illegal revenue agents have been flushed out. The wasteful bureaucracies of the past have been dismantled. The Executive Council is lean, focused, and results-oriented. No administration in Abia’s history has opened its books to public scrutiny like this one. This is not just a new government—it is a rebirth of governance itself.

Orji’s hollow claim that campaign promises have been abandoned is another lazy lie. Every sector—health, education, infrastructure, civil service, agriculture, digital governance—is undergoing visible transformation. Local governments are operational and empowered. Pensioners have dignity again. Schools are regaining lost glory. But Orji cannot see progress—because bitterness has blinded him. His obsession with finding failure is why he can no longer recognize success.

His alarmist warnings about “intimidation” and “mob attacks” are not only irresponsible but insulting to the intelligence of Abians. Governor Otti has never, and will never, sponsor intimidation of any citizen. What he has done is to restore dignity, hope, and confidence to a people long abused by the type of politics Orji represents. If Moses feels threatened, it is likely from the frustration of everyday people—those who suffered under the PDP years—who are sick of his lies and bile. If he wants peace, the solution is simple: stop spreading hate and slander.

In the end, Moses Orji is no thought leader. He is not the conscience of the people. He is a miserable puppet of discredited powerbrokers—a noisemaker desperately trying to remain relevant in a time that has passed him by. He represents the final echo of a disgraced order, trying in vain to shout over the sound of progress.

Governor Alex Otti is not just performing—he is transforming. The people of Abia know this. They live it daily in their neighborhoods, their offices, their schools, their hospitals, and their roads. The truth is too visible to be hidden and too solid to be shaken by digital propaganda.

Moses Orji can continue barking at the wind. But history is not written by the bitter. It is written by the builders. And Governor Alex Otti is building a New Abia—one that will endure beyond the noise, the lies, and the laughable tantrums of desperate men.

– Dr. Ebere Uzoukwa is the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Abia State on Public Affairs.