Some organizations in Abia State
including Abia Central Senatorial Zone Stakeholders, Ibeku Youths Assembly and All Igbere Consultative Forum, have jointly-tackled a
group called Save Abia Initiative for Change, SAIC, for allegedly sending a petition to-EFCC,-against
the immediate past-governor of the state, Governor Theodore Orji and some members of his
family, alleging embezzlement of N474b.
They accused the group of being used by
politicians, who want to settle scores with the
former governor and urged the group not to allow itself to be used by people.
The organizations specifically accused a former
governor of the state of masterminding the “purported petitions using a faceless group to
smear the image and rubbish the good works of the ex-governor, who he saw as a political enemy
that must be destroyed at all cost.”
In separate press releases in Umuahia, the groups
condemned what they described as alleged “the former governor’s continued but unwarranted
attack against Orji.”
The press statements were signed by Chief Egesi
Marcus; Elvis Ngwakwe, Chijioke Kanu, David
Uguru, Dr. Eme Chimezie Agbai, and Kalu Donatus, chairmen and secretaries of the various
groups.
They challenged the signatories of the purported
petition to make their identities public if they were
genuine and are to be taken seriously.
According to them, the petition was part of the
“plot and political vendetta against TA Orji by some aggrieved politicians.
The groups, therefore, cautioned Orji’s political opponents and “all those who feel embittered because of his numerous reforms and policies to stop distracting him as he does his work at the
Senate.”
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