We allowed the charade of 2011 to happen for the sake of peace, not because of cowardice.
Traffic into and out of Aba has been chaotic in recent times due to bad roads. The Osisioma Junction is notorious for this. Travellers spend hours at the Junction before exiting the city. And the government is not concerned about the plight of the people. What about refuse disposal in the city? Every turn in Aba is defaced by mountains of refuse. The situation is made worse by the rains. Port Harcourt and Faulks Roads in particular have been inaccessible for some time now. Ditto other roads. Any plans by the Abia State Government to do something soon? The answer is capital ‘No’. What the governor is interested in is how to smuggle one of his loyalists to Government House Umuahia. Continue after the cut...
I wonder how he plans to achieve this near-impossible feat. Rig election? I am sorry for him, because nobody can rig the 2015 elections in Abia State. We allowed the charade of 2011 to happen for the sake of peace, not because of cowardice. The governor will be deluding himself if he thinks that after destroying the city of Aba and making life miserable for its residents they would turn round and vote for his candidates. I am surprised he could treat the people of Aba with such levity!
The governor should look at the statistics of elections in the past in order to see the central role the city plays in the life of the state. It will be impossible for any resident of Aba except those who benefit directly from the governor to throw their support behind any candidates he may sponsor in future elections. Even the army stationed in Aba will not make him have his way. The 2015 elections will be transparent and crisis-free. We will work to achieve it. The only person who is sure of the votes of the people of the City is President Goodluck Jonathan whom Ohaneze Ndigbo has endorsed. We will work hard to deliver him.
In less than 6 months Governor Orji will vacate office. For what will he be remembered? What legacy has he bequeathed to the state for which generations of Abians will remember him?
The only legacy he has bequeathed to us, in my assessment, is a polarized state where there is no love among our people. The peace, unity and progress enjoyed by our people when we were in office have been destroyed by the greed and egocentricity of the governor. I know of some prominent residents of the city who have relocated to other places. Among them were people openly opposed to the style of leadership of the governor and were haunted out of town by the terror-squad of the governor.
When will our people enjoy the presence of their government? When will the redeemer come? I assure our people that all will be well soon. The God we serve will soon make crooked roads straight. Evil has an expiry date. It is just a matter of time.
I am proud to state, no matter the negative propaganda mounted by the government our administration sincerely worked to transform Aba. We made enormous sacrifices to change the face of the City. It is only posterity that will place our names in the proper places in the annals of our state.
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