Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave
Umahi has said his administration will write to the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other
Related Offences (ICPC) to probe the eight years of his predecessor, Martin
Elechi, over alleged financial fraud, contract inflation and other financial
recklessness.
There has been an unhealthy face-off
between Elechi and Umahi since the 2015 election.
Umahi, who was Elechi’s Deputy
for four years, parted ways with his boss shortly before the build up to 2015
general election when Elechi refused to honour his alleged promise of handing
over to him as his successor.
He ran the governorship position
of the state against the will of the ex-governor Martin Elechi and snatched PDP
structure from him and emerged the governor.
Elechi has already defected to
the APC and was said to have petitioned the EFCC against Umahi on the
activities of the governor’s administration.
He is said to be among the
political bigwigs fighting against the $150million loan being sought by the
state government for construction of over 198km road, across eight out of the
thirteen local government areas of the state.
But addressing journalists in his
office at the weekend, Umahi said he has taken enough show from the former
governor and his followers whom he described as enemies of the state.
His words: “I have decided to
probe the Elechi eight years administration. I will probe his administration
and I will publish the findings on the pages of newspapers. Enough of his
show-offs.
“He has committed unpardonable
financial fraud in the state, very unpardonable and he has the mouth to talk. I
know there was a petition he wrote against me. I am going to write EFCC to come
and probe every bit of that petition.
“Elechi did not pay pension and
severance allowances. It is by human feeling that I pay Elechi his pension, he
doesn’t deserves to receive pension because he didn’t pay others and then you
were not paid for one month and you started crying everywhere.
“The same Elechi did not pay his
good friend Ogbonnaya Onu.
“A law was made by former Speaker
of the State House of Assembly Chief Augustine Nwankwegu who is here with us.
The law was made to pay him (Onu) pension and I remember one day I was in
Elechi’s office and the Speaker was there. They asked him this pension what do
we do and the Speaker said it is in your hands. Elechi told him not to talk
about pension again.
“Now Onu and Elechi are friends,
parleying but we are not distracted. We came on the platform of God, we came on
the fear of God and there is no place in Ebonyi state that you will not see
work going.
“What we have already done is
enough to give us second tenure and whether the loan comes or not, I am
committed to that ring road and it will be done.”
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