Ememanka, the new Chief
Press Secretary to the Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has criticized
the Senator representing Abia North district, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, over his
recent statement on Ndigbo.
Recall that Senator Orji Uzor
Kalu, representing Abia North zone was quoted, during a Thank You meeting with
his constituents held in his Igbere residence , to have said, “Our people(South
East), did not support APC, we did not vote for the President and that is what
we are paying for, therefore, we(Igbos), are not entitled to anything when we
did not vote for APC”.
Ememanka, while reacting in an
interview with newsmen in Umuahia, the Abia state capital, on Thursday, opined
that Kalu’s statement was a clear indictment that he(Kalu), did not win the
2019 senatorial election conducted by the Independent National Electoral
Commission,(INEC), in Abia north senatorial zone.
His words, “It is an unfortunate
statement and an indictment on his own victory. The PDP is challenging his
victory in the tribunal. And, he has just indirectly admitted he did not win
that election. If he says that our people,(Ndigbo), did not vote for APC, so,
how did he(Kalu) emerg the winner of the February 23, 2019 senatorial election
held in Abia North district? How did he emerge as Senator of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria?
“It is an unfortunate statement
for a man who is in the senate, to have that kind of parochial and narrow
mindset. It is very sad, from a former governor who is occupying an exalted
seat in the senate now, even though, his senatorial position is seriously under
challenge. And we are hopeful that at the end of the day, the judiciary will
throw him(Kalu) out and install Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, who we believed, won the
election.
” I will advise the former
governor not to make unguarded statements. He should remember he’s a statesman
and a Senator, pending when he would be removed. He is a senator now, he should
make statements that will promote national unity, and not the one that will
widen the graviiances that had bedevilled this country over the years”.
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Very ignorant. Even if they did not support the emergence of PMB as president, they are Nigerian citizens who pay tax and are therefore entitled to have development and projects/
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