The fight for who becomes the next Governor in Enugu State, Nigeria has taken a new dimension since Hon. Chima Obieze (Member representing Ezeagu L.G.A in the Enugu State House of Assembly) made his intentions known that he won't be supporting anybody who is against the Peoples Democrating Zoning formulae in the State.
Nedu's blog has learnt that there was a Facebook war between Senator Ike Ekweremmadu's supporter and Gov. Ugwuanyi of Enugu State aide. The Governors aide blasted one of the over zealous supporter of Sen. Ike who is always talking ill about Hon. Chima Obieze.
He made the comment while responding to a Facebook post from one Mr Okwu Nnabuike Emmanuel, one of Ekweremadu’s overzealous supporters.
My brother, I think you speak from a point of hatred, envy, jealousy & bitterness.
Everyone that knows Obieze before now, knows that he lives & breathes Ike Ekweremadu. What other form of gratitude are you looking for?
Is it the number of times he has brought his entire kinsmen to thank Ikeoha for appointing him Senior Legislative Assistant in 2014 or when he got his community to recieve him on 27th of Dec 2016. Or the many things he has done to promote him. Or the mobilizations he has done for him. Is it in the ideas known & unknown to you which he has brought to the table for Ike.
I think I remember you, the young man who has no job or handwork except creating factional OHANEZE youth groups for the purpose of extorting money from unsuspecting politicians & Pan-Igbo businessmen. So I see why the growth & progress of Obieze must be recieved by you with such bitterness as you have displayed here. Obviously, he is everything you wish to become.
The Obieze you called a "nobody" before even meeting Ike, has been recognised by entire Catholic Community in the entire Enugu Diocese as the Image Maker of the Catholic Laity Council. He has become the Students' Union President of ESUT, he has been a Special Assistant to His Excellency, Chief Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu. He has been the West African Secretary, Young Lawyers Forum. He has been Enugu State Youth Ambassador at the National Youth Assembly of Nigeria. He was a principal partner of His own Law form "Streetwise Attorneys" & he was doing very well. The young man you called a "nobody" were already living in a Duplex in Enugu Town and was driving 4 sound Cars, including an SUV before he met Ike. I can go on & on but I will stop. Just get your facts straight before you open your mouth to spit rubbish.
Granted Sen. Ike Ekweremadu played a very special role in his emergence as a House of Assembly member. Obieze has never denied this fact and has never ceased to show gratitude to Ike Ekweremadu for allowing God use him. He basically lived a life of gratitude to Ike till date. That he insisted to stand on the truth & to state his stand on the zoning arrangement in Enugu does not make him ungrateful. Ike assisting him when he contested for House of Assembly does not make him Ike's dog that should obey every of Ike's orders or wishes without reason or giving it a thought.
Obieze is now a member of the State House of Assembly, serving under a Governor. He won his election through the instrumentality of a political party, the PDP & the Governor is the Leader of the Party. His loyalty is first to God & good conscience, then 2nd to the Governor & leader of the Party. This does not make him ungrateful but shows he is a man who, when he is part of the system remains loyal & committed to the system.
Ike did not join Jim to fight Chimaroke & he cannot say Jim contributed nothing to his political growth. He also did not join Chimaroke to fight Chime even when we all know how Chimaroke made him Chief of Staff, SSG, sent him to the Senate & spent fortunes to make him Senate President. Ike stood with the system in all the scenarios above, because he understood that he cannot fight the system that threw him up.
To you Mr Okwu & all of you out there castigating Obieze for standing with good conscience, for standing with the Governor & Leader of the Party, & for standing for the zoning system which has worked for all of us in Enugu State, you are your own problem. Quit envy & grow. Obieze is a progressive & has no time for the kind of politics you play. He is both upright & open-minded in his political beliefs. There is absolutely nothing a hundred people like you can do to Obieze, his growth is of God.
If you want to know if Obieze is an ungrateful person ask the People who has been of help to him in his early years. Speak to his Hon. Chinedu Onuh & Comr. F.C. Edeh who he served while in the university. Speak with Prof. Chidobem(former VC of ESUT). Speak with Chief Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu. And many others.
I will advice you & your likes, who have been hating & antagonising Obieze even while he was committedly & loyally serving Sen. Ekweremadu to go & get a life. You never liked him so even if he took a bullet for Ike Ekweremadu, your likes will still find a way to twist it & say he killed himself for selfish reasons.
Come to think of it, why are all of you so stuck on Obieze. Because I'm sure many of you felt his presence was blocking your shine around Ikeoha. Why not let him be & then take all the time & space in the world to shine. Is there something in Obieze that you guys grieving about? I remember when Obieze brought Elvis Obi Nwankwo to lead the Youths of Enugu West it was you & your likes who fought & are still fighting Elvis because he tried to promote both sen. Ekweremadu & Gov Ugwuanyi at the same time. To your myopic minds, anyone that promotes Ugwuanyi is an enemy of Ekweremadu.
It is your likes that are pushing a good & kind man like Sen. Ekweremadu into committing a grave political blunder that may burn off the remaining drops of political goodwill he has left. Little will he know you guys are waiting for the money that will come out from him if he decides to run for election, without sitting down to ask yourself how exactly does he intend to pull through in the face of the many overwhelming political impossibilities.
Below is a pictoria evidence of that online war.
May God open his eyes to see the evil intentions in your minds. The Obieze I know would never insult Sen. Ekweremadu. But this will not deter him from objectively standing with his beliefs & principles. To him it's nothing personal.
Ani Anselem Arinze
Technicial assistant to the Governor from Owo in Nkanu East Local Government Area.
Every right-thinking person has the obligation to stand by good conscience. It's very clear that zoning arrangement has helped us a lot in Enugu state.
ReplyDeleteThat Hon. Obieze declared his support for zoning arrangement is not enough for anyone to call for his head.
Please let everyone sheath his/her sword and allow an arrangement that has worked for us over the years.
Foster Aniude A.
TA to the Governor.
From Udi LGA.