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  • ‘Emenike worked for Buhari’s success in Abia more than any other person’

    A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, Hon. Obilo Ogbonna has said no politician worked more than Chief Ikechi Emenike for President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection.

    His statement reads: “One of the major drawbacks of politics in Abia State is the preponderance of charlatans or people without any known address, either first or second addresses.

    “One Ben Godson who has no restraint and is available for rent for a kobo has the temerity to mention the revered name of High Chief Ikechi Emenike in his so-called press briefing.

    “This so-called Ben Godson has no known address in Abia State. Every Abian will tell you that in the last elections, no one campaigned more than High Chief Ikechi Emenike in Abia State and he did so in company of his amiable wife: Ambassador Uzoma Ikechi Emenike who was fully on ground to accompany him on most of the tours.

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    “This is apart from the numerous elaborate meetings and political gatherings he hosted in his Umukabia, Umuahia country home. How then could a journeyman Ben Godson arrive at a conclusion that Ambassador Emenike did not contribute to the fortunes of the Party in Abia State. By the way, when did Ben Godson and his sponsors begin to love President Muhammad Buhari and support APC?”

    “It is on record that when High Chief Emenike mobilised visionary Abians to support the candidature of President Muhammad Buhari, Ben Godson and some of his sponsors were agents of Governor Rochas Okorocha”.=

    “Now that Governor Rochas Okorocha is self-inflicted politically down, they have found a new anchor in Senator Orji Uzor Kalu who not only campaigned against President Muhammad Buhari in 2015 but said numerous unprintable things about him. Such characters  and their sponsors should certainly not be taken seriously”.

    “Abia politics in particular and its development, in general, will continue to be a mirage until the likes of Ben Godson and his sponsors are told in clear language that “politics is not synonymous with criminality and that politics is about decency, truthfulness, progress and should not be a meal ticket for charlatans.”

     

  • ‘Emenike is Abia APC’s only credible governorship aspirant’

    The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State,  Dr. Emmanuel Ndukwe, has said Chief Ikechi Emenike is the party’s only genuine governorship aspirant.

    He spoke with reporters in Abuja.

    According to him, some of the other so-called ‘‘aspirants’’ have not even registered in the party. One of them, according to him, a well-known PDP member, even claimed to have joined the party barely two weeks ago.

    Ndukwe said: “I  am worried that the national leaders of the party are watching, as a   gang   of   PDP/PPA   members   are   assiduously   working   to   drive   away   original   APCfaithfuls. While it is alleged that the current PDP government in Abia   State   bought   APC   governorship   nomination   forms   for   a   former   PDP   deputy governor and a prince in Ngwa land, it is even more true that a young man who benefitted from   oil   subsidy scam, from   Isuikwuato bought  forms  for  himself   and   three   others, including a failed diplomat from Ukwa. He similarly bought form for this same man when they  played a similar spoilers role  in the PDP in 2015.

    ‘‘In   their   usual   political   practice,   those   characters   have   shared   the political positions among themselves. While the nouvoux riche becomes the governorship candidate, the failed diplomat from Ukwa axis has been tipped to be his running mate; just as they are also falsely  promising  a  former  speaker  of  the  Abia  State  House  of Assembly the same deputy governorship position.

    ‘‘It is the visionary absence of  High Chief Ikechi Emenike  in a premeditated meeting that put a temporary halt to this wicked manoeuvring. It is only a matter of time before they announce the man from Isuikwuator axis and his ally from Ukwa East as their preferred gubernatorial flag bearers in the State.  This is not coming to us as a surprise, since we know  the antecedents of  the  actors in this  group. In  their bid to  take over the  party structure in the state, as soon as they purportedly came into the party, through the backdoor, they put  spanners in the  then ongoing  harmonisation process through a willing accomplice,  who played along with them to stall the harmonisation process that was aimed at strenghtening the party in the local governments and wards of Abia State.”

  • Abia needs to chart a new route, says Emenike

    GOVERNORSHIP aspirant of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State  Chief Ikechi Emenike has warned that the state will always be backward, except it charts a new developmental route.

    The Abia APC leader noted that there can be no progress without establishing blocks of development currently lacking in the state.

    Emenike said fast-tracking development in the state would only be possible if its leaders take a stand to move  into a better and more purposeful route.

    He queried the reason behind the clamour by states for own police, instead of seeking more viable financial institutions that can propel economic development.

    Speaking to party members at Isuikwuato council during a tour, Emenike noted that if the state is developed, the issue of depending on monthly allocation from Abuja will not arise.

    Emenike, who has toured 13 councils of the 17, said an APC government would develop all parts of the state, irrespective of party affiliation.

    The aspirant, who is the first in the APC to pick his nomination and expression of interest forms, noted that charting a new course of development will give employment to youths, and provide security for all.

    The renowned economist said the new route of his government would cater for hidden talents anywhere in the state.

    Emenike said: “The incoming APC government of Abia state will ensure that all the youths in the state are carried along in all aspects with the aim of ensuring their hidden talents are harnessed for their good and that of the state”.

    “Except the incoming government of APC in Abia State takes a decisive step to take a new part, development will continue to elude the state and we will continue to be backward”.

    The Abia APC leader noted:  “If truly government is for the people, by the people and for the people, then any new government in the state must have the interest of the people by building institutions that can offer employments to the youths and increase the socio-economic value of the state.

    Emenike told the people that their hilly topography should not be a curse but a blessing to them.

    “As the government of APC in the state will use it (hills) to develop the place just as it is done in other areas in the world with such topography”.

    He asked Isuikwuato youths, Emenike teenagers, Emenike daughters and party stakeholders to do the needful as he has done by picking the nomination form.

    The aspirant warned that the era of saying it is their turn to govern is over as the state requires a government willing to change its status for the benefit of its people.

    The Abia APC boss promised that the incoming government will turn the Abia State Polytechnic in Aba into a university, and give the state university at Uturu its teaching hospital in the town.

    Responding, APC chieftain in Isuikwuato Dr Chris Ugochukwu said they had seen what is happening in the state and they needed a change.

    “We require someone who will come in and change the state; we are solidly behind you to come and change the state for good”.

  • Abia APC crisis: Party leaders pass vote of confidence on Nwankpa led Executive

    Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have thrown their weight behind the embattled State chairman of the party, Hon. Donatus Nwankpa and members of the State Working Committee (SWC).

    The stakeholders after passing vote of confidence on Nwankpa’s led leadership, also ratified the suspension of a chieftain of the party Chief Ikechi Emenike (a former governorship candidate in the state who was suspended by his ward members for alleged anti-party activities) in  conjunction with the SWC and other leaders of the party

    The motion for the vote of confidence passed on Nwankpa which was moved by the Southeast Zonal Woman leader, Mrs. Sally Chinebu and seconded by a former minister of Labour and productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu.

    Speaking at the meeting, Wogu extolled the exemplary leadership of Nwankpa saying,”he has done well, adding that, “The chairman has been fair to all concerned. He has taken the party to an viable height. I jointly agree in the motion, that Honorable Nwamkpa will continue this executive as chairman of APC in Abia state.

    “As we passed votes of confidence on our Chief Nwankpa-led executives, we shall all rise and condemn the antics of some people in this party, particularly, Chief Ikechi Emenike and his cohorts. We totally condemn their activities”.

    In his speech, the leader of APC caucus in Abia state and a member of the Board of Trustees of the party, Chief Sam Nkire described Nwankpa as a good and experienced party administrator.

    He backed the suspension slammed on Emenike over his penchant in sabotaging the party in the state.

    “If Donatus Nwamkpa is running for an election today, I will support him. I adjudge him as a good chairman.

    “Emenike was suspended through his ward to his local government and to the state. He took the party to Court and the constitution of APC says you must exhaust all peaceful means before going to court. So, he disobeyed the constitution of the party”, he noted.

    Former Deputy Governor of Abia State and a member of the Board of Trustees of APC, Dr. Chris Akomas who corroborated Nkire lauded the leadership qualities of Nwankpa and further expressed confidence that the Abia APC chairman will do more in keeping the party together.

    He frowned at the attitude of some disgruntled elements in APC, who according to him were on a mission to destabilize the party, stressing that Abia APC was intact and united under Nwankpa-led executives.

    Senators Nwanunu, Chris Adighije, Nkechi Nworgu, Dr. Nyerere Anyim (2015 governorship candidate of the party), former member of the federal House of Representatives, Acho Obioma (former Speaker of Abia House of Assembly), former Speaker Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Stanley Ohazuruka, three APC members in Abia House of Assembly, Chief KC Ugboaja, (Rtd) DIG of police, Azubuko Udah, Comrade Benedict Godson and other notable APC chieftains in the state.

    Meanwhile, Former Abia state Governor and APC chieftain, Orji Uzor kalu and Chief Executive officer of Masters Energy Petroleum and former governorship aspirant under PDP but now in APC, Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah were represented at the event.

  • Ikechi Emenike’s mother to be buried Saturday

    RENOWNED matriarch, Mrs. Helen Emenike Uwagbama, who died in December, will be buried on  Saturday, April 7, at Umukabia in Abia State.

    She was 85.

    Mrs. Uwagbama was the mother of Chief  Ikechi Emenike, leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State.

    Family and friends are grieving over the passing on of a mother, whose maternal care gave meaning and purpose to their lives,but taking solace in the promise of a resurrection morning when the dead in Christ shall rise again.

    A statement by the family said activities leading to the final burial rites would begin on April 6, with a service of songs and vigil at her compound.

    The funeral service will be conducted the next day by the Methodist Church, Nigeria, at the Umukabia Central School, Umukabia-Okpuala.

    An exceptional woman Chief Uwagbama lived a simple life dedicated to the service of God and humanity.

    She wielded influence as a community leader and contributed to the growth of her local parish of the Methodist Church.

    Her home was open to all; she was indeed a mother to many.

    A supportive wife to her late husband, she played a key role in raising well placed children.