Fellow Abia Progressives,
Having reflected soberly on the crisis bedeviling Abia State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC), it is now crystal clear that Ikechi Emenike is being used by Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State for the purposes of Territorial Expansion.
Inspired by the dogged spirits of our heroes past, namely, Dr M I Okpara, Dr Jaja Wachukwu, Dr J O J Okezie, Prophet K O K Onyioha, Hon O C Ememe, Senator Simeon Ojukwu, Senator Mark Nwulu, Senator Onyeka Okoroafor, Chief Paul Ururuka , Chief Ojo Maduekwe, Chief Moses Onwuma and His Royal Highness (HRH) Eze David Elechi Ikoro;
I hereby call on Abians to rise in condemnation of Governor Hope Uzodinma’s clandestine efforts to annex Abia State to Imo State.
He is using Chief Ikechi Emenike as a willing tool to actualize his devilish ambition.
Lest we forget that when late Senator Arthur Nzeribe attempted to grab Abia State in 1991 when the State was newly created, Abia Progressives ably led by late Eze David Elechi Ikoro (a k a Ikoratex) resisted him at a very high cost.
Yours sincerely was in the forefront of the battle on “Abia belongs To Abians”. To God be the glory that we chased Arthur Nzeribe away from Abia State and confined him to his Orlu Senatorial zone in Imo State.
Let all hands be on deck to salvage Abia once more from another Orlu son else History and Posterity will judge us harshly.
Chief Emma Enukwu, the Deputy National Chairman(South) of the All Progressives Congress was sponsored to the office by Governor Hope Uzodinma against Sen Ken Nnamani of Enugu state. Chief Emma Enukwu is now merely acting the script written by Gov Hope Uzodinma against God’s Own State and I stand to be corrected.
Governor Hope Uzodinma and his Co-travelers must be told in the language they understand that those whose kernels were cracked for them by the Benevolent Spirits of Supreme Court Judges against the wishes of Imo people should not fail to be humble. Any further encroachment into Abia State henceforth will earn them the wrath and anger of our aforementioned ancestors.
“I am neither a prophet nor the Son of One” but anything short of Direct Primary Election in Abia State Chapter of APC will spell doom.
Let me end this clarion call by reminding Abians of what one of the greatest Revolutionaries of our time, Frantz Fanon (1925-1967) said and I quote “The Future Will Have No Pity On Those Men Who Possessing The Exceptional Privilege of Speaking Words Of Truth To Their Oppressors, Take Refuge In An Attitude of Passivity, Mute Indifference And Sometimes of Cold Complicity”.
May the Creator of Abia State who is the Almighty God deliver us from the internal enemy being used by our external enemies.
Hon Nze Esiaga,
Former Member of the House of Representatives, issued this press release from Umuahia on May 26, 2022.
