Obinna Oriaku A.K.A. Ekwedike: A Serial Liar Who Lies With A Straight Face.
‘Three Things Cannot Be Long Hidden: The Sun, The Moon, and The Truth’ – Budha.
There is absolutely no atom of truth about the illusionary and imaginary demolition of Abia State Liason Office, Abuja (Abia Lodge) or the fabricated N8 Billion Contract sum to Rebuild it.
It is either the former Commissioner of Finance under the infamous and salary owing Ex-Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and a one time All Progressive Congress Gubernatorial Aspirant believes his daylight hallucination or is mistaken himself as the Executive Governor of Abia State; fulfilling his vision of prioritising the demolition and rebuilding of Abia Lodge, Abuja over and above focusing on workers welfare and rebuilding Abia State.
Ekwedike! Wake-up. The demolition and rebuilding of Abia Lodge with over N8 Billion Abia fund was in your dreams and imagination. Governor Alex Otti and the Government of Abia State under him never conceived or had such a plan. The imaginary demolition and rebuilding is only being executed in the brains of Ekwedike.
Ekwedike’s Service Records as Commissioner for Finance was Public to Abia Workers. The bailout funds from the Federal Government specifically for the clearance of a few months’ arrears of Salaries in the First Year of Ex-Governor Ikpeazu ended up increasing the arrears of salaries owed to the State Workforce. He was jumping from one Radio Station to the other to defend the rising salary arrears owed to Abia workers.
During my Secondary School Days, we read a book, ‘One Week, One Trouble’. A friend of mine is Writing a New Book ‘One Week, One Lie’ to be Dedicated to Ekwedike. The Ex-Finance Commissioner is now the proverbial, ‘Nke Omere Juo Oyi’. He concocted the imaginary N145 Billion Commercial Bank Loan and when the Government issued a rebuttal, Obinna Oriaku could not substantiate his lies and allowed it slide. The demolition and rebuilding story of Abia Lodge, Abuja, authored by Ekwedike will obviously slide like the N145 Billion Commercial Bank Loan lies.
The Abia Public Must Beware of the Harbingers of Lies and Falsehood who Ruined and Destroyed Abia State for Years. The Truth remains that;
- There is No Dime From The Federal Government to Abia State Government as Wage Award – Any Claim of Wage Award to Abia State Government from the Federal Government is a Fabrication and Lie from the Pit of Hell.
- The USD115 Million African Development Bank Loan is Yet to be accessed by the Abia State Government. The Process is still ongoing. Any claim that Abia State has accessed the fund and deployed it on Abia North Roads is Falsehood and Misinformation.
- The USD50 Million World Bank RAMP Projects Facility is Yet to be accessed by the Abia State Government. The process of accessing the fund is still ongoing.
- Ex-Governor Okezie Ikpeazu did not leave N10 Billion May 2023 Allocation (FAAC) for the New Government. They cannot leave what they did not get from FAAC.
- Ex-Governor Okezie Ikpeazu did not bequeath N24 Billion to the New Government in any shape or form. He cannot bequeath such funds to the New Government while owing Billions in arrears of Salaries and Pensions.
- The Government of Governor Alex Otti never applied for or borrowed N145 Billion or N45 Billion as the case may be from any Commercial Bank. Governor Otti will only borrow Money when there is need for it.
- The Resignation of Commissioners for Agriculture and Science & Technology has absolutely nothing to do with corruption or financial dealings. It has everything to do with not meeting the demand and pace of the Government just like a Student can withdraw from a Discipline for lacking behind.
- The Suspension of Commissioner for Health was to ensure unhindered investigation into alleged infractions and her Resignation was a personal decision while the investigation continues.
- The House of Assembly had no bill before them to borrow N57 Billion with the JAAC Account especially after the Supreme Court granted Local Government Autonomy effectively prescribing JAAC and the Government never even conceived the idea of using the Local Government to borrow funds. The House of Assembly only passed the Local Government appropriation bill to legitimise Local Government spending.
- The demolition and rebuilding of Abia Lodge with over N8 Billion Abia fund is just a figment of the imagination of a serial liar.
Finally, it is public knowledge that as a Private Citizen, Dr. Alex Otti was flying and using Private Jet and Helicopter without having access to Abia State Funds. He was and still living in his magnificent home built before he became Governor but Ekwedike still wines and dines with his Boss and Ex-Governor in his flamboyant home hurriedly built with Public Funds as Governor. Ekwedike was deaf, dumb and blind when his Boss and Ex-Governor Ikpeazu who had never travelled abroad or flew on first class seat on Local Flight before he became Governor was flying Chartered Jet.
Ekwedike was a class ahead of me in ABSU and ought to have decoded that I have been eating rice before sunday. Ctz. Ukoha Njoku Ukoha (Omeifuku) crawled on a rug and Ekwedike could ask questions. It will interest Ekwedike to know that Ctz. Ukoha have visited almost all the Continents of the World and Flown on First Class Seats before his appointment to serve. It is only a serial liar that can board someone in an imaginary Private Jet in his absence. I have never flown in a Private Jet until a second ago and I am not at the Airport currently. Ekwedike’s New CPS and enjoyment of private jet movement is part of his concoctions as lying has become his fantasy.
Our job is to tell Abians the Truth and Nothing but the Truth in the face of a Vicious and Unrepentant Misinformation Machineries.
Ctz. Ukoha Njoku Ukoha
Chief Press Secretary to the Executive Governor of Abia State.
28-07-2024
