Following claims by the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers NDA that the
President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is behind the political stalemate
in Abia state, a pressure group, Abiazurumee Oganihu Abia, has lambasted the
NDA, warning it to steer clear of issues regarding the state.
It dismissed as
ridiculous the position of the avengers that the federal government is plotting
to install Dr. Uche Ogah as the governor of Abia as part of an elaborate plan
to have him consequently defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The
group expressed concern at the connection between the militant group and the
embattled governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, urging the federal government to
investigate the matter. Abiazurumee Oganihu Abia, described Ogah as a deeply
committed member of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP who is unquestionably
loyal to the party. It also condemned in strong terms the position of a section
of Abia elders in Abia state and “an obviously partisan Ohaneze Igbo Youths for
their negative comments on the Federal High Court ruling and the INEC issuance
of a certificate of return to Dr Uche Ogah the rightful gubernatorial choice of
every Abian as cowardly, and a support against the interest of an ordinary
Abians”. Chairman of the Abiazurumee Oganihu Abia, Okey Nwachukwu in a
statement issued Wednesday in Abuja wondered why the “so-called Abia elders
should pretend to be happy with the state of things in Abia where even primary
school children are crying for help and calling for a change”. According to Mr.
Nwachukwu, “the court judgment was simply an affirmation that God had heard the
cries of Abians and had come to set Abia free and to redeem the state from
those who have destroyed it.” The group also called on security agencies to
investigate the connection between Dr. Ikpeazu and his latest spokespersons,
the Niger Delta Avengers, “to unmask those sponsoring the group in its avowed
terrorist plots to destabilize the Niger Delta and destroy the Nigerian
economy. “Ikpeazu appears to enjoy the support and confidence of the terrorist
organization that is so vehement in aiding his case by spreading false,
fallacious and ridiculous propaganda.” The group decried the backwardness,
stagnation, non payment of salaries, political patronage, insensitivity of the
political elite and nepotism in Abia as patently legendary and such that called
for a change. But yesterday the Niger Delta Avengers, refuted media reports
that it opened a new Twitter accounts, @Real_Ndavengers and @NDAvengers1 where
the allegation that the federal government is plotting to install Dr. Uche Ogah
as the governor of Abia. 
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