A frontline leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Hon Peter Njoku has raised an alarm over desperate plot by mischief makers to blackmail former Secretary to the Imo State Government and a prominent leader of APC in the state, Sir Jude Ejiogu.
Hon Njoku while addressing newsmen in Owerri on Sunday revealed that in a bid to promote the people-oriented programmes of Governor Hope Uzodinma in the state, Sir Ejiogu granted interview with the Sun Newspapers, regretting that all the things he genuinely stated were misconstrued and twisted by a faceless blogger.
According to him, Sir Ejiogu had told the Sun Newspapers that Governor Uzodinma is the Daniel sent to the state to proclaim equity, adding that if he had not emerged the Governor, no one would be talking about charte of equity let alone ceding power to Owerri zone.
Hon Njoku who appeared furious over the malicious and misleading report wondered how the mischief blogger played down on the commendations Sir Ejiogu accorded to Governor Uzodinma in the areas of infrastructure, road revolution with Owerri-Orlu road, Owerri-Okigwe road, Owerri-Umuahia road and Orlu-Uga roads including urban city renewal in the state as examples.
He maintained that if the said blogger was not out for mischief making and blackmail, he would have applauded Sir Ejiogu for appreciating Governor Uzodinma for upgrading Alvan Ikoku College of Education to a federal University, established University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Umuagwo as well as building a permanent site for the Imo State Polytechnic in Omuma.
According to Hon Njoku, the mischievous blogger; if he was not out for blackmail would have acknowledged the credit accorded to Governor Uzodinma by Sir Ejiogu for upgrading Federal Medical Center (FMC) to a Teaching Hospital for the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, as well as constructing an ongoing power plant in Izombe, Oguta local government area.
Continuing, the APC leader wondered why the mischievious blogger refused to acknowledge Sir Ejiogu for stating that states like Abia, Enugu, Anambra and Enonyi were struggling to meet up with the landmark achievements of Governor Uzodinma since their Governors were on their first term and as well cannot be compared with Imo state.
He expressed bitterness that the purveyor of that false report was not part of the interview, but went ahead to report entirely opposite of what Sir Ejiogu said with a view to pitching him against Governor Uzodinma.
He said “As part of plot to blackmail Sir Ejiogu before Governor Uzodinma, the mischief maker captioned a non existent headline, “Look at states like Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi; Their Govs are People with good profile – Ejiogu” as if the states Governors mentioned in the report are performing well than Imo State Governor”
“It is very ridiculous that in a desperate bid to survive, some political contractors are doing everything possible to blackmail other political rivals with verifiable qualifications, political sagacity, widely accepted and willing to work for the masses. This blackmail appear on daily basis simply for selfish reasons. As a man with bad intentions, the blogger deliberately refused to highlight all the achievements of Governor Uzodinma as listed by Sir Ejiogu in the interview with Sun Newspapers simply because he was out to defame his image unknown to him that Sir Ejiogu is a disciplined and principled person who stands firmly behind anyone he has chosen”
