Abia State governor, Chief Theodore Orji has denied rumours making the rounds that he was duped of huge sums of money while trying to purchase a ship describing a rumour as a figment of the imagination of the peddlers.
The governor who said this while addressing journalists in Umuahia on his return from vacation abroad maintained that he is not in the state to acquire the whole world.
”If you buy a ship free of charge for me I would reject it. I’m not a businessman. You need to know the type of governor you have,” Orji said.
According to him, people, he said, still suffer from hallucination of the past.
He promised Abians harvest of projects until he leaves office in 2015.
Recall that the rumours have been rife in the last two weeks that the governor lost billions of money in foreign currency to some con men over a transaction involving the purchase of a ship.
An aide to Orji who preferred anonymity said the rumours are being spread by those who do not wish the governor. “This is the handwork of the governor’s opponents. It did not start today, we are used to it, from to time to time, they will fabricate one story or other to get at time but the man is not moved.
“The governor went on vacation, the rumours are unfounded. No sane person should take them serious,” he concluded.
