IFEANYI EZUGWU,ENUGU.
Following the crack inflicted on the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, in Enugu State over who occupies the Lion Building come 2015, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, Mr
Chukwudi Achife has described as bewildering, and bemusing, comments
credited to a group that calls itself the Greater Awgu Forum in which
the Governor was, among other things, accused of waging, “an
unrelenting war of attrition and unhidden threats” against Deputy
Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
Achife, who was reacting to the comments published in some Newspapers,
also said the allegations were not only baseless and fallacious but
smacked of “paranoia and hysteria” on the part of those behind them.
He noted that contrary to the claims of the group, Governor Chime had
ironically, for the past few months, been the one at the receiving end
of a sponsored smear campaign in the press via articles written by
shadowy figures adding that the identity and intentions of those
behind the articles were now becoming clear.
He said, “The claims of Greater Awgu Forum against Governor Chime can
only be described as bewildering and bemusing. The allegations are not
only baseless and completely fallacious but the tone in which they
were made, smacks of desperation, paranoia and hysteria on the part of
those behind them.
“Governor Chime has no time to wage any war against anyone. He is the
father of Enugu State and certainly cannot abandon his spirited and
universally acclaimed drive to bring about the total transformation of
the State, to prosecute such a phantom and unnecessary cause as being
claimed. If anything, he is the one who, for the past few months, has
weathered a spate of obviously sponsored attacks in the media to
continue his splendid and unprecedented works in Enugu State”. It is
obvious that those behind those attacks failed in their bid to create
the war they now allege.
Achife further described as “astonishing and beyond belief” the claims
by the group that the Governor was trying to sabotage projects
attracted by Senator Ekweremadu and challenged the group to mention
the said projects and show how the Governor intended to sabotage them.
“It is obvious that this is another desperate but futile attempt to
distract Governor Sullivan Chime and drag him into a needless war. But
I can assure you that he is fully focused on his job and none of these
things can move him. It is proven”.
