I told you before that as a young man one of the artists I followed his music is the late legendary Afro-beat maestro Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Fela did a lot of songs, most of which are about the misrule of our government and even the western imperialists. Fela did a song titled: ‘Beasts of no nation’ to protest the evil apartheid regime in South-Africa. And back home, Fela through his songs exposed so many evil in government dealings. ITT (International Thief, Thief) ,VIP (Vagabonds in Power), Teacher don’t teach me nonsense, Sorrow, tears and blood and Authority Stealing are a few among many work of legendary Fela. I remember his song title Army Arrangement; I heard Fela singing and saying 2.8 billion naira oil money missing.
Last time, I told you that over 3 billion naira was looted and carted away by the Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly Hon Benjamin Uwajumogu. I told you that the Imo Speaker awarded fraudulent Road Contracts to himself in Imo State using his friends as fronts and used the money he got from the road contracts scams to acquire eye popping mansions in Nigeria.I shouted because In the midst of abundant human and natural resources, the vast majority of Imo working masses live in abject poverty. The vast majority of Imolites are kept in unstable and difficult socio-economic conditions while a tiny fraction have exclusive access to things and comforts of life. I called Uwajumogu the International Thief Thief number one of Imo State.The entire money stolen by Uwajumogu alone is enough to begin to rebuild failed infrastructures in his Okigwe constituency. Yet this same man is jostling to represent Okigwe zone in the Senate.
This time i am pointing at the International Thief Thief number two that is currently in power in Imo State, another VIP (Vagabond in Power). This highly placed government official and his accomplices stole 1billion naira from the Imo State LGA Pension fund when he was the Chairman of Local Government Service Commission. Today, LGA pensioners are calling on the State Government to immediately settle the pension of Local Government retirees in Imo State.So who looted the monies issued out by Governor Okorocha to settle LGA pensioners?
Many of these LGA retirees are already living from hand to mouth, despite having committed their active lives to serving society. Many of them are already infirm and can hardly afford the exorbitant hospital bills charged thanks to commercialization of healthcare in Imo State. Many have their children in schools, and can hardly pay high fees. While many of these retirees have not been put on the payroll since their retirement, those already on the payroll are still owed several months of unpaid pension arrears and gratuity. Thus, these retirees, who have no other means of livelihood, can hardly meet their basic needs, while majority are already in debt. Retirement, which ordinarily should be embraced with joy, has become a source of sorrow, frustration, panic and agony in Imo State.
I am aware that the primary reason for this embarrassing state of absurdity as per pensioners in our LGA’s is the “profit first” capitalist Chief of Staff to the Imo Governor Sir Jude Ejiogu who allegedly looted 1 billion naira LGA pension funds in the State when he was the Chairman of Local Government Service Commission. I totally condemn in strong terms this insensitivity to the plights of pensioners in the state. I say boldly today that Jude Ejiogu is the ITT (International Thief Thief number two) in Imo State. Fortunately for this looter, he was not charged to court and he is still in power.
Senate president, David Mark once said ‘if your wealth is from people’s pensions then that is blood money. It is blood money because you cannot take away the sweat, the entitlements of an old man or an old woman who is looking up just to that little appreciation from his country and believe that you will live in peace. You cannot live in peace because the prayers of those old men at home will fight you.’ Like David Mark i share the anguish and anger of the ordinary Imolites against this kind of capitalist looting. To me even the stoning of persons that stole money belonging to pensioners would not be sufficient to compensate the affected pensioners, if on retirement they could not receive their pensions. Yet this same man is jostling to represent Owerri zone for elective position in 2015.
Jude Ejiogu is enmeshed in an orgy of corruption and mass looting of public money and natural resources. I am aware of why Commercial banks operating in Imo State shut their doors against their customers for some days. I am aware that Jude Ejiogu when he was the Special Adviser to the Governor on Internal Revenue Generation (IGR) collected millions of naira from commercial banks in the state as tax but diverted the monies into his own pocket. The State government later demanded the same tax that Ejiogu had already collected from the banks and the banks had to go on strike for excessive taxation .I am also aware that the same Jude Ejiogu allegedly defrauded Hall mark Bank and Progress Bank and ran to USA some years ago. Yet this same man is jostling to represent Owerri zone for elective position in 2015.
To end perpetual mass misery in the midst of an inexhaustible abundance in Imo State, i have commence a campaign against looters like Ejiogu.From week to week i will name them one after the other. As have been amply demonstrated, these capitalist elite like Ejiogu , unless removed from political power will always and would always directly loot the resources that ought to be used to better the lot of the vast majority of the Imo population.Equally worrisome is that when capitalist thieving elite like Ejiogu are not busy with direct looting of the State’s treasury, their only other pre-occupation is the implementation of socio-economic policies that can only make life harder for the overwhelming majority of Imolites . This is the primary ideological reason why Ejiogu is a chief advocate for privatization and commercialization of basic needs and social services in Imo State. Through this unjust strategy, he and other ruling capitalist thieving cabal in Imo State have virtually sold to themselves all publicly built government houses and public companies at rock bottom prices, of course, with money directly looted from the state’s treasury. Save us o God.
-Kenneth Uwadi, Mmahu-Egbema, Imo State, Nigeria
There is no proof advanced for this brazen accusation. Those who offer an opinion must be put to strictest test of credibility. Libel is on the cards for culprits.
One expected evidence in a statement this weighty.
I was used to enjoying the opinion of this Kenneth Uwadi, but, this allegation even to any of the enemies of Jude Ejiogu will only succeed in making mockery of he has been writing in the past. you run the risk of losing your credibility with such a trash like this
Owerri Youths to Kenneth Uwadi: you’re the real thief not Jude Ejiogu
Youths under the auspices of “Owerri Zonal Agenda Youths” have described Kenneth Uwadi as a professional thief who hides under the cloak of journalism to defraud hard earned money from innocent citizens who refuse to heed to his nefarious “journalism” negotiation of money bags.
This condemnation came after a media attack against the Chief of Staff of Imo State Government, Sir Jude Ejiogu claiming that he was involved in the looting of over N1 billion pension funds.
The youths described the attack against Ejiogu as the handiwork of low skilled politicians who see the Owerri North born servant-leader as a political threat to their ambitions warning them to desist or be messed up.
In a communiqué issued shortly after their meeting in Owerri and signed by its Chairman, Mr. Canice Shedrack Amadi and Secretary, Dr. Emma Anyanwu respectively, the youths said; “Our attention has been drawn to the malicious and deliberate attack on the person of the Chief of Staff and Commissioner for Special Duties in Imo State, Sir Jude Ejiogu on the internet by one un-accessible disgruntled and misguided element, KENNETH UWADI, who mask himself as “corruption fighter or anti-corruption agent”.
“The OWERRI ZONAL AGENDA YOUTHS hereby condemn in its entirety the unwarranted and mischievous publication making the rounds in local, national newspapers and the social media against our ebullient leader, Sir Jude Ejiogu alleging that our son was involved in the looting of over N1 billion pension funds in Imo State”.
“We wish to unequivocally assert that the origin of such ill-conceived propaganda is a figment of the imagination of the writer who is however, on the wanted list of the security agents as we gathered over false publication against prominent individuals in the state”.
It furthered that, “It is quite obvious that by KENNETH UWADI’s conduct, he has refused to acknowledge the glaring achievements of Sir Jude Ejiogu in the banking sector hence, resorted into name-calling and feeding the public with feeble and deceitful fallacies to justify his pay by his sponsors”.
The youths while hinting further, affirmed their continued support for the Chief of Staff whom they said has provided innovation and effective leadership in Owerri zone and the state at large stressing that they would at all times continue to acquaint the public with some of the landmark changes Sir Ejiogu has brought to the zone.
According to the youths, Sir Ejiogu was first found fit and appointed Special Adviser on Internally Generated Revenue by Governor Rochas Okorocha which he handled with utmost sagacity and later became Chairman of the Board due to his strong position against corruption.
It said, “Within the period of his coming, as a pacesetter, transparent and result-oriented, the entire state internally generated revenue increased from below N300 million to over N700 million”
“As a result of his astuteness and forthrightness, he was appointed Chairman, Local Government Service Commission by same Governor Okorocha. No doubt, the Commission witnessed tremendous transformation under his watch”
“Convinced as a qualified gentleman and in recognition of his clean record and achievement in the Commission, Governor Rochas Okorocha chose him as Chief of Staff to the State Government. Surprisingly, not up to three months of his inauguration as COS, another appointment of Commissioner for Special Duties was added to his current position thereby making him the first Chief of Staff and Commissioner for Special Duties in the history of Imo State”, the communiqué maintained.
The group also disclosed that it is aware that some individuals in the state who see Sir Jude Ejiogu as a threat politically have recruited falsehood writers on social media and beyond as machineries of critics to ensure that glaring image of marked opponents like the COS was dragged to the mud saying that their support for Sir Ejiogu cannot be diminished by cowardly antics of feeble minded politicians who lack the courage, boldness, tenacity, benevolence and political network to compete with the Chief of Staff and Commissioner for Special Duties.
Continuing, the group therefore commended Sir Ejiogu for his maturity and temperance in the midst of such unwarranted provocations maintaining that his disposition was indeed an example of a great leader who is graced with overwhelming majority of Owerri Zone people.
It averred, “Without any fear of contradiction, we categorically state that there is no person within our zone who possesses such overwhelming followership, political maturity, sagacity and geo-political coverage like Sir Ejiogu”
“Indeed, Sir Ejiogu is a bridge builder who has reconciled and re-united all the political families and heavyweights of Owerri Zone, he has rescued and restored all our great sons and daughters who were forced out of politics due to disenchantment, mistrust, brazen arrogance and intimidation by those who rode on the back of blackmail and politics of bitterness to cause mayhem in our zone”.
The youths therefore resolved not to tolerate further campaign of calumny against the Chief of Staff and Commissioner for Special Duties, Sir Ejiogu and as well advised Kenneth Uwadi to look for something doing instead of witch-hunting innocent people using journalism as a shelter.
This write-up is purely libelous. The writter should apply causion. It is only a cultist that can write like this perhaps, he thinks no one can challenge. Kenneth, as you crack your back, pls allow others to scrach their own.
This refutal of the N1 billion Imo LGA Pension Funds’ allegation leveled against Sir Jude Ejiogu, Chief of Staff and Commissioner for Special Duties in Imo State, Nigeria was forwarded to my box by the Owerri Zonal Agenda Youths whose grand Patron is Governor Rochas Anayo Okorocha (OON)
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OWERRI ZONAL AGENDA YOUTHS say:
Campaign of Calumny Against Sir Jude Ejiogu: We Can’t Tolerate It Again (Our Resolution)
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Our attention has been drawn to the malicious and deliberate attack on the person of the Chief of Staff and Commissioner for Special Duties in Imo State, Sir Jude Ejiogu by one un-accessible disgruntled and misguided element, KENNETH UWADI, who mask himself as “corruption fighter or anti-corruption agent”
The OWERRI ZONAL AGENDA YOUTHS hereby condemn in its entirety the unwarranted and mischievous publication making the rounds in local, national newspapers and the social media against our ebullient leader, Sir Jude Ejiogu written by KENNETH UWADI alleging that our son was involved in the looting of over N1 billion pension funds in Imo State.
The OWERRI ZONAL AGENDA YOUTHS unequivocally assert that the origin of such ill-conceived propaganda is a figment of the imagination of the writer who is however, on the wanted list of the security agents as we gathered over false publication against prominent individuals in the state. We want to let you know that you are the real thief and not our amiable leader.
More so, it is quite obvious that by KENNETH UWADI’s conduct, he has refused to acknowledge the glaring achievements of Sir Jude Ejiogu in the banking sector hence, resorted into name-calling and feeding the public with feeble and deceitful fallacies to justify his pay by his sponsors.
In affirming our unflinching support for the innovation and effective leadership the Chief of Staff has provided in Owerri zone and the state at large, it has now, more than ever, became necessary for us to acquaint the public with some of the landmark changes this able son of Owerri zone has put in place so far.
To put the record straight, Sir Jude Ejiogu was first found fit and appointed Special Adviser on Internally Generated Revenue by Governor Rochas Okorocha which he handled with utmost sagacity; he later became Chairman of the Board due to his strong position against corruption.
Within the period of his coming, as a pacesetter, transparent and result-oriented, the entire state internally generated revenue increased from below N300 million to over N700 million.
As a result of his astuteness and forthrightness, he was appointed Chairman, Local Government Service Commission by same Governor Okorocha. No doubt, the Commission witnessed tremendous transformation under his watch.
Convinced as a qualified gentleman and in recognition of his clean record and achievement in the Commission, Governor Rochas Okorocha chose him as Chief of Staff to the State Government. Surprisingly, not up to three months of his inauguration as COS, another appointment of Commissioner for Special Duties was added to his current position thereby making him the first Chief of Staff and Commissioner for Special Duties in the history of Imo State.
The OWERRI ZONAL AGENDA YOUTHS is also aware that some individuals in the state who see Sir Jude Ejiogu as a threat politically have recruited falsehood writers on social media and beyond as machineries of critics to ensure that glaring image of marked opponents like our leader is dragged to the mud. God forbid!!
We wish to emphatically state that our support for Sir Jude Ejiogu cannot be diminished by cowardly antics of feeble minded politicians who lack the courage, boldness, tenacity, benevolence and political network to compete with the Chief of Staff and Commissioner for Special Duties.
The OWERRI ZONAL AGENDA YOUTHS hereby commend Sir Ejiogu for his maturity and temperance in the midst of such unwarranted provocations since it is indeed an example of a great leader hence, the overwhelming majority of Owerri Zone people beckon on him for rescue.
Without any fear of contradiction, we categorically state that there is no person within our zone who possesses such overwhelming followership, political maturity, sagacity and geo-political coverage like Sir Ejiogu.
Indeed, Sir Jude Ejiogu is a bridge builder who has reconciled and re-united all the political families and heavyweights of Owerri Zone, he has rescued and restored all our great sons and daughters who were forced out of politics due to disenchantment, mistrust, brazen arrogance and intimidation by those who rode on the back of blackmail and politics of bitterness to cause mayhem in our zone.
The OWERRI ZONAL AGENDA YOUTHS, as the apex umbrella that unites every youth in our zone will not and cannot tolerate further campaign of calumny against the revered Chief of Staff and Commissioner for Special Duties, Sir Jude Ejiogu.
Enough is Enough.
Signed:
Mr. Canice Shedrack Amadi Dr. Emma Anyanwu
Chairman Secretary