Eminent business mogul and former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu, has described Governor T. A Orji as a man living in the dark and gloominess of relics.
He noted that the past eight years of the current administration in Abia State has been a setback for the state, adding that Governor Orji and his family have mortgaged the future of Abians.
Kalu, who spoke through his Media Office while reacting to a call by Abia State Government asking him to apologize or risk a legal action for calling Governor Orji a liar and an incompetent personality, explained that the state of affairs in Abia is worrisome and calls for urgent redress in the forthcoming polls.
The former governor said: ” I stand bold to repeat that Governor Orji has used the collective resources of Abians in acquiring prime properties in Spain, United States of America and Europe among others. It would have been better if he had invested the stolen funds in the local economy so that employment can be created.
“Is it not an irony that courts in Abia State have been on an indefinite strike due to a backlog of salary arrears and yet Governor Orji is shamelessly and vacuously threatening litigation against me in the same courts he is callously indebted to?”
” It is only in Abia that we have both governor and de facto governor. Chinedu Orji (de facto governor), the governor’s son who controls the state’s resources. How do you expect a governor who cannot control his wife and son to rule a state of about six million. It is just sad that we have an incompetent, fraudulent, wicked, inconsistent and traitorous man at the helm of affairs”.
He further said, “For Governor Orji to say I am another Olusegun Obasanjo shows that he has no moral compunction and has no modicum of respect for former President Obasanjo. He should not dabble or cause further disaffection between President Jonathan and former President Obasanjo. As I said in my last interview with some journalists, Gov Orji is a treacherous sychopnant that will abandon President Jonathan in the nearest future”.
The former governor reaffirmed his stand that rigging and intimidation will be aggressively resisted in the forthcoming polls as Abians are now wiser than the antics of using state machinery to maltreat innocent citizens before, during and after elections.
He added, “I am sounding a note of warning to Governor Orji that if he and his co-travellers dare make use of the army and police for his selfish ambition, the people will confront any one that attempts to upturn their will”.
