I
do not need to join issues with a man who has character problems. Odimegwu
Onwumere is one such fellow because when you argue with a fool, people may not
see the difference but it is equally true that when good men, especially those
who have the facts keep quiet, things may degenerate to the irrevocable. According
to General C H Grosvenor, ‘figures do not lie, but liars will figure.’
On page 21 of my hallowed Thisday of
Monday, December 31st, Odimegwu Onwumere posted his blackmailing imponderables.
I nearly took him serious but I recalled what I read on Patrikobi, an online news
of August 8, 2012 edition which gave a little about the nefarious deeds and
activities of Odimegwu. Please read along: After
exposing the man that does the dirty deals for Orji Kalu few weeks ago, this
news online has stumbled on another Kalu’s hatchet man by name : Odimegwu
Onwumere, a drop out like the former Abia governor. He lives in Port Harcourt,
Rivers state where he is busy blackmailing people through his halve baked
articles. It was learnt that Kalu used him for his dirty deals while in office
and all the promises the former governor made to him were not fulfilled.
Angered by this, Onwumere who was once jailed in Port Harcourt for libel,
threatened to expose Kalu, a situation that forced the Igbere politician to
enter into an agreement to pay him 30 thousand naira a month to blackmail
perceived enemies, especially EFCC and the presidency.
As you can see above, Odimegwu is
faceless, unstable, a desperate jobber, ready to hang himself to a paltry
30,000 naira; talk about a modern day Judas. Not only the above, Odimegwu is an
ex-convict, scandal merchant and journalistic imposter, more of a scum and
scourge egged on by a new literary disease. Reading through his garbage of
writings, there is no slight indication that he has flair for writing. His evil script is a catalogue of mendacity
full of avoidable errors and expressions, disjointed sentences, confused verbs
and misplaced syntaxes. What more can we expect from a drop out and ex-convict
who has not regretted his inglorious past.
Freedom
of speech is guaranteed by the constitution and universally accredited as one
of man’s inalienable rights, but there
are applicable laws against the abuse of these rights which Odimegwu knows
having been jailed once for libel.
It
is quiet unfortunate that an honourable man like Sir T A Orji, a man so, venerated,
elected by popular votes of responsible Abians is so basely challenged by a man
who does not know what honour and good name are worth.
In
paragraph two of his warped presentation, he repudiated the claims that T.A has
restored dignity. The truth is that Odimegwu hardly knows the meaning of
dignity. Talk about gold and the mad man or beauty and the beast. If he does,
who has not heard of how the Governor tackled armed robbery and kidnapping,
emboldening Abians to stand firmly to challenge crime. How else can dignity be
restored if not by stopping warring political camps and uniting them into one
big family, speaking with one responsible voice, a scarce commodity in the last
administration? Onyema Ugochukwu,
Senator Ike Nwachukwu, Ohuabunwa, Sen Adolph Nwagbara, sage Adaelu, Vin
Ogbulafor, Adighije, Enyinnaya Abaribe, name them.
Just
in the last week of December, the Governor attended the traditional marriage of
Chief Ugochukwu’s daughter, a dedication of a church built by Ikechi Emenike
and all other healing and bonding activities. Which other way can dignity be
restored if not by equipping Abia youths with skills and engaging them
gainfully, involving them into various activities that with unanimity inculcate
into their psyche that labour overcomes everything- a move supported by
foremost African-American author, Booker T Washington, who said ‘no race can
prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in
writing a poem.’
In all his rigmaroles, in paragraph 12,
he questions on projects completed by Orji’s administration and I keep
wondering if he is deaf or blind. Where does Onwumere hail from? It is obvious
that he is a drifter, a man of no fixed address and no visible means. The projects
of Ochendo are singsongs in Abia and beyond. They are physical in distinct
geographical locations. They are all in the 3 senatorial zones tangible,
verifiable in the map of Abia. I am getting tired of repeating these.
Ignoring obvious grammatical errors
like “down deep”, and “crashed in the abyss” Odimegwu should look for another
job. His greatest effort as seen in his hubris is trying to protect Orji Uzor Kalu
so that he could keep getting his 30,000 Naira. He should go ahead but avoid
blackmail and libel which will certainly take him back to jail.
Orji
uzor presided over Abia for eight solid years like a colossus and sent good men
scampering for safety in Abuja and Lagos. Now that Abia is united and men
dignified, he should let us be. He is still free to come back for re-election
possibly to right his misdeeds not by sponsoring goons to insult the
intelligence of Abians and our judiciously elected. Odimegwu and kinds are
people who can’t attract any patronage even with their nuisance value. Embarking
on the negative and unsubstantiated claims will get them into more troubles.
Eddie
Onuzuruike
All these ambiguous grammatical expression shows how fat your pockets have been lined! just shut up and chop the money! those who say the truth are the real warriors! do you think Abians are sleeping? That crooked politicians who are professional liars decided to come together to form a caucus that will still see to the further milking of Abia state is no good news okay! If someone is paid 30k to say the truth, and another is paid 100k to embark on image laundry and deceive people, who is richer. Onu gi ahu zuru kwanu ike before the common citizens throw stones at you one day! Ndiara!!!
ReplyDeleteLies!!Abia State has nothing like the kind of dignity this writer is making believe! Crime is still rampant! See this:
ReplyDeleteA NEW DIMENSION OF KIDNAPPING AND KILLINGS IN ABIA STATE, WHERE IS THE SECURITY??
Kidnappers kill 3, abduct 2 in Abia
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
From OKEY SAMPSON, Aba
It was a sad New Year for the people of Abiriba community in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State as kidnappers last weekend unleashed mayhem on the community, killing three persons and abducting two brothers. The kidnapped persons were the sons of one of those killed.
Daily Sun gathered that the hoodlums numbering over six, had stormed the compound of one Prince Iroeke at the Amamba area of the community and allegedly killed two Bakassi boys, who were security personnel attached to the man before gaining entry into the inner chambers of the house where they shot Iroeke dead.
It was also gathered that the kidnappers, after killing the man, abducted two of his sons while the third was reported to have escaped from the men of the under world. Iroeke, who took part in the last Ime Uche ceremony (retirement from active communal service) of the community held in December, was said to be with three of his children when the kidnappers struck.
Following the incident, a dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed on the community, which had been cordoned by security personnel as vehicles were not allowed in or out of the community before 6.00 am and after 6.00 pm. Palpable fear is now said to be pervading the entire community as some people, who went home for the Christmas break were said to be hurrying back to their various bases in their droves.
The body of the slain man and those of the Bakassi boys were reported to have been deposited in a mortuary in the area while police investigation was on.
The kidnappers, according to a source were yet to establish contact with relations of the victims and no ransom had been placed on them. Recall that in August last year, a 78-year-old woman, Mrs. Martha Oyediya Kalu of Ndi Okocha Ogbu, Amaogudu, Abiriba was kidnapped in her son's house and despite the fact that ransom was paid as demanded by her abductors days later, she was yet to be released five months after, fuelling speculation that she might have been killed.