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| Speaker Ben Uwajimogu |
By Kenneth Uwadi
The formation of a 6 man panel by the Imo
State House of Assembly to investigate the allegations of corruption leveled
against the Speaker of the House is all over the news. Ordinarily the
announcement of this 6 man panel months after we called for it
should have been received with joy considering the negative impacts which
corruption has on the masses living standard. However going by the
details of the membership of the probe panel our joy is not complete. Indeed
the details of the membership of the probe panel again shows how
deceitful and insensitive the Uwajumogu’s House leadership are.
I condemn in strongest terms
the nomination of Hon Barrister Ikenna Emeh as
the Committee Chairman of the probe panel . Hon Emeh we all
know is the bosom friend of the Speaker Rt Hon Benjamin Uwajumogu.
I regard the nomination of Hon Emeh as Chairman as a grand plan by
Uwajumogu to cover his tracks on the alleged looting of Imo monies. I observe that the Speaker’s office has been unable to provide concrete
points to deny the hard facts on the Speaker’s looting
of Imo monies rather they have resorted to name callings.
Even the comments, actions and body language of some of the
members of the House of Assembly tend towards a cover-up for the Speaker. The
Speaker’s media aide Emeka Ahaneku is a misfit media aide. He should go
and learn public relations from the CPS to the Imo State Deputy Governor Uche
Onwuchekwa and even from the CPS to the Governor of Imo State Sam
Onwuemedo. Uche and Sam are doing well projecting the image of their boss.
I say boldly that setting up a probe
panel to investigate you with your bosom friend as chairman clearly
underline the fact that the exercise is nothing more than a hoax, a big
make-belief. A plan to give the Speaker a clean bill of health. It is also
comical to see Hon Stan Dara as member of a committee that will investigate
allegations against the Speaker and himself. I say boldly that the Rt Hon
Benjamin Uwajumogu’s probe panel is no more than a
smokescreen to divert attention from the monumental and unprecedented
corruption in the Imo House of Assembly. It is a momentary sensation meant
to deceive the public. It insults the intelligence of Imolites and
those of us who called for a probe of the Speaker.
Some of the members of this
kangaroo panel are morally lacking to initiate any manner of
investigation much less a probe against Mr. Speaker and they have
over time behaved like rubber stamp, in fact more or less like zombies . In
effect I say boldly that this particular probe panel
members cannot look Mr. Uwajumogu in the face and come out with the
truth. I therefore call the probe panel a comedy panel ,a Papa Ajasco one
for that matter.To me, Uwajumogu is a capitalist non performing speaker
who supervised the sack of 10,000 Imolites, I mean our Imo 10,000
brothers and sisters. This big-time pen robber at the helms of Imo House
of Assembly having run our youths out of jobs went ahead to loot our monies
via road contract scam. He should step aside and allow the house members
on their own to set up a panel to investigate him. This panel to me is
like a Nollywood movie where the end can be easily predicted from the
beginning. The Speaker, under the rules of natural justice, cannot be a
judge in his own case. When Patricia Etteh was involved in 628million
naira contract scandal, what happened? She was asked to step aside. Even
Chuba Okadigbo was asked to step aside.
I cannot be intimidated by the
Imo House of Assembly to stop speaking my mind. I will continue to speak out. I
recently made a peep into certain aspects of the House by showing some pictures
of properties fraudulently acquired by the Speaker and some members of the
House. Also I displayed pictures of some roads that he(Speaker) awarded
to his company Werdis Limited . I told you that Lake Nwaebere Street in
Aladinma Housing Estate was poorly rehabilitated by him via
his company Werdis Limited. He collected millions of naira and did a poor
job. I told you that Mbano Street (road 17) Aladinma Housing Estate by
NYSC office was poorly rehabilitated by his company as well as New
Road 1 with bridge leading to Concorde Hotel from JPROSS road
.Another road located at opposite St. Peters Anglican Church Ikenegbu
Layout by Fano Hotels was also poorly executed by Uwajumogu’s company after
collecting millions of naira.I told you that over 3 billion naira has been
looted and carted away by the Speaker via road contract scam and that he
used the money he got from the road contracts scams to acquire eye
popping mansions in Nigeria. I did show you some pictures of some
of his properties in Owerri and will show you more pictures both in Owerri and
outside Owerri soon amongst several breath-taking evidences of heavy
looting.
The few pictures that I released are
" mere tip of the iceberg". In essence, I want you to know that the
mind boggling revelations of corruption and misdeeds of the Speaker is
also tied to the gangster looting members of the House Committee
on State And Rural Roads Monitoring. The House members show of anger
against my disclosure is a bold face conduct of incorruptible crooks. Onye
Nwere Nti Nya Nuru
(Uwadi writes from Mmahu-Egbema , Imo State, Nigeria)
