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| Speaker Benjamin Uwajimogu |
Report By IMHA Media Unit
The Senior Special Assistant (media) to the Speaker, Imo State
House of Assembly, Mr, Chukwuemeka Ahaneku, has taken a swipe on one Mr.
Kenneth Uwadi, who he said has specialized in the use of the social media
platforms to peddle lies and unfounded allegations mostly against political
office holders in the state.
Mr. Ahaneku, who was reacting to various articles written by Mr.
Uwadi against some top government functionaries in the state, described Mr.
Uwadi as a ‘clinging cymbal’ whose riotous and blackmailing noise would not
deter the leadership of the Imo State House of Assembly from further blazing
the trail, as it recently bagged the second most productive House in the
country.
He however, asserted that Mr. Uwadi’s sinister motive was to
launch a pernicious propaganda against the Speaker, amid his rising political
profile and reputations because some opposition leaders in the State gave him
some money and promised him their party primaries ticket to contest in the 2015
elections, adding that engaging him (Mr. Uwadi) on such blackmailing spree were
akin to trading common sense with ignorance.
According to him, ‘’who doesn’t know Kenneth Uwadi as a sheer
alarmist who specializes in blackmailing political office holders to make ends
meet? He should know that we are not losing sleep over any of those frivolous
junks he has been posting on the internet. I want to assure him that the House
ably led by Rt. Hon. Banjamin Uwajumogu is ever poised to surpass its recent
record of achievements as the second best in the country for the betterment of
Imo people’’.
Speaking further he queried; ‘’how is the Speaker involved in all
the accusations he is levying on him? What is the Speaker’s business in the
management of local government funds or in a secret cult war that saw many
Imolites dead and few arrested for culpable homicide in the state? People
should not because of partisan and personal interest offer themselves as
demonic tools for peddling of falsehood and misrepresentation of people. When
people say people should have education and good upbringing, it is for this
kind of reason, so they can write with facts and also know how to portray
themselves in the public.
‘’it is
surprising that Mr. Uwadi who claims to be an accountant could not take into
cognizance various deductions (e.g. primary school teacher’s salary and other
deductions) that are deducted during the joint allocation committee meetings
and the various rural projects financed by the local governments in the
state before coming out with his federation allocation committee figures
which clearly shows that he (Mr.Uwadi) is completely detached from the
realities on ground or ignorant of government processes and procedures. I am
not the one to make this clarification because it is purely executive but out
of their ignorance they push you to the extent that you say things that you
don’t want to ’’ .
The Speaker’s
media aide further recalled the negative antecedents of Mr. Uwadi and Samuelson
Iwoha and continued, ‘’ It was this same Kenneth Uwadi in partnership with
Samuelson Iwoha, who recently concocted mind blowing allegations of fraud
against the Speaker, with the negative intents of smearing his reputations and
to blackmail him. And when the chips were down as calls from concerned people
of the state started coming for them to come forward and substantiate their
allegations, Uwadi cowardly chickened out and said he didn’t have facts rather
he copied from his friend Mr.Iwuoha thinking he had facts, thereby leaving
Samuelson Iwuoha in the cold,’’ Mr. Ahaneku explained.
The Special
assistant to the Speaker, however, wondered why Mr. Uwadi who could not
substantiate any of his initial allegations against the Speaker, will always
find a way of ridiculing and tarnishing his image by involving or mentioning
the Speaker’s name in any of his blackmailing articles or comments.
when his partner in the blackmailing and Image tarnishing business (Samuelson
Iwuoha) had recently in a recorded conversation that was broadcasted by
major radio stations in Imo state , owned up to have fabricated the said
allegations against the Speaker with the intention of extracting money
and a Toyota camry car from him.
Mr. Ahaneku, further used the forum to seek the media and the
general public intervention on the matter, as he called politicians to shun all
forms of blackmail against their perceived political opponents and refrain from
luring youths into blackmail and other sundry lifestyles which could jeopardize
their brighter future
