By Nduka Dimgba
My heart felt glad to have read your words on the state of Abia State, I really do not know if you wrote this words with agony of the soul, or with a retributive mind considering the hatred and war directed toward you by the Governor.
Whichever the case, I saw some pain and tears in your tone. Plato said ” Appearance is master of truth and lord of happiness, to happiness then I will turn, I will put on the show of virtue and trail behind me the fox of Archilochus, I hear someone said wickedness is not easily concealed”
I have always reserve much respect for you, since Abia state came to be, no governor or administrator had ever touch the life of the state the way you did.
But at the same time, can’t relent telling you that you contributed to the problem the state at the moment is subjected to.
You are a very powerful fellow with strong connection, very intelligent and hard working, unfortunately you used all the advantage at you disposition wrongly by making Theodore Ahamefule Orji the Governor of Abia state against the strongest opposition of various interest groups. For you to have even won that struggle successfully commands my respect for you aside the negativity. He has become our terror including your very self.
But then, as you rightly had accepted, you are only human prone to error and subject to the limitations of human calculations. the chameleon you called your former chief of staff now the Governor as you Made him, gave you a negative look ended up deceiving you into believing he was what he was not, no matter how any one will blame you, those blame are not going to bring the required change in our state. If a man’s wife can change the swing even to a point of digging his husband’s grave how much more shall an enemy in disguise from different family, community, local Government, not kill you? Particularly at the premises of political power.
Furthermore your able to open up with your confessions and side of the story is a welcome approach. Your prolonged silence made him took you for cowardice. With your brave response your boys are very proud to tell your story. I am happy that there is still a man in Abia State who can open up to the plight of our state when every body including the claimed mighty lords hiding in pretence, who want to die? Is ok, he that will hide his life will surely loose it. T.A. Orji’s skirmishes are prone to failure, his attack on your personalities are only a flimsy games that will end up in dungeon. The battle line is drawn I heard you pen it in your series. You lost the Senatorial sit last election because the people believed his lies not because he was fighting you with armoured tank. Now the story of who is holding who is completed and over, it is obvious now who holds who.
Sir, Abia State is worst that you elaborated, all the roads your administration constructed are forgotten because of maintenance lack, no single Road has been constructed since you left office. All the roads in Aba are closed, there is no road network connecting other states, did I say other states, other cities. Insecurity is at its pick, commerce is a history in the commercial nerve city, do you really have time to read the compendium of the wrongs? As if I am saying anything new.
The world is listening to hear your crime against T. A. ORJI, He should also be prepared to tell them how much is his allowance or security vote. He that can not appreciate his master mush be a fool, nature has a way of payback. Let him go ahead to change your name with his name on all the project that bears your name, let him go ahead to claim project not executed by him, let him go ahead to commission spies on you house gate to give roll call of your visitors, let him go ahead to steal our money to build and buy aircraft if he like, even vessels, he has less than 7 months to live in the Government house Umuahia.
T. A. ORJI is supposed to be a prisoner, if the case against him is closed, then other cases should be opened. His immunity will soon expire then we can count his wings.
G.K Chestoton once said “The most practical and important thing about someone is his or her view of the universe” we are all mortal, and until each and everyone of us grapples with the largest of existential question- who are we? Where do we come from? And were are we going? We have not lived,we are not prepared to die, and we surely are not well educated .
Plato in his metaphysical explanations said” human nature oscillates between good and evil, and the motives of actions and the origin of institutions May be explained to a certain extent on either hypothesis”
“A little experience may make a man a cynic; a great deal will bring him back to a truer and kindlier view of the mixed nature of himself and his fellow men.”
I salute you my model, I salute you my hero, I salute you my action Governor.
Mr. Nduka Dimgba writes from Lagos
Editor’s Note: Views expressed in this article are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of The City Reporters
