Ebonyi State Government berates PDP Federal lawmakers for spreading falsehood

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By Tony Udemba

The Ebonyi State government has lampooned the PDP Ebonyi State Caucus of National Assembly members over it’s statements against the state government at a press briefing organized by the group of Federal lawmakers in Abuja recently. In a press release written and signed by Hon. Orji Uchenna Orji, Ebonyi State Commissioner for Information and State Orientation,  the government dismissed the statements allegedly credited to Senator Sam Omiyi Egwu

as ” ridiculous, seditious,  baseless, absolutely unfounded, utterly irresponsible and gravely senseless, more so  as it is most regrettably coming from people who claim to represent their state in the National Assembly”.

While urging the public to discountenance the unsavory claims made by the lawmakers, as nothing but a continuation of the consummation of their serial media attacks on the performing administration of Governor Dave Umahi, Orji insisted that the  objective of the group was to diminish the celebrated leadership hallmarks of the Governor and slow down the tempo of his accomplishments.

The state government said that it was not surprised that Senator Sam Ominyi Egwu and his group could be so carelessly petty and partisanly cheap in their falsehood that they could associate the wonderful Ebonyi youths and the Ebubeagu Security Outfit with allegations of cultism and armed criminalities, ” just to reap negative sentiments from the gullible on the security situation in the state”.

The statements further reads; ” the  people of Ebonyi State are rather disappointed in this shameful display of unrepentant urge by Sen. Egwu and his group in Abuja to paint Ebonyi State negatively, to satisfy their political motives. It is even saddening that the group which never showed any concern to the various security challenges that faced the state recently will only dissipate energy and resources in concocting all forms of lies against the government that has made tremendous progress in stemming the tide of insecurity in the state”.

The Commissioner for Information and State Orientation stated that      Ebonyi State and her people were on the side of peace, and  admonished  the group PDP lawmakers in the National Assembly to flash back on the agony suffered by the state between 2001 and 2003 in the regime of Senator Sam Ominyi Egwu as Governor of Ebonyi State and Senator Pius Anyim Pius as the Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He alleged  that the unprecedented setback orchestrated by the needless political violence and bloodshed during that period characterized their feud, just as he called on the legislators to  stay away from fanning the embers of crisis through their unguided utterances and nocturnal plots. Orji noted that God has given the Abuja based lawmakers a second chance to seek the face of God for the alleged human lives wasted in their time, even as he counseled them to make peace with their people and not to lead a group to destroy the image of the state and reintroduce ‘Abuja group’ mayhem.

Continuing, he stated that it was true that the PDP National Assembly Members in the State were frustrated by their complete rejection by their constituents, saying ” that  should not be a reason to throw conscience to the winds to level unthinkable falsehood against an administration that has excelled in the compassionate delivery of transparent and God-fearing governance that is based on integrity and dignity”.

The government’s spokesman called on the PDP National Assembly Members from Ebonyi state to come home and identify with the concerns and efforts of the government and the people in building a crime free and a prosperous state which the Governor has fast-tracked to the admiration of all citizens in the state.

 

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