By; MKPUMA ENYINNA, Abakaliki
A member of the Governing Council, Federal Polytechnic, Bali, Taraba State, Comrade Okenwa Uka has explained why a House of Representatives aspirant, Eni Uduma Chima was rejected by his constituents from representing Afikpo North/South Constituency in the fourth coming general election in 2023, explaining that he is an unrepentant lier.
Speaking to newsmen in Abakaliki recently, Comrade Okenwa stated that the House of Representatives aspirant, Eni Uduma Chima has been rejected because he has betrayed the confidence reposed on him by the people with lies, fraudulent behaviour and satanic antics.
Comrade Okenwa explained that Eni’s downfall and total rejection started during 2015 general elections, when he refused to support Umahi’s ambition because of greed, even when the stakeholders offered him opportunity to contest for House of Assembly position, but he rejected the offer along the line to contest for House of Representatives under Labour Party which he lost out completely for betraying the trust of his people, thinking that the incumbent governor then will save him.
He noted that Eni Uduma has failed and betrayed the trust of his people saying that he should tender unreserved apology to the people of Afikpo North for deceiving and betraying their confidence instead of coming out to create confusion with lies again, stating that the next general election can’t be business as usual since his ambition to represent Afikpo North and South constituency at the National Assembly has been rejected.
“I gathered us here this morning to clear the air and put the records straight over the lies that were told by the Eni Uduma Chima on the 27th day of April 2022 at our LGA secretariat when he invited the ward and LGA executives.
“Ordinarily, I would have chosen to ignore him as even the people know his devilish and satanic antics, but for posterity sake, I have to debunk those lies and establish the fact that Eni is an unrepentant serial liar.
“It may interest the world to know that prior to the primaries of both PDP and Labour Party, I had personally advised him not go to Labour Party as the serving Governor and Senator Sonni Ogbuoji had promised to hand over the ticket of our constituency House of Assembly to him, even the current occupant, Hon. Nkemka Okoro Onuma had sent to Eni a congratulatory message and had pledged to back Eni but greed lured him to go ahead to stand for House of Assembly primaries and later House of Reps for Labour Party as he was afraid of contesting election outside the sitting government.
“He later decamped back to PDP after he lost his election, only two days to my own election, after he lied to me that he was going to Nnewi to meet friends that will assist financially only for him to end up at a hotel in Enugu, where our current governor operated from to collect 14 millon Naira and got a commitment to be appointed our LGA Chairman.
“He came back and asked me to step down from the contest with a promise to be made the Coordinator of our Development Centre, I rejected the offer instantly in his parlour and told him that we need to consider the people, that was more honorable for us to fight to finish. ENI never considered any of our supporters, he betrayed my humble self and many others and I expected him to be bold enough to apologise to us and even Afikpo North people who laboured day and night to support us before coming to run his mouth again before the people.
“Even on the funding of the said election, he was mopping up funds from our then LGA caretaker Chairman, late Chief Egwu Chima to be building his hotel and I can attest to the fact that I spent my millions of Naira campaigning for him as there were wards like Ebunwana etc that he could not enter to do campaign.
“He alleged that I was given 23 million Naira, is that not rather ridiculous, the managers of Heritage Campaign Council are still alive and can attest to the fact that no such money was given to any candidate not even myself.
“Even the party directed that one should not insult a fellow aspirant, we respected that, but he chose to use gutter languages on us, but I can feel his frustration, a drowning man can get hold of anything to save himself.
“The fact is that Eni knows he cannot win any election in Edda Land anymore, the people have rejected him.
“ I want the world to know today that, Eni Uduma Chima has no character, very unpopular and incapable of representing our people.
“Almost all the elections he has won was on more or less appointment cum imposition by the government and this time, the people will revolt against any attempt to impose him on us.
“I challenge Eni to show us who he has established politically, economically or otherwise in his hold unto power for close to 16 years.
“I challenge Eni to lay his score card viz a viz his achievements in our constituency as one who represented us for eight years in the House of Assembly not even a culvert in my ward.
“As a council chairman for over six years, he only brought few poles of street lights that are not functional to my ward. Let him show us what he has done in other parts of Edda.”
