The Senator representing Ebonyi Central Senatorial District in the Senate, Chief Obinna Ogba, on Thursday, alleged that the Kingdom Secondary School, Ikwuato Idembia, in the Ezza South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, shut down on Tuesday by the State Government, was done solely to witchhunt him.
The lawmaker revealed that the owner of the school, Mr. Friday Agbom, immediate past Chairman of the Peoples Democratic party in Ezza South Local Government Area of the state, was one of his Legislative Aides.
Ogba, a second-term lawmaker and Chairman Senate Committee on Sports, made the allegation in a statement, on Thursday. He was reacting to the accusations of plots to sponsor crises in the state, recently levelled against him and three other PDP leaders in the state by Governor David Umahi.
Umahi had at press briefing after a Security Council meeting in Abakaliki recently, accused Chief Ogba; a former Senate President, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim; a first civilian Governor of the state, Dr. Sam Egwu and the Acting National Vice Chairman of the PDP, in South East zone, Chief Ali Odefa, of jointly plotting to sponsor the Indigenous People of Biafra to cause crises in the state.
But Chief Ogba in his reaction titled, “Unfortunate and delusional accusations by Governor David Umahi, My response”, opined that the Governor’s accusations were reckless, unfounded and baseless .
He said, “Ordinarily, I could have treated that media briefing as mere gibberish but coming from the mouth of a sitting Governor, it becomes very necessary to give it the needed attention in order to invite full scrutiny of the dangerous recklessness inherent in the utterances of a Chief Security Officer of a state.
“This press briefing may be termed late given the Governor’s pseudo apology, but the closure of KINGDOM SECONDARY SCHOOL, by the government (a private school established since 2004) owned by the immediate past PDP Chairman of Ezza South L.G.A, Barr. Friday Agbom (who is also my Legislative Aide) 24 hours after that apology on a flimsy excuse that he organizes cult activities there further triggered me to make this press briefing.
“Speaking for myself and by way of rebuttal, I wish to state categorically that I have never harboured, recruited, induced or engaged cultists for any purpose whether political or otherwise, in all my personal and public life.”
