A former member of Abia State House of Assembly who represented Umunneochi, Hon. Prince Ikedi Ezekwesiri has taken a swipe at the immediate past governor of the state, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu for calling those who defected from the PDP to other parties “featherweight”.
The former governor allegedly made the comment at a stakeholders meeting in Umuahia on Thursday.
Reacting to the governor’s comment, Hon. Ezekwesiri who has since joined the APC in an article titled, “Heavyweight of Emptiness” said the former governor after his eight years in office lost 95% of elective seats of his party, the PDP and was also unable to secure his election as Senator at the 2023 election.
According to Hon. Ezekwesiri, Ikpeazu failed himself, failed the party, and Abians.
He said, “Someone who was handed power on the platter of gold, with 2 Senators, 6 Reps members and 24 house of assembly and he lost 95%, after 8years of being a governor, could not win Senate nor produce a successor is calling people featherweight -what an irony!
“Rather than his trademark jesterings, after his abysmal performance cost the party her electoral victory, one expected he would have tendered a strong apology to the party and not the hogwash being displayed.”
The former PDP member also accused the governor of institutionalising cronysim as well as working against the candidates of his party at the 2023 election.
“He institutionalized cronyism in governance and messed up the party at all levels. He brazingly worked against candidates of the party”, the former lawmaker noted.
He added, “More disgusting is the state party chairman, Rt Hon Asiforo Okere ( PhD).
“His recognition of Barr Okey Igwe as *the authentic deputy governorship canditiate makes me feel like vomiting* after his connivance against my brother and stretch of judicial pronouncements on that up to the supreme court. A party run by a galaxy of mischievous, lazy people!
“A governor who had no balls to do local government election when it mattered most would call some people featherweight.
“What featherweight could be more than a sitting governor who lost his own election even in his own ward and local government, after 8 years in power as governor with the enormous resources and power at his disposal ?
“What weight had Dr Ikpeazu before he became governor; what weight had he as a governor, and what weight can he parade now that he is no longer governor?
“The former Governor should stop making unguided comments unbecoming of his status, which is capable of heating up the polity by calling decampees ‘Ndi ojo’. He should respect the political decisions of Abians as they are free to belong to any political party of their choice.
“It is important that he addresses the issues why people are leaving the party instead of his comical rhetorics and grandstanding.
“He is free as a human to abuse those that left the party privately but he has no right to do that publicly as he will be responded to likewise going forward.”
