...Abia stopped working after I left - OUK
...I ended idol worship introduced by OUK in Abia - Orji 

 Two former governors of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu and Chief TA Orji, are still bitter with each other. Not even respect for the dead could make them control their emotions as they tore at each other verbally at at Oboro, Ikwuano LGA of Abia State during a burial ceremony over the weekend.

 Barely controlling himself, immediate past governor of the State, Senator T A Orji maintained that his predecessor forced all political appointees in the State to swear oaths of allegiance to him and his mother at Okija shrine, but he did away with such fetish practices as governor.

 The two political gladiators clashed  at the Ntalakwu Secondary School.  Oboro venue of the funeral ceremony for  former Secretary to the Government, Dr Elekwachi Nwogbo.

 Chief  Orji Uzor Kalu who attended the event with his brother, Mascot Uzor Kalu and bus loads of his supporters  threw the first punch when invited to speak.

  Kalu who recently joined APC and is facing a N2.7b fraud case at the Federal High Court, used the opportunity to praise the departed man. He went further to throw not so veilled snide remarks against his successor, Chief T A Orji who also served with the late Nwogbo in his administration.

 OUK narrated that while he served as  governor, the late Dr Nwogbo helped him to ensure that workers and pensioners were taken care of instead of suffering with no hope. He also claimed that Abia State stopped working after he left the government and since then no other Governor has been able to do as well as he did.

 When he was invited to speak, the  immediate past governor, now  representing Abia central senatorial district,  Senator T A Orji, praised the work ethics of the departed former SSG who worked with him while he was serving as Chief of Staff in the government led by Orji Uzor Kalu.

 Sen. Orji who attended the event with his wife subsequently launched into  counter attacks against his former boss. 

 Sen. Orji declared: "if there is nothing else I achieved as Governor of Abia State I can at least beat my chest and say I ended idol worship in this state. On my watch, Commissioners and appointees didn't have to go to Okija or any other shrine to pledge allegiance to me and my mother or wife. Even the inherited debts and outstanding salaries/pensions were largely settled and I left the state as one of the least indebted in the country while adding many legacy projects that Abia people are enjoying to date"

 He went further: "it is on record that I am the only elected former Governor of this state that our people massively elected to represent them at the senate whereas others have tried many times and were rejected by our people."