Erondu Uchenna Erondu jnr |
Former Special Adviser to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu on Special Duties, Chief Erondu Uchenna Erondu, jnr Thursday expressed shock and surprise that he is being linked to the on-going leadership tussle in Abia State House of Assembly.
"I am not yet a member of the Abia State House of Assembly, am therefore at loss how I could have galvanised 16 members of the Assembly to convene the May 2, 2023 sitting of the House when I am not yet their colleague", Erondu Jnr, the member-elect for Obingwa-East State Constituency lamented in a Press Statement.
Making references to publications which had linked him to the attempted impeachment of Speaker of the House, Rt Hon Chinedum Orji, Chief Erondu Jnr described such as malicious allegations and rumours all packaged as a surreptitious strategy by his traducers "who are intent on soiling my good image and by implication that of this government which I have served creditably.
"I therefore wish to plead that these unfounded and malicious allegations should stop forthwith as it will not serve any useful purpose", he maintained.
Erondu Jnr further argued that those behind the false allegations are stretching the imagination too far by linking his name to the internal wranglings and the present leadership crisis rocking the House. "I am not in anyway connected to the day to day activities of the House and cannot possibly be a beneficiary of the outcome of the crisis in whatever", he maintained.
He further dismissed point by point the allegations raised in the false publications: "At no point did I give any legislator of the present 7th Assembly any money to effect the change of Speakership of the Abia House of Assembly.
"At no point did I engage anyone to obtain on my behalf the buy-in of members of the 7th Assembly which i am not yet a member, for the Speakership position of the 8th Assembly as these rumours seem to suggest",
He described those manufacturing these lies and rumours as 'idle minds' and urged them to look for a meaningful venture to engage their brains, affirming that "this reckless path of character assassination which CAN NEVER BE THE EXCLUSIVE PRESERVE OF ANY PERSON OR GROUP OF PERSONS"
Daily ledger.com.ng reports that the Abia State House of Assembly erupted in leadership crisis on May 2, 2023 when an unsuccessful attempt was made to impeach the Speaker, Rt Hon Chinedum Orji.
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