It wasn’t me

Naturally, I am quite happy and proud that one of our own was recognised, but I wish to to clarify that the said advert did not emanate from me and thus it is not fair to ascribe it to me as I am not in the habit of advertising congratulatory messages in newspapers.I would have […]

Naturally, I am quite happy and proud that one of our own was recognised, but I wish to to clarify that the said advert did not emanate from me and thus it is not fair to ascribe it to me as I am not in the habit of advertising congratulatory messages in newspapers.
I would have waved off the issue as inconsequential because throughout my political career, I have never been known as a spoiler or one who stands in-between the ambition of any one aspirant. For the avoidance of doubt, what I did was to send a text message to all awardees including Governor Chief Theodore Orji, congratulating them on the award.  As an elder statesman in Abia State, I will not condescend so low as to show my political preferences on the pages of newspapers, but on the ballot box.   As a democrat, I do not have the power or the propensity to stop anyone from nursing the ambition to vie for any elective position in the State or elsewhere for such power lies with the electorate.
I believe that this is the handwork of dirty tricksters who are out to drag my name in the mud. Political jobbers are work here; and they thrive on collecting money from gullible politicians when they set one against the other thus causing disaffection and overheating the polity. All these outright falsehoods and fabrications about my person are figments in their imagination as I am not in a position of influence or affluence to anoint anybody to any position; that power belongs to God.

Senator Chris Adighije, Dennis Osadebe Street, Apo Legislative Quarters, Abuja