A chieftain of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State and former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Charles Ogbonnaya, has advised Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to concentrate on how to address the infrastructural challenges in Abia State instead of following Governor Nyesom Wike around the world.
Chief Ogbonnaya, the Abia State Coordinator of the Campaign Council of the PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubarkar, described as a distraction, the recent meetings in London involving Governors Ikpeazu, Wike, Samuel Ortom of Benue State, and presidential candidates of major parties.
Ogbonnaya, during a live Radio programme in Umuahiia, said: “Ikpeazu should, at this point, centre on how to tackle infrastructural problems bedeviling Abia State.”
He said that Ikpeazu’s romance with Wike “is all about his personal interest,” instead of advancing the interest of the State.
“I am an Abian, and I don’t think Wike is competent to discuss the benefits of Abia. We have our own problems.
“The major problem in Abia State today is collapse of infrastructure. Look at the Federal roads in Abia, they are not motorable. It’s difficult to go to Owerri from Umuahia or Umuahia to Port Harcourt and Akwa Ibom. Arochukwu and Bende Roads are impassable…”