ONE TINY WARNING SHOT FOR AZUBOGU AND HIS MEDIA TEAM.

It is often said that when the truth is blurred by distorted facts, noise and misinformation, perception becomes reality and all is lost. This happens to be the case of the Azubogu media team who have embarked on a media diatribe to smear to personality of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah: The Prince of the Senate who is presently a towering figure in the Ninth Senate.

I understand the damage low self-esteem could inflict on hapless individuals who have at some point benefited so much in the past from Ifeanyi Ubah’s benevolence and suddenly stopped enjoying those privileges as a result of their self inflicted delusions, but I think the most honourable thing to do now is to move on. Turning into attack dogs and objects of scorn on social media, is to say the least, pitiable and saddening. A honourable member who never found you competent enough to appoint you as an aide will certainly not find you a trustworthy sycophant.

Before now, i would have completely dismissed the smear campaign as an attention seeking move, but for the purpose of clarity and to put issues in proper perspective here are facts Azubogu’s media team should have considered before engaging in this ridiculous macabre dance:

1. Chris Azubogu is a huge benefactor of Senator of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah’s political benevolence. It is well known fact that Ifeanyi Ubah has always been a household name with formidable contributions to the Nation’s economy and tremendous assets worth hundreds of billions of Naira. It is sad that the same cannot be said for Chris Azubogu who was merely a shadowy and relatively unknown I.T consultant before Ifeanyi Ubah and few other benefactors sponsored him into the House of Representatives. So how then can one compare Chris Azubogu to Ifeanyi Ubah? That would be akin to comparing a son to a father, or an agama lizard to an alligator.

2. In 2015, While Ifeanyi Ubah was in PDP he founded and ran the biggest Presidential campaign structure: Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) which gave Ex President Goodluck Ebelle Jonathan 70% visibility and was also the Deputy DG, Contact and Mobilization during GEJ’s re-election campaign. This a feat which Azubogu who has been a member of PDP for almost a decade isn’t close to achieving till date.

3. While Senator Ifeanyi Ubah presides over 7 local governments as the elected Senator representing Anambra South, Chris Azubogu represents 3 local under Anambra South and remains answerable and surbodunate to Senator Ubah at the National Assembly.

4. Senator Ifeanyi Ubah is the National Leader of YPP and already has the Governorship ticket in his pocket, while Chris Azubogu on the other hand has numerous contenders to face to get his party’s ticket. He should focus on clinching his party ticket before launching a smear campaign against Senator Ubah.

5. Senator Ifeanyi Ubah owns a multi billion international games village in Nnewi/Ozubulu which is the first privately owned stadium to be certified by CAF in West Africa. This is a feat Anambra State Government could not achieve in 25 years. Senator Ubah made this possible in less than two years.

6. Senator Ubah has sponsored hundreds of Anambra youths to Countries like UK, Russia, Dubai amd Egypt. Soon, his aides; will be traveling to Havard Kennedy Institute for a legislative studies and policy making program in USA, afterwhich they will be traveling to China for a brief commercial expo forum.

7. Adichie Izuchukwu, Bernard Nwanya, Okonkwo Godspower are all aides of Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah who are in the payroll of the National Assembly and have toured several parts of The world and Nigeria with their principal. Can the same be said of Chris Azubogu’s aides?

8. FC Ifeanyi Ubah has consistently remained a force to be reckoned with in the NPFL despite the numerous setbacks that have relegated privately owned clubs like Remo stars, Abubakar Bukola Saraki FC and co, FC Ifeanyi Ubah has remained on top and is currently in third position on the NPFL table.

9. The case between Capital Oil and AMCON has been a subsisting case which has been in court for years. It is important to note that till date, no court of competent jurisdiction has found Capital oil wanting.

A company having operational setbacks for over two cannot pay workers salary when revenue hasn’t been generated for years now.

10. In less than 6months. Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah has been able to bring in the media industry, The Authority FM becoming the first Radio Station in Nnewi Town, a commercial enclave known for its industrial viability. With the commencement of broadcast in Anambra, Authority 91.9FM is the first Radio Station in Nnewi and presently boasts of an expansive coverage as it draws its audience from local communities in Anambra, Imo, Abia, Enugu, Delta, Edo, Kogi, Benue and Ondo states. The establishment of the radio station has offered several employment opportunities and is geared towards engendering socioeconomic development and reducing unemployment in Anambra State.

In a sane clime, youths like Onyedika Anambra would have recused himself from being an attack dog and focus on his pharmaceutical career since Chris Azubogu didn’t consider worthy of appointing him as an aide.

Conclusively, I wish to categorically and sternly warn the Azubogu Media team to desist from launching unnecessary attacks on the personality of Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah. The callous and unwarranted attacks by these enemies of peace and decorum is to say the least, despicable, condemnable and symptomatic of a pathetically disoriented media team.

In their futile attempts to pull Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah down at all costs, lies have become a stock in trade, mischief a major commodity, and serial mendacity a character flaw of their media team.

Social media is only but a tiny fraction that constitutes a little percentage of the electorate. Let us focus on issue based narratives that will help change our polity for good.

A word is enough for the wise!

Ifeanyi Uba is a good business man