A verbal war has ensued in the political camp of the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, over the recent demotion of a headmistress to classroom teacher by the state government.

The headmistress of a primary school at Amaetiti Asaga Ohafia, in Ohafia Local Government Area, located in the Abia-North Senatorial District, Mrs. Maryellen Ezichi, was reportedly demoted to a classroom teacher for demanding the payment of the backlog of salary arrears owed teachers when the wife of the governor, Mrs. Nkechi Ikpeazu, visited the school to inaugurate the government’s free meal programme.

The first salvo was reportedly fired on Monday by Don Ubani, Gov. Ikpeazu’s kinsman from Abia-North and the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Abia State, who accused the governor’s appointees from Abia-North of not doing enough to protect the governor and his wife in the “hostile” Abia-North.

He said, “No adviser worth his salt will advise or encourage the wife of his principal to stray into a domain, whose hatred and hostility against their principal, are not in any way hidden.”

But Ubani’s comment appeared to have infuriated the Deputy Speaker, Abia State House of Assembly, Cosmos Ndukwe, also a close political associate of Ikpeazu, who accused him of “unwittingly” declaring Abia-North an enemy’s territory of the governor.

Ndukwe, who hails from Abia-North, replied saying, “Don Ubani, arrogating to himself the monopoly of wisdom, has unwittingly declared Abia-North an enemy territory, so much that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu deserves hatred and hostility from the zone. As lost as I am in thought, I can say with utmost certainty that Don Ubani is perfecting the art of divisive and mindless geo-sectional politics which he has been orchestrating all the while for grossly selfish reasons.”

Efforts to get a comment from the Chief Press Secretary to Ikpeazu, Enyinnaya Appolos, on the development proved abortive as his phones were not reachable as of the time of filing this report.

odiks:
A verbal war has ensued in the political camp of the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, over the recent demotion of a headmistress to classroom teacher by the state government.

The headmistress of a primary school at Amaetiti Asaga Ohafia, in Ohafia Local Government Area, located in the Abia-North Senatorial District, Mrs. Maryellen Ezichi, was reportedly demoted to a classroom teacher for demanding the payment of the backlog of salary arrears owed teachers when the wife of the governor, Mrs. Nkechi Ikpeazu, visited the school to inaugurate the government’s free meal programme.

The first salvo was reportedly fired on Monday by Don Ubani, Gov. Ikpeazu’s kinsman from Abia-North and the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Abia State, who accused the governor’s appointees from Abia-North of not doing enough to protect the governor and his wife in the “hostile” Abia-North.

He said, “No adviser worth his salt will advise or encourage the wife of his principal to stray into a domain, whose hatred and hostility against their principal, are not in any way hidden.”

But Ubani’s comment appeared to have infuriated the Deputy Speaker, Abia State House of Assembly, Cosmos Ndukwe, also a close political associate of Ikpeazu, who accused him of “unwittingly” declaring Abia-North an enemy’s territory of the governor.

Ndukwe, who hails from Abia-North, replied saying, “Don Ubani, arrogating to himself the monopoly of wisdom, has unwittingly declared Abia-North an enemy territory, so much that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu deserves hatred and hostility from the zone. As lost as I am in thought, I can say with utmost certainty that Don Ubani is perfecting the art of divisive and mindless geo-sectional politics which he has been orchestrating all the while for grossly selfish reasons.”

Efforts to get a comment from the Chief Press Secretary to Ikpeazu, Enyinnaya Appolos, on the development proved abortive as his phones were not reachable as of the time of filing this report.

http://punchng.com/ikpeazus-men-fight-dirty-over-demoted-headmistress/

Cornerstone2020:
Being an Abian and an Ngwa man I understand the two parties .
Don Ubani should not have made such comments as it is divisive to the party and the governor's cabinet.
But the obvious truth remains that Abia north is just like our Northern Nigeria they believe they must rule Abia.
They vehemently resisted the idea of an Ngwa man becoming the governor over the years. There level of hatred for Ngwa and Ukwa people (Abia south and partly central) often make them to throw party loyalty to the garbage to ensure that their own rule Abia. we all saw how Dr. chikwe of PPA just few days to election step down for Otti despite being one of the favourites, Orji Uzo kalu did went to INEC to force them to declare Otti the winner despite being in another party . I can go on and on.
But really baffles me is that they are responsible for the bad governance in Abia State since the creation of the state in 1991. And they destroyed Aba selling government lands and facilities to their cronies probably why they don't want Ngwa or Ukwa man to rule Abia even local governments and market and public establisment were all managed by people from Abia north hence all they cared about is looting Aba dry without doing any developmental projects in Aba.

durangokid:
which newspaper article is this, own by who and financed by who, this is how they use division to cause problems, they have started, ikpeazu and his men should ignore punch,,, the next one will come from Nation newspaper to tell you APC will win Abia in the next election because of ikpeazu's problems with abia North and later Sahara reporters will bring their own, on how ikpeazu took over power against the advice of abians, fools false information and propaganda was used last one. Nigerians in 2015 elections

odiks:
Things fall apart... The center cannot hold again. May 12th loading...

durangokid:
which newspaper article is this, own by who and financed by who, this is how they use division to cause problems, they have started, ikpeazu and his men should ignore punch,,, the next one will come from Nation newspaper to tell you APC will win Abia in the next election because of ikpeazu's problems with abia North and later Sahara reporters will bring their own, on how ikpeazu took over power against the advice of abians, fools false information and propaganda was used last one. Nigerians in 2015 elections

ManMountain:


This is what is kiling you people from that region...DENIAL.
Names were mentioned, why not wait for thoese mentioned to come publicly to debunk the report.
Literacy is not jist attending school, it involves schooling anx purging the mind from foolish thinking

divinelove:
And the poor teacher remains demoted

obyrich:
I am surprised that you believed this propaganda. Nwanne muru anya.