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Issues ultimatum to rescind decision
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From Tony John, Port Harcourt
Former chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Rivers State chapter, Apostle Eugene Ogu, has issued a three-day ultimatum to the Anambra State governor, Prof Charles Soludo, to reverse his decision on the Onitsha Main Market crisis.
The cleric expressed shock at what he described as an unconstitutional display of power by Governor Soludo, who he said went around Anambra begging for a second term, only to get it and then turn around to close the popular market.
Ogu noted that the governor claimed that the people’s expression of their right to protest once a week constitutes economic sabotage.
He declared: “You (Soludo) went ahead to unlawfully shut down the whole market for a week. Tell me, you and the people who are the real economic saboteur?
“You have joined the West to destroy the businesses of our Igbo traders because you think you do not need the people’s vote any longer.”
Apostle Ogu, General Overseer of the Abundant Life Mission (ALEM), noted that “the God of the Igbos, Chukwu Abiama, will not forgive but will respond to you for that display of senseless arrogance. You have three days to revert your actions or face the wrath of God,” he threatened.
In a statement he issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, Ogu wondered how the governor could declare the shutting down of the market for one week without considering the children of those struggling men and women who have no federal or state government support.
He reacted: “Soludo, so this is how you want to destroy the image Onitsha people have built in you through their support? This is how you have chosen to show your might? This is how you have chosen to thank those who voted you to power?
“The God of the land will never forgive you as you have bitten more than you can chew. So, those in Abuja you are running errands for, have decided to use you to inflict pains on your people.
“You have joined the persecutors of Igbo people; in the North, we are persecuted same as in the West. Our people’s businesses are being burnt and destroyed and back home you, an Igbo man, is busy shutting down their shops to please your masters.
“Let see how far you will go with this. You have been known for your hatred for our people and Igbo leaders for reasons best known to you. I advise you to be very careful how you deal with our people and their only source of income,” he said.
The cleric, however, advised the Anambra governor to keep off the people’s shops and stop threatening them, as they were there before he became governor and will be there after he leaves office.
He added: “You have no right to tell them to leave Anambra because they own Anambra and have invested their lives to develop Anambra before you were born.”
He warned that the bee’s nest Governor Soludo wants to stir will destroy the peace in Anambra State, stating that it has become obvious that the governor wants to end his tenure by orchestrating another killings of the Igbo people.
He warned: “Soludo, tread with caution and immediately retrace your steps before it’s too late. You should know the Igbos are not and will never be cowards that can be pushed around. Their decision to sit-at-home is their fundamental right as long as it’s their choice.”
