Sen. T A Orji Denies Being Booed In Abia

The Senator representing Abia Central, former Governor Theodore Orji, has debunked a report in a national daily that he was booed in Osisioma local government area of Abia State last weekend.

Orji, made the disclaimer in a statement issued by his senior legislative aide and media adviser, Eddie Onuzuruike, in Abuja Monday, titled “Debunking The Lies Of The Sun: Senator T.A. Orji Was Not Booed In Osisioma.”
He said the newspaper report was false even as it was authored by an anonymous reporter.

Orji was reacting to a front page report on Monday, which claimed that he was booed by a crowd during the burial ceremony of Dr. Roland Nwaogu, husband of Senator Nkechi Nwaogu, at the Osisioma country home of the family.

“There was no murmur or booing of any kind, contrary to The Sun’s report and, curiously, this false report was credited to ‘Our Reporter’ without any name, as is customary with the group when they give false reports like this one on Chief Orji.

“If I may ask, was this booing selective when the trio of the Deputy Senate President, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and Senator Orji arrived the venue or when the Senator made a speech? Senator Orji did not make any speech. Do you boo one who won election or the one who has failed in many attempts?” the statement said.

Orji noted that the story was a fallacy as other media houses had reporters at the event and did not report the so-called booing of the former governor.