Obi’s Spokesman
exposes blackmail plot, dismisses bribery allegation
The Media Adviser to former Anambra
State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, has alerted the public on a sinister plot to
rubbish the reputation of his principal through the sponsorship of false and
malicious publications, especially in disreputable online platforms and in the
Social Media.
In a statement he issued in Awka on
Wednesday, Obi’s Media Aide, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, identified one
Ikenna-Ellis Ezenekwe as the arrowhead of the sinister plot, using his blog
247Ureports.com as the main vehicle for disseminating the false stories. He
cited recent libelous publications by Mr. Ezenekwe, noting that he did not
bother to observe the basic journalism rule of contacting the accused to state
his side of the story.
Referring to the latest of such stories
alleging the offering of N10 million bribe to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, Obienyem said: “Ikenna Ellis Ezenekwe,
a well known fraudster, lied that Obi gave 10 million Naira to PDP Chairman.
“Obi has not seen the PDP Chairman in
the last 2 months, yet he reported how Obi gave him 10 Million Naira,
which he rejected. You and I know that Obi can only give such an amount to
schools!”
The Media Aide went down memory lane,
recalling running battles with Mr. Ezenekwe, whom he described as a notorious
blackmailer.
Recalling some of their encounters, he
wrote: “I have had many encounters with Mr. Ellis Ikenna Ezenekwe in the past.
In the January of Obi’s administration, he visited my office begging me to
appeal to the then Governor Peter Obi to make him an assistant. He even wrote a
letter to that effect, which is attached.
“At that time, I did not know that he
was part of the delegation from ASA USA to monitor elections, but he left the
group and pursued other interests. Till today, ASA USA is demanding the
refund of the money with which they sponsored him.
“At a point, it became clear that Ikenna
is a fraudster. He can do anything for money. He started Sahara Reporters
with Mr. Sowore, but because he always went behind to collect money from
people to work against his colleagues, they expelled him. Seeing what Sahara
Reporters has become, one wonders what Ikenna would have been by now.
“He started Nankareports and people of
Nanka revolted and he switched to Ukpaka reports, when it became notorious for
blackmail, he metamorphosed into 247ureports. Meanwhile, his contemporaries
have all moved ahead of him because he thinks he can build an empire on lies
and fraud.
“Because of the type of live he lives,
his American wife divorced him. He married a Nigerian without disclosing to
her his genotype (AS), when they had SS child, his wife protested. The
case was heard by their kindred and the pastor of their local church. The woman
threatened to leave him, saying she did not know somebody could be fraudulent
with his own family and future. His case was taking up by the Association
of People Living with Sickle cell, using it to warn intending couples not to
hide their genotype to each other. The same group fell out of favour with
Ikenna, when he insisted they would pay for him to carry news sensitizing
people about sickle cell in his site.
“At a time, he resurrected the news
of erosion killing some people in his town of Nanka, an event that
happened in 1974 and presented it as a fresh event. He colluded with the man
involved in 1974, who lost his entire family . He got Channels’ people to
interview the man and packaged the event as just happened. Consequently,
the man was showered with relief materials and money. Obi visited as a Governor
and gave the man N100,000 and materials and promised to relocate him to a safer
place. Many organisations, even Scout and Red Cross organizations in the
state visited and made donations. When the scam busted, Channel’s
returned to the man who confessed he was acting Ikenna’s script. He said all
the relief materials and money he garnered were shared with Ikenna.
“The most odious of Ikenna’s fraud was
when he sent a text to me and said he was crying making the request of
$10,000 dollars from Obi needed to treat his father who was
dying of prostate cancer. He said I should not judge his past since it was a
matter of life and death and begged I should just tell Mr. Peter Obi about it
because, according to him, “Obi is a Christian with unlimited capacity to
forgive.” I chuckled and said to myself, “So this man knows he has been unfair
to Obi.” He sent another text directly to Obi.
“As predicted, Obi gave me the $10,000
for him. Later I came to discover that he sent the same text to all the
Governors at that time and some of them might have assisted.
“As from the 30th of December, 2013, I
started receiving text messages from one Ifeanyi Ezenekwe, Ikenna’s younger
brother. He said he was desperately in need of meeting me. I cannot go
into details, but when we eventually met in my office, he narrated to me how
Ikenna used their father’s ill health to make money from politicians and how he
did not remit one kobo for the treatment. He said their father mighty
eventually die of broken heart rather than prostrate. Who would not be
moved? He said he was having series of issues with Ikenna and that he was
a victim of Kano riot. He used 08067432993 to send texts.
“A PHONE CALL FROM IKENNA EZENEKWE TWO
MONTHS AGO
Since we left office, I have not spoken
with Ikenna Ezenekwe, but two months ago, precisely on the 2nd of July,
2018, my phone rang repeatedly. When I picked, I was surprised it was
Ikenna Ezenekwe. I have his 08083368888 but he used a new number to call me:
08136697979.
“Ikenna started with apologies over
series of unpleasant issues between us. As usual, he said he was a changed
person, and to buttress that, that I should hear him out. He went on and
on telling me how Obi has turned out to be the best thing that has happened to
Anambra State and how he would make a good president. He said it was an insult
for those he was better than to chose him as the VP. After about 15
minutes of talking, I said to him that he should not worry since Mr. Peter Obi
was not angling for any post.
“Further, Ikenna told me that a
politician in the South-East vowed that Obi would never be considered for a VP
position was about to mobilize them to launch coordinated attack on him by
posting falsehoods about him. He said the offer was tempting, but
that as a “born again”, his conscience was troubled. Upon all my
persuasion, he declined to name those about to be mobilized with him.
“Knowing Ikenna as synonymous with fraud
and mischief, I asked him how much. He said if Mr. Peter Obi could give then
$50,000 dollars, that he would make the team to turn back on the offer and work
for him (Obi). I told him that he should be aware by now, that it is only on
medical condition that Obi would bring out such money. Off course, going by his
father’s saga, that area is foreclosed.
“Subsequently, having realized that the
old fraudster was at it again, I did not pick his calls.
“It was not surprising when, in the last
three weeks, he started dishing out falsehoods against Mr. Peter Obi.
“Obi has not seen the PDP Chairman in
the last 2 months, yet he reported how Obi gave him 10 Million Naira,
which he rejected. You and I know that Obi can only give such an amount to
schools!
“While we await more lies from Ikenna,
it is pertinent that the public knows who he really is.”
Peter Obi weeps over blackmail plot against him
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