Sen. Theodore Orji
A pro democracy group has commended the immediate past Governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji, for endorsing power shift to Abia North in 2023.
The former governor had in a meeting with select delegates from the 17 local government areas of the state on Sunday declared that power should return to Abia North in line with the state’s charter of Equity.
Reacting to the declaration, the pro democracy group, Abia for Equity and Sustained Progress, said the Orji had doused tension in the state.
Comrade Goodluck Umunnakwe, chairman of the group, said that Senator Orji had demonstrated that he was the truly the father of Equity in Abia, noting that Senator had as governor championed the rotation of power to Abia South which enabled the emergence of Okezie Ikpeazu as Governor.
Said he: “What Ochendo has done now is what he did in 2014. He insisted that power should move to Abia South. Today he has again pointed the way to go. We should therefore follow that way”.
He eulogized the former governor as a selfless, patriotic and visionary leader who wanted the best for the state, noting that while some elders of the state were vacillating in taking a principled position on the rotation of power among the three senatorial zones, Senator Orji had spoken the truth based on facts.
Said Umunnakwe” we cannot thank him enough for this courageous stance. Ochendo is truly the father of modern Abia state”.
