Former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim, has called for prayers for Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, who he believes is currently in the firm grips of some evil forces, while urging the governor’s relations to find a way of helping him out also.
It was a way Anyim, who was until May 29, 2015 the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), responded to the governor’s recent allegation that Anyim and others were planning to cause mayhem in his state using the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Umahi, who also named former governor of the state, Sam Egwu and Senator Obinna Ogba in the said plot, warned the top politicians, all members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to undertake the project, as it would be the last fight they would ever engage with any government in the state.
But in a lengthy treatise on the matter, Open letter to Governor David Umahi on his wild, infantile, and utterly senseless accusations against my person, Anyim claimed that the situation had gotten so bad that the forces were probably demanding for the blood of high profile personality in the state as a sacrifice for him to attain his current ambition.
Umahi, currently serving his second term, after winning again last year on the platform of the PDP, recently defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC), the ruling party at the centre in what has been interpreted in certain quarters as part of his ambition to pursue his presidential ambition.
Stressing his belief that the governor was on verge of spilling blood to drive his ambition, Anyim, warned those he planned to use for the project, to be wary of the consequences as he would not only abandon them, but also work for their elimination in the end to cover his track.
Hear him: “It is clear that Gov. Umahi may have been told that he needs to kill a high-profile person in order to achieve his mad ambition. Ebonyians should be wise and those he is preparing to use for the killings should know that after using them he will also plan to kill them to cover his track. Examples abound.”
Promising to continue to pray for the governor, who he claimed to have “picked up, the former SGF, also admonished government officials at the federal level, particularly the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, not to get involved in any sordid affair in the state in order not to soil his name.
Anyim wrote: Security agencies, the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Judges should note that Gov. Umahi had boasted as follows: That one of the gains of his defection is that he has been promised absolute use of the security agencies for all that he desires to do.
- That the Hon. Attorney General of the Federation is his friend and will soon visit Abakaliki the second time and that he will use him to deal with those opposed to him using the EFCC.
- That he will extensively use the courts to not only make it impossible for PDP to function in the state but also to frustrate those opposed to him including sending them to prison.
“My advice is that all those concerned should be wary of Gov. Umahi so that he will not taint their soul and ruin their careers, because all his actions and schemes have black sides.
“To notify the public that I fully understand that what Umahi meant by *“this will be the last fight I will fight”, is that he will kill me so that I will not live to fight again*. While I invite the security agencies to note this plan, I want to assure Gov. Umahi that my blood is not available for him in pursuit of his ambition.
“To assure the street dinner Governor that no amount of blackmail or intimidation will compel any of us to follow him. Gov. Umahi should know that there is a record of those who died mysteriously, violently, and those who just disappeared since he became governor of Ebonyi State. On my own part, I will continue to pray for him to recover from his delusion.”
Source Whirlwindnews.com
