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Let Kalu alone, aide tells criticsMedia Adviser to former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu, Ebere Wabara, has urged the state government to cease linking his boss with the challenges facing it.
Reacting to the claim by the state government on Monday that Kalu was behind Daily Sun’s publication of Arthur Eze’s criticism of the government during the 23rd anniversary celebration of the creation of the state, where the latter was a guest, Wabara said: “Abia State Government should stop chasing shadows by linking the former governor of the state, Dr. Orji Kalu, to all its predicaments.”
In a statement yesterday, the media aide said there was no way Kalu could have influenced what Eze said or its publication.
According to him, “Kalu had been in London in the past two weeks amid a tight schedule as to have time for banal commemorative issues at home. In any case, The Sun Group of Newspapers is a chain of credible news media with some of the best professionals in the industry in its employ. The philosophy of the conglomerate is enshrined in objectivity and robust professionalism. Kalu is one publisher who does not meddle in the day-to-day administration of his newspapers. The Abia Information Commissioner can forensically verify this fact.
“It is not for the state government to hallucinate on the inalienable declarations credited to Eze and dumbly think, out of mischief and brazen stupidity, that the publication was doctored by Kalu. The damning assessment of the state was made at a public forum held at the Michael Okpara Auditorium, Umuahia, with multifarious dignitaries in attendance.
“The onus of any rebuttal is on Eze – not any government official embarrassed by Eze’s affirmation of facts known by everyone worldwide who is familiar with information mechanics.”
He implored the Theodore Orji-led government to desist from making Kalu a scapegoat for its alleged failings and face the challenge of developing the state.
“Demonising Kalu and criminalising The Sun are not the channels to address the decadence and poverty of leadership in the state. This is a moment for sober reflection and not childish defence, thought incoherency and senile rationalisation of an eminent speaker’s mind. Eze is not known for flippancy or loquacity, hence the need for maturity and responsibility on the part of rattled government functionaries who deserve circumstantial sympathy,” Wabara said.
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