Abia State, God's Own State. Indeed God owns the state but what I am not sure is if God is still given a chance to have a say in that state.
God's Own State to me, means that God has total control of the state. Before you do anything concerning the state, you must consult God to know His mind on the issue first. The state is dedicated to God and its citizens have absolute faith in God.
As I write this piece, God has no place in that state again. Government and People do whatever they desire or whatever that comes to their mind. I am sure that it is because they have kept God at the backyard, that is why security and political issues in that state have gone out of hand.
When you look into the Government Circle, own choice is the order of the day. They do not care the feelings of the masses. As long as they concerned, anything they do is right. Governor is busy looking for avenues to reoccupy the seat for another 4 years whereas he has been there since 2007 doing practically nothing.
He was in PPA (the party through which he was rigged into office). When the party tried to call him to order on the ground that things are not moving the state, he got angry and tried to justy who told them to say that but we all have eyes. From there he moved to APGA and within one month, he moved again to PDP (bigger boys party).
Now, as a Governor, he has become the PDP leader in the state and to him, he his happy with feelings that since he controls the biggest party in the state, nothing will stop him from being the Governor for the next 4 years. I know that man proposes and God disposes as it suits him. The day you open up and say "Oga what you are doing is wrong", they will hand you over to hang man.
Security issues are nothing to write home about. As the Chief Security Officer of the state, he is less concerned. Kidnapping and armed robbery is the bane of the day. These things are done in the day without hindrance from the police though we all know that no robbery or kidnap will work out without the police. How will police explain the fact that between two police check point of less than 100 metres, robbery or kidnapping will take place and police will say that nobody informed them that robbery or kidnapping was going on?
In the last 2 weeks, robbery has been going on almost on daily basis, sometimes twice a day. Some Aba residents are now starving because people no longer bring business from other states.
It is worrisome to note that in all parts of the state, nobody moves about freely anymore, both old and young. People that have good houses in the villages, no longer go home and sleep there. If you have a good car, you do not try going home with it. Just leave it in the town and go by public transport.
If you come back from overseas, they would not do you anything but as soon as you go back, they will pick your father or mother and ask you to bring millions of naira. Which one do I mention and which one do I leave?
At the moment, in Aba (the Enyimba City), there are no roads anymore. Whatever that was once a road is now a pathway. People now spend more to service their vehicles. At every nook and cranny of Aba, you find refuse dumps with awful smells and Government still pass there with their sirens.
Aaaah! Abia State, God's Own State. God, this state is your own. Please we need you to do something now to salvage us from this situation. This is bigger than us.
Ugo Elendu
Port Harcourt.
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