My govt beyond blackmail – Orji

ABUJA—Governor Theodore of Abia State has said that his government
wasbeyond blackmail following what he described as politically
motivated criticisms by the opposition, which finds it difficult to
believe the pace of development in the state.
In a statement in Abuja, yesterday, by his Special Adviser on Public
Communication, Mr. Ben Onyechere, said: "We will remain resolute and
undaunted in our determination to uplift the status of the state by
changing the land marks of underdevelopment for which it was hitherto
known.
"This habitual peddlers of falsehood have lost touch with reality
based on their previous assumption that Abia political space was their
private estate.There is no need to continually engage in sing songs
over the achievements of the Governor Orji's administration because we
owe this sworn enemies of Abia State no apologies or explanation.
"The contraction by one detractor that his village is not developed by
government is the dream of failure on behalf of his sponsor, who
reigned for eight years in Abia.
"The sponsors of this hired funeral criers, whose major grouse is the
loss of political power to the people of Abia, have refused to
understand why the majority of Abia people have continued to embrace
and support the trend of fortune that is currently bequeathed to the
state by the Orji's administration.
"This mischief is nothing but an attempt to divert the attention of
economic crime agencies over the squander and conversion of Abia funds
for their private enterprises in the past."