Igwe Ben Emeka, the Traditional Ruler of Umueri, Anambra State, has said that former governor of the state, Willie Obiano was being unnecessarily persecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Igwe Emeka stated this while speaking while receiving the Anambra State executives of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on courtesy call in his palace.
According to him: “Journalism is a very good profession and a tool with which people get to know what is happening in the world.
“We want people to support in calling on EFCC to free Obiano. It is a humiliation and victimisation of someone who worked in Anambra. We know all the good works he did for Anambra. We are not complaining.
“Besides, they did not invite him. So, why are they humiliating him? Why should they also go after the governor’s wife? Is she a civil servant?
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“Aside from the international Airport he built, he paid civil servants very promptly until he left office. But we have other governors all over the country who don’t pay workers. So many former Governors and corrupt leaders are going around the streets without any hindrances.
“But they go after a good man. Obiano knows the conditions of workers and the facts they buy from the same markets where prices of commodities have risen, and he did well to support them through prompt payment, and all he gets is humiliation.”
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