APC chieftain defends Umahi’s observe document, cautions Cubana in opposition to insults

The National Coordinator of the Association of Former APC State Chairmen (AFSC-APC), Hon. Basil Ejidike, has strongly condemned the rising pattern of public insults and derogatory remarks directed at senior authorities officers and leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Reacting to the latest confrontation, Ejidike particularly took a heavy swipe at superstar socialite Pascal Okechukwu, popularly often known as Cubana Chief Priest, for his latest verbal assaults in opposition to the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi.

He Described the remarks as unlucky and utterly misplaced.

The former Anambra State APC Chairman in an announcement Tuesday in Abuja insisted that it’s time for decorum to be restored, warning that greenhorns ought to chorus from dragging respectable nationwide figures into unnecessary public spats.

While expressing deep frustration over the incident, Ejidike lamented that public discourse has degenerated to a degree the place primary respect for elders and constituted authority is routinely discarded.

“These days, people appear to have thrown every decorum to the ‘dogs’. People no longer have respect for their elders and constituted authority. Where is the ‘line’ or comparison between Dist. Sen Dave Umahi and Cubana Chief Priest?” Ejidike queried.

Characterizing the socialite’s critique as missing substance, he added, “Cubana Chief Priest is virtually a non-starter and should first learn the ‘ropes’.”

Ejidike argued that anybody making an attempt to query Senator Umahi’s many years of contributions to nationwide constructing and his administrative milestones is both profoundly ignorant or appearing in unhealthy religion.

Throwing his weight behind the Minister of Works, the AFSC-APC National Coordinator challenged critics to match Umahi’s infrastructural footprint as a public servant. Comparing his government tenure to others throughout the nation, Ejidike provided excessive reward for the previous Ebonyi State governor.

“Apart from Gov. Wike of Rivers State, I stand to be corrected if any past Governor of any state had equalled the achievements of Sen. Umahi as Governor of Ebonyi State in terms of provision of infrastructure,” Ejidike asserted. “Even as Minister of the Federal Republic, he’s still eloquently and creditably discharging himself.”

He maintained that Senator Umahi is presently rated among the many most high-performing ministers in President Bola Tinubu’s administration, making the assaults not solely unprovoked, however extremely mistimed.

Addressing particular criticisms relating to the South-East area and political succession, Ejidike dismissed arguments that Umahi has shortchanged his residence area, or that his members of the family must be barred from political participation.

According to him, Senator Umahi serves all Nigerians throughout board, and the South-East zone has objectively fared much better underneath his present portfolio than it did underneath a lot of his predecessors.

On social media backlash regarding Umahi’s son aspiring for public workplace, Ejidike fired again. “That Sen. Umahi’s son is aspiring to be Governor of Ebonyi State, eight years after his father….. is it a crime? Should the young man be restricted in life simply because his father was once the Governor of the State? Should he not even aspire to be more than what his father had been?”

The Forum Coordinator then demanded a right away cessation of hostilities and political mudslinging, urging public figures to channel their vitality into constructive nationwide growth relatively than knocking down completed leaders.