A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Abia State, Engr.Nwabueze Onwuneme, has called on the Inspector-General of Police and the Director-General of the Department of State Services to investigate a case of threat to his life.
He also alleged a threat to his family members and that of President Muhammadu Buhari.
In the petition, made available to newsmen in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, Onwuneme stated how he was ordered out of the burial of late Chief Kalu in Amaokwe, Item, Bende Local Government Area of the state, by a known political thug, who alleged that he acted on the alleged orders of the son of the former governor of Abia State and currently the leader of the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Chinedu Orji.
Onwuneme said the man, Elesie Ojukwu, who he described as a known political thug, accosted him at the burial in the presence of his wife and friend and ordered him to leave the venue, boasting that he had the instruction of the leader of Abia State House of Assembly, Chinedu Orji, to throw him (Onwuneme) out of the venue of the burial.
He also threatened that the activities of the APC and Buhari South-East Youth Movement would not be tolerated in Item and Abia State, warning that President Buhari would regret it if he dares attend the mega/reception rally being put in place by the party to receive some bigwigs who just joined the APC in the state.
Ojukwu also warned that “Onwuneme would regret betraying Ndigbo through your (his) unrelented support for President Buhari and for insulting Hon. Chinedu Orji.”
Responding, Onwuneme said Chinedu Orji has a long history of disdain for President Buhari, explaining that it was the son of the former governor that ordered in 2015 that the then presidential candidate of APC be shut out of Enyimba Stadium in Aba when he visited the state for his electioneering campaigns.
“I would have not responded to Ojukwu’s threat but I have to because I know Chinedu Orji’s penchant for intimidation and harassment of the opposition. You will recall a recent report in The Nation where members of Chinedu Orji’s father’s foundation, the Ochendo Youth Foundation, recently threatened Abians that they will deal ruthlessly with anyone or group that calls for Chief Orji’s or his son, Chinedu’s arrest or probe by the authorities,” Onwuneme said.