Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu and clerics in Abia have called on the residents to shun corruption and lies amidst Easter celebration.
In his Easter Message, the Governor charged Abians to remain hopeful for better days ahead for the State and her people, while thanking the people of Abia for the privilege of serving them as Governor for 8 years and also for their peaceful conduct in the just concluded 2023 general elections in the State, reminding them that Abia won the elections.
He urged winners, to be magnanimous in victory, keeping Abia in full focus while urging those who were not successful in the elections to either accept the outcome or “if they so wish, seek redress in our Judicial System in such a way that the prevailing peaceful atmosphere in the State will remain and reminded political leaders that Abia State is bigger than all of them and will remain long after politicians are gone”.
The leader of Christians in the State and Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) State Chairman, Apostle Dr Agomuoh, in his message lamented that the state and Nigeria in general is corrupt.
He said, “80% of Abians are corrupt and are liars. People do a lot of evil in order to make money, but love for one another is most important”.
He urged the state to “repair and change our home”, stating that the election results in the state are Lord’s doing and advices losers at the elections to stop court actions and reflect on themselves and allow this Easter to be year of change, warning, “let us stop corruption and lies”.
According to the Methodist Archbishop of Umuahia, Most Reverend Chibuzo Rapael Opoko, Easter reminds all of God’s ability to roll away every stone that hinders their progress, adding “Easter brings us to a very crucial point where our faith must move beyond what we have heard to what we have experienced”.
He further said, “The present state of our nation can best be described as precarious one. We are fast descending down the precipice. The politics of calumny, the employment Of slander and character assassination, the profiling of those who question injustice and the attempt to label them and stigmatise them as evil and dangerous, overheating the polity is a dangerous trend that has the capability and potency of destroying Our Nation.
He therefore call on politicians to be responsible, According to him, “Games cannot be played with the lives of millions of Nigerians. People have become wiser. People know the Truth, The evil men and women in our space are known with their collaborators in various spaces in our Nation. Don’t treat Nigerians as fools because, God can use the foolish things to confound the wise.”