A prominent group, Coalition of Southeast Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has warned those planning a protest in Abuja and umuahia against senator Theodore Orji and his son to desist from it and not allow themselves to be used as agents to destabilize the Democratic process in the country.
In a release made available to newsmen in umuahia tuesday and signed by their president General , Mr Goodluck lbem and secretary General respectively the group described all the allegations levelled against senator T A Orji and his son Engr. Chinedum Orji who is the speaker Abia state House of Assembly as baseless and unfounded.
They said “our attention has been drawn to a protest on Wednesday 19 February,2020 by the opposition in Abia state against our distinguish Senator Theodore Ahamefula Orji and his family over a baseless and unfounded allegations by some disgruntled opposition elements who wants to take advantage of our gullible youths and women to cause disaffection and destroy the peace and tranquility been enjoyed by Abians and its residents”
” it is very unfortunate that some people believe the drugs sold to them by some miscreants and haters of Abia to be true and factual. People should learn to think and reason when they read some stories.
“It is not every story that you swallow line and sinker . Only a brainless individual will believe such falsehood by Ochendo Global enemies” they said.
COSEYL said “these protesters and their sponsors are anti-democratic forces and enemies of Ndigbo and we will flush them out from Abia state”
They stated that “Former Senate President of the 8th Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki was accused of corruption but when he’s matter came to court, the took their time to look into the matter and the court discovered that he was falsely accused of all those wrong doings.
“He was discharged and acquitted.
It is only the court that has the constitutional rights to trail any matter or case. The media is not the court. Senator T. A. Orji and his family are innocent of all these allegations”
They said “the petitioners falsely accused him of embezzling all the allocation sent to Abia state. In their petition, they told the EFCC that he never paid salaries, pension and did not perform any government function (s).
“Only misfits will write such a petition. We call on those who have been brain washed by these criminal group called ‘ Save Nigeria Group’ to immediately jettison the protesters and go about their normal business”