Court Order Won’t Save Ikpeazu from Accounting for His Stewardship, Says Abia Government

Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo in Umuahia

The Abia State government has said the immediate past governor of the state would not escape giving account of his stewardship, no matter his legal antics.

Commissioner for Information and Culture, Hon Okey Kanu, made this known Wednesday while briefing journalists on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting.

Ikpeazu had gone to Abuja and obtained an ex-parte interim injunction restraining a judicial panel for recovery of looted funds and government properties set up by his successor, Mr. Alex Otti.

But Kanu lampooned the former governor, saying he was on a wild goose chase trying to escape justice, saying, “It is laughable. For him (Ikpeazu) to go to Abuja to shop for ex-parte court order would not save him. It is not right and doesn’t show right thinking.”

The government spokesman argued that if the former Abia governor “feels that he is innocent, why go to Abuja to shop for court order” to prevent being held accountable for his deeds in government.

He insisted that Ikpeazu would not succeed within antics because “our lawyers would do something about it and vacate the ex-parte order.

On the colossal salary arrears inherited by the Otti administration, Kanu said government was exploring every option of raising funds to offset the arrears.