Ikpeazu Is A Mole In PDP – Timi Frank

The former Deputy spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress, Timi Frank, has described the governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, as a mole in the Peoples Democratic Party.

Frank stated this while replying to Ikpeazu’s statement where he attacked PDP governors of practising opposition politics in the country.

The Abia State governor had claimed that governors under the party are daily lobbying to be in the good books of President Muhammadu Buhari, hence they don’t talk on issues affecting the country.

He stated this while reacting to the ruling of the Supreme court which sacked Emeka Ihedioha as the governor of Imo State and declared Hope Uzodinma.

Ikpeazu while reacting to the statement of the former APC chieftain through his spokesperson, Enyinnaya Appolos, noted that there was time for politics, and time for governance.

Appolos revealed why Ikpeazu travelled out of the country with President Buhari on the day PDP held its emergency NEC meeting in Abuja.

Frank while reacting to the governor’s statement said rather than apologise for the decision, “the Abia state governor’s shallow defence as to why he chose to jet out with the President at the expense of his party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting buttressed the belief in some quarters that he is indeed an All Progressives Congress (APC) mole even as a PDP governor.”

The statement reads: “In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, Queen Gertrude said: “The lady doth protest too much, methinks”. She did this in reference to the insincere overacting of a character in the play.”

“From that day to today, nothing has changed. Insincerity is most obvious in overly dramatic denials. And this is what we see with Okezie Victor Ikpeazu’s response to my candid observation.”

“The popular saying that an old woman is always uneasy at the mention of dry bones manifested itself in the reply of the incompetent Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu to my statement I criticised him for hopping off to London with President Muhammadu Buhari in the midst of a serious national and political onslaught against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Imo State.”

“Playing the ostrich, Ikpeazu pinned his trip with the President to the UK-Africa Investment Summit on the quest market his proposed Enyimba Economic City Project to foreign investors.”

Frank condemned the Abia State governor for travelling out of the state when the state is experiencing unrest.

“Does a man go on a jamboree when his house is on fire? That is the question that Ikpeazu should answer rather than play-acting in his protests that represent his guilty conscience.”

The former APC chieftain also attacked Ikpeazu over the allegation that the ruling party dumped him after he was used.

“Let it be known to the indolent Governor that I resigned from the All Progressives Congress and refused to hero-worship General Buhari when the APC derailed and began to pursue anti-people agenda rather than what they promised Nigerians. How can I then be compared to an Ikpeazu, whose sycophantic laugh almost tore his mouth while he was throwing himself at General Buhari, to secure his post gubernatorial future?”

“For the records, I stood my grounds while in the APC and I resigned my position as a principled person and not because of any political gain. And since the governor talks about political worth and jobbing, perhaps it is pertinent to expose him at this juncture for who he truly is.”

“That Ikpeazu calls himself a national leader of the PDP is a self-delusional dream. Within the party, he is known for what he is, an unreliable person who would rather jamboree while there is a fire at his doorstep. In case he does not know, Ikpeazu is as relevant to the PDP as the “P” in psychology.”

“It is most unfortunate that in Ikpeazu’s little world and mindset, it is only with the President that he can get attention. this reflects his lack of initiative, drive and dynamism to push any project to profitability.”

Frank while speaking on the reason why the Abia State governor travelled with President Buhari said, “projects such as Tinapa in Cross River state and the mechanised farm in Kwara state, sold themselves out to foreign investors on account of well-thought-out and executed marketing strategies which the governors of the states embarked on at the time and not because they carried empty briefcases on presidential trips looking for uninterrupted hours of snitching and mundane political theatrics with the President.”

He condemned the governor for looking for investment in Uk when he doesn’t pay salary regularly in his state.

“One wonders the kinds of investors Ikpeazu is looking for in the UK when he is one of the worst governors who doesn’t pay a regular salary in his state.”

The former APC chieftain accused Ikpeazu of giving President Buhari and APC 25 per cent vote during the general election, he added that Ikpeazu is a confirmed PDP by day and APC by night.

“The Abia governor capitulated when he posited in his reply that, ‘Much as Governor Ikpeazu is not responsible for Timi’s unguarded spleen, no leader would prefer to attend a party meeting to attending a Summit where his ideas and programs for his people will be beamed at the global stage.”

“If for the sake of argument we yield to this convoluted reasoning of his, is he also saying that that the PDP’s NEC was not worth the attention of his deputy? Clearly he was sending a clear message of disdain to the party to impress his paymasters.”

“When I alluded to Ikpeazu as a political hatchet man and mole for the APC, no fact underscores this than the 2015 and 2019 presidential election results in Abia State.

“Can Ikpeazu who regards himself as a PDP national leader explain to Nigerians how General Buhari and the APC scored 13,394 votes against the PDP’s 368,303 in the 2015 presidential election – removing from the list of states that the APC had 25 per cent and then clearly explain to Nigerians, how in 2019 presidential elections, the APC and General Buhari scored 85,058 and PDP PDP scored a depleted 219, 698 votes?”

“The simple answer to this eye-popping revelation is the liability Ikpeazu is to the PDP and the reason he is all cheeks in smile with the President and perhaps while he will continue to be a sacred cow at the Supreme Court.”

“May it not be the lot of Abians and the PDP in particular that taxpayers money is being blown on the altar of presidential patronage and clandestine investor chase.”

“Ikpeazu can catch his fun and be a political undertaker, however, the PDP and Abia people deserve more compassion.”