MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, UMUDIKE... THE LIES AND THE DECEITS

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike under Prof. Edoga is now one of the most peaceful universities in Nigeria and for any normal person to say that trouble is brewing there is laughable.

There was an attempt by few self seeking, morally bankrupt, short sighted and unrepentant mischief makers in the guise of “Concerned ASUU members MOUAU chapter” to deliberately distort information with the sole intent of deceiving the unsuspecting public and more than 99.9 percent of the unbiased members of ASUU members and other unions in Michael Okpara university of Agriculture, Umudike two weeks ago with a mindless and fraudulent publication of outright falsehood in some national dailies.

Under normal circumstances and in keeping with ASUU tradition, our posture would have been that of keeping quiet as the old adage says “that silence is the best answer to a fool” but most of us who are members of ASUU-MOUAU have decided to break our silence since this handful of mischief makers that we suspect are headed by the suspended ASUU- MOUAU chairperson have continued to misrepresent and embarrass our dear union and have been hiding under the union to pursue personal agenda and have also used the union as a weapon to attack our vice chancellor and other members of staff who they perceive as their enemies (whether real or imagined). They also want to hide under the union to avert being brought to book for their evil activities and disregard to extant laws of the university.

For the avoidance of doubt and for the records, we the members of ASUU-MOUAU chapter state as follows:

Nigerians expectations from Buhari are like Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead

Mr Dele Momodu, the publisher of the Qvation magazine, was the presidential candidate of the National Commission Party (NCP) in the  2011 general elections. In this interview, Momodu speaks on the Buhari administration, the elections of the leaders of the two chambers of the National Assembly and his relationship with the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as well as the late politician, Chief MKO Abiola, among other issues.

You were, before the general elections, one of the unofficial spokespersons for  President Muhammadu  Buhari, who was then the APC presidential candidate.  But of recent, your thoughts about the president appears to be changing?

I am surprised  at your comment because I have never changed. I am the biggest supporter of  President Muhammadu Buhari today. All I have done is to tell the president what people are saying outside, that is my job. We don’t tell our leaders the truth. I told former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, the truth throughout his tenure. This is detailed in  my forthcoming book, titled, ‘’Pendulum, a book of prophesy’’. Everything I told President Jonathan  happened. I owe that  to our president too  today.

Once you become the president in Nigeria, people stop telling you the truth. They only tell you what you want to hear. I am a stakeholder in this government. I wonder what would have happened to me if the PDP had returned to power. I was already under constant threat. I received threat messages.  I had to name all the numbers anonymous because they were all attacking me for supporting Buhari.