GOVERNOR T.A. ORJI'S CHIEF OF STAFF PELTED WITH BAG OF PURE WATER AT ABA

The Chief of Staff to Governor T. A. Orji of Abia State, Cosmos Ndukwe, yesterday at the Enyimba Stadium received a dose of what his principal had been receiving from residents of Aba when he was pelted with sachet water and ceaselessly booed. It was at the same stadium among other places that Governor Orji was un-controllably booed in 2012 during the lying-in-state of the former Igbo leader, Chulwuemeka Odumegwu by Aba residents for non-performance.
Ndukwe had entered the stadium shortly before the commencement of the CAF Champions league match between Enyimba International of Aba and Real Bamako of Mali, and minutes later, he went round the capacity filled stadium to acknowledge cheers from fans and per-haps see if there had been any change in the level of popularity of the present government in the city. Immediately he stood up from his seat and began to move round the stadium, Enyimba fans made no haste in ceaselessly booing and throwing (pure water) sachet at him, saying so many unprintable things against officials of the state government. It took the chief of staff courage for him to get back to his seat as not even the heavy presence of security operatives could deter the fans from booing and pelting him with sachet water.
When it appeared that the matter was over and Ndukwe was about to leave the stadium few minutes to the end of the match that Enyimba lost by 1-2, the fans began another round of booing and pelting of sachet water. Some of the fans, who spoke to Daily Sun after the incident, said they took the action to tell the world that Aba people were not happy with the present government in the state for failure to provide dividends of democracy to the people. They said the story could have been different if there were stones at the stadium, warning that un-less the government fixes Aba roads and provides other social amenities in the city, they would not be happy with it.