In a statement signed by the Special Assistant to the Abia State Governor on Students Affairs, Comrade Chibuzo Ndom, the Community described the senators words as deviating and irresponsible, adding that the senator took advantage of the political rift between Governor Yahaya Bello and Senator Dino Melaye to attack Governor Ikpeazu.
The statement in part read, ” While a matter of utmost importance was being deliberated, senator Smart Adeyemi who is seeking desperate political asylum, taking advantage of the political rift between his governor Yahaya Bello and Senator Dino Melaye, could have the effrontery to attack the personality of an erudite Governor like Abia’s”.
The statement noted that Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has never been known or seen in the manner the senator suggested, rather the governor has continued to carry himself in a manner befitting of a performing leader and an academic scholar.
They advised the senator to seek more credible and befitting avenues to patronize his ‘paymasters’ than taking a swipe on a man whose index of performance is high.
The Abia community therefore demands the senator to give an unreserved apology to the governor of Abia State and all Abians within 7 days or have the Abia Students to contend with.