A CARETAKER CHAIRMAN AND HIS CARELESS PRESS STATEMENT.

Attention has been drawn to a press statement purportedly released by caretaker chairman of Agatu LG, condemning and calling Bar Paul Edeh (Convener 1 Idoma Initiative) names. According to Enenche Comedian, he said the caretaker chairman of Agatu Local Government accused Bar Paul to be a "non Agatu", that goes about collecting money for Agatu course. Let us keep the records straight, the idea for the March 2nd protest that brought Agatu genocide to limelights was conceived in Bar Paul's sitting room on the 27th of Feb., 2016 by Paul and i. Bar Paul is not a hungry man, God has blessed him and I personally know how much of his personal money that have gone into this struggle. They are more than 30 persons I know of, that Bar Paul is putting roof over their heads in Abuja for free. The Agatu struggle was born out of love and passion for homeland, but today Bar Paul is been tagged "a non-Agatu". Where was Joseph Ngbede, when Bar Paul "a non-Agatu" was running from Force HQtrs. to National Assembly, from Ministry of Justice to Media Houses crying and telling them the Agatu story? Where was Joseph Ngbede when Bar Paul "a non-Agatu" led a protest in Abuja to end the killings of our people back home? Bar Paul is not a hungry man, calling him names at this time is very unfortunate and ignorant. When Bar Paul "a non-Agatu", escorted trailer loads of relief materials, he didn't channel any to his non-Agatu village in Ogbadibo, but he channelled all to Agatu. When Bar Paul (a non-Agatu) at one time paid his hard earn 2 Million naira to Media Houses to sustain the hype of Agatu genocide, where was Joseph Ngbede? The just concluded Agatu Peace Concert cost money, Bar Paul Edeh sank 1 Million Naira during preparation, where was Joseph Ngbede? The venue of the concert was 840, 000 Naira, go to Sheraton Abuja and inquire, the stage, sound and light cost slightly less than 500,000. We didn't pay any artiste, we booked their flights, hotels and logistics. Sales from tickets was less than 600,000 Naira. We have records of every Kobo spent and we are making it public before the end of the week. The next phase of the concert is the DVD, we played two documentaries on Agatu genocide during the concert. We are trying to explore ways to massively distribute the videos and keep the media nerves of the genocide alive. If we must make money, it can never be with the blood of our people back home. God and humanity would never forgive us. So, if anyone is expecting anything in any form or guise, he is wasting his time. The proceeds from the concert is strictly going into sending Agricultural inputs to our people in Agatu... what they need now is empowerment to move on. If Joseph Ngbede thinks Bar Paul made a statement that he shouldn't have made, why didn't he approach him to talk to him, instead of bombarding him with names? We are aware that some elements are not happy with our rising profile and are doing everything to sabotage our efforts, but if Joseph Ngbede must do the biddings of his employers, then he must do it with utmost sense of decorum and posterity. Our revived and holistic zeal to to add value and life to our people back home must never be sacrificed on the altar of personal political fireworks..