All South East Governors Foot Ojukwu’s Hospital bills – Gov Orji Aide

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The Special Adviser on Public Relations to Abia State Governor, Mr. James Okpara, has denounced recent newspaper reports, which credited Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State with the payment of the hospital bills for Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, in the United Kingdom.

Okpara, in an interview with PUNCH in Lagos on Friday, described the reports, which were published on Thursday, as untrue and mischievous.

He said, "The Ikemba of Nnewi is arguably the greatest Igbo man alive. It is unfortunate that some people have chosen to toy with issues concerning his ill-health. I think this is unfair and extremely disrespectful.

"It is wrong for these people to come out and say that only Governor Peter Obi has been paying the Ikemba's hospital bills abroad. What about the other state governors in the South-East?"

Okpara said that contrary to the reports, Ojukwu's welfare and the cost of his treatment in the British hospital had been the collective responsibility of all the governors of the South-Eastern states and not just that of Obi.