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A socio-political group,Igala Vanguard has described as an embarrassment to the Igala race,Kogi in general the attitude of Former Army General,Major General Patrick Akpa(Rtd), known for fence sitting political arrangement.
The Vanguard in a statement issued by the spokesman, Engineer Lawrence Akpa said at this crucial time,the self acclaimed former General, who had pretended to be at the forefront of people fighting for the liberation of Igala race,was only doing that to achieve personal ganis.
Engineer Akpa wondered the essence of the former army General floating a body know as ‘Ukomu Igala’,but only using the fora to rail road and curry favour from the state government, through the labour’s of unpaid workers and pensioners in the state
According to the spokesman ,this has given credence to critics of former General who only believes in his personal welfare and that of his immediate family, even while in the military and now a pensioner,yet cannot retrace his innocuous action into services to his motherland
He said “For a General who can not stand firm when needed at this critical time of the life of his people,does not deserve to be honoured or respected in the comity of elites from Kogi east,by and large Kogi state
“His pretense in the last three and half years cornering prominent Igala citizens into discussing vital issues that bordered on the progress and development of Igala nation ,was only an avenue to pass our confidential approach to critical issues of the area to our political enemies who never meant well for our people”
“A General whose people are confronted with high level insecurity,threat to lives and properties,and deliberately setting the people of the area against themselves ,does not fit to be a former General by nomenclature in the army”.
“Obviously is a general whose troop went to war and was defeated at the war front,yet celebrating his follies before the people of the state”
He said it is unfortunate and preposterous having served the military diligently for 30 years before his retirement,eroded the good names built over the years, at the alter of cheap political arrangement against his kinsmen
He said by his actions and new approach,he will be treated as persona-non grata of the Igala nation,the same level the likes of the infidel Hajiya Halima Alfa was classified
Akpa said with his political support or not,the Igala nation will overcome the present political challenges and collusion between other tribes in the state,as most of his extended family members complained of not benefited from him in his days in the Military,yet survived through the hurdles of life
