Sir: Very few articles have gladdened my heart in recent times as much as the recent one in the mass media by Fredrick Ibeneme advising the immediate past Anambra State governor, Sir (Chief) Peter Gregory Obi, to reconsider his current relationship with the people and government of Anambra State and reconcile with them. All Catholic bishops have called him to a meeting at least once in Awka, the state capital, where he was advised to reconcile with the state.

But as Ibeneme stated, sycophants who are benefitting from the gratuitous attacks have been leading him by the nose. The danger is that the former governor who performed more creditably than many governors of his time may end up blowing the mystique around him as a leader.
 
The war with the state is absolutely unnecessary and, therefore, unpopular. It has taken ON a kind of desperation which is just vulgar. As the author of the article advising Obi to turn the corner has noted, the indecent articles by Obi’s media team against happily married women who are respected professionals on their own and whose only offence is that they accepted to serve their state is too low. It is what lawyers call infra dig, that is, something belittling because it is below acceptable standards or decorum. The former governor himself will certainly not take it if people viciously attack the moral integrity of his own wife in the media. No person will.
 
At this point, one may ask: what exactly is the primary motive of our former governor and his media team which has led them to scandalise married women in the Anambra State government and politics? It all has to do with Obi’s all-out war against his successor for unknown reasons. The disagreement is not likely to be over performance because the fight began less than a month after his successor took over. What is more, the present governor’s record is sterling, as everyone testifies. It is not really prudent, in my opinion, to fight a government which is delivering the goods effectively.
Ikenna Nwankwo,
Awka, Anambra State.