I Can’t Run After A 'Madman Who Stole My Cloth', Ikpeazu Replies Adeyemi

Barely a week after Senator Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) called Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State a 'drunkard', the governor on Monday took a swipe at the Senator, describing his case as "when a madman takes your clothes while bathing and you take off after him naked, no one will know who the mad one is between the two of you".

Ikpeazu said if he runs after Senator Adeyemi, the society may not be able to differentiate between him and the Senator.

The governor said this in Abuja on Monday at the launch of “Made In Lagos”, an autobiography of the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe.

Apparently, the governor was responding to Senator Adeyemi, who lampooned him last week Wednesday, describing him as a champaign drinking governor, the governor said he does not drink.

"I don’t drink at all. And I don’t begrudge those who do big issues. What you say, the things you say and where you say them speaks a lot about who you are," Ikpeazu said.

“According to Chinua Achebe, If a mad man takes your clothes while bathing and you take off after him naked, no one will know who is mad between the two of you.

“I share in the joy of today’s event because I understand the place of history in the life of the people. The caption points to the tenacity that Aba exudes. Aba does not bother about taking a fall because it is sure it will rise figure, that is why we are better traders.”

Recall that the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi, APC, Kogi West, took a swipe at Governor Ikpeazu of Abia State, calling him a drunkard.

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Adeyemi said governor Ikpeazu is a champagne drinking governor.

The Kogi senator rained invectives on the Abia State governor during his contribution to a motion “Urgent need for the Restoration and Revalidation of the Safe School Initiative in Nigeria,” a motion sponsored by Senator Adi Odey Stephen of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Cross River North.

The Senator had suddenly deviated from the motion under discussion to attack Ikpeazu, he was obviously responding to a social media post, allegedly authored by the senate minority leader, Abaribe, PDP, Abia South where he made some serious aspersion against the personality of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.

Adeyemi’s statement read, “Despite that, some governors are doing their best, we are lucky to have a governor who has taken the issue of security as a serious priority. We are bordered by nine states, but we had an experience of the unfortunate incidents that are happening in neighbouring states.

“Some governors are committed to the protection of their people, in my state the governor awarded contracts for the renovations of schools and provides security services to them. “In some states of Nigeria today, where we have highly intelligent people, highly educated people, very enterprising people, like Abia they are governed by drunkards. The governor of Abia is a champagne drinking man.

“Abia people are impoverished more than ever before. Abia people are unfortunate.”