Chief Nweke said contrary to the notion postulated by the traditional ruler and the President-General that he was the one fomenting trouble and causing mayhem in Ifitedunu, the general public should disregard whatever claims the duo had made because they were the real evil geniuses and coup plotters in the community. He categorically stated that Igwe Emeka Ilouno and Chief Uchenna Nwoye Oragwuncha were responsible for the confusion and rancour currently ravaging Ifitedunu out of the six towns in Dunukofia local government area.
Chief Nweke, who spoke exclusively with our correspondent in Awka, did a flashback on the administration of the town union, saying that no PG ever worked in peace with the traditional ruler due to his alleged insatiable desire for embezzling community funds as well as fostering divide and rule system in Ifitedunu. He said he was the only PG who vowed not to succumb to the whims and caprices of Igwe Emeka Ilouno and as a result, he was able to complete the Civic Center project which he said was abandoned about 47 years ago due to the machinations of the Igwe and his cronies.
Nweke stated that the traditional ruler accused him of turning Ifitedunu town into a war front and also refused to account for all the money generated under his watch. He said such were lies from the pit of hell because the traditional ruler never allowed any PG to function and operate independently due to his avaricious desire to have custody of the town union funds for his clandestine motives and personal aggrandizement. According to him, Igwe Emeka Ilouno is the architect of all the crisis in Ifitedunu community.
Another vital issue Chief Nweke responded to was the issue of absconding from Germany to Switzerland after swindling a 52-year-old white woman and later returned to Nigeria to invest his loot. Nweke said all these were malicious attempts by the traditional ruler to tarnish his image and equally assassinate his character because no such thing happened. He said he was legally married while he was abroad and still communicated with his European wife now that he is in Nigeria and visits her from time to time.
The former PG, who speaks French and Dutch languages fluently, said he worked legitimately to make his money during his sojourn in Germany and Switzerland and there was no problem whatsoever between him and his European wife. He said Igwe Emeka Ilouno had been operating without a cabinet and a traditional prime minister (Onowu) and did not celebrate Ofala festival because he was at loggerheads with everyone and did not want peace to prevail because he benefited from crisis in the community.
Chief Nweke said, “Igwe Dr. Emeka Ilouno is the one causing problems in Ifitedunu. Any PG who worked with him never enjoyed peace. Uche Udedibia never enjoyed peace as PG. Late Anthony Udedibia had no peace as PG. Sir Nezianya Obinabo also had no peace as PG because Igwe Emeka Ilouno wanted to take custody of town union funds. Our Civic Center stayed 47 good years without construction until I came and constructed it under six months. There was no problem in Ifitedunu under my tenure as President-General. Only that I said I will not work with the traditional ruler because he is only interested in what he will gain personally from community funds.
“Uchenna Nwoye Oragwuncha was my vice then and he continued to fight me because he was interested in getting his own share of the donations people made for the building of the civil centre project. I started building Ifitedunu Civic Center with my own 2 Million Naira. Before I became the PG, our brother Benjamin Akabueze brought 5 Million Naira for the Civic Center project; we don’t know what happened to the money. Again our brother Prince Engr. Arthur Eze has brought 20 Million Naira for the Civic Center project; we don’t know what happened to the money. The only sin I committed was to say in the social media that Uchenna Nwoye Oragwuncha was not a good person because since he became the PG, it has been from one problem to another. He has no spirit of repentance.
“Somebody who was reinstated within one month and began to arrest people anyhow, is he a leader? Uchenna Nwoye who said I swore that he will not enter the Civic Center, did he also tell people about those whose hands and legs were cut off by the thugs he organised? Did he tell people that those thugs he recruited are now in Amawbia prison? Don’t I have the right to say that Uchenna Nwoye Oragwuncha is not a good man and that government should not reinstate him? What will Uchenna Nwoye Oragwuncha be remembered for as President-General Ifitedunu? We have six towns in Dunukofia and people are busy developing their own towns; Uchenna Nwoye Oragwuncha has not done anything since he became President-General Ifitedunu Town Union, only to cause problems in the community in conjunction with Igwe Emeka Ilouno.”
The former PG noted that the Police at Zone 13 were professionals because he believes they know when one is laying false claims and accusations. Nweke said it was a big lie that they ran away from Zone 13 after being invited by the police. That the police knows how to find him if his attention was needed at the station. He said Uchenna Nwoye Oragwuncha thinks he is an army general and not a mere President-General as he goes about setting Ifitedunu on fire so that himself and the traditional ruler Igwe Dr. Emeka Ilouno could feed fat from the crisis. He also revealed that Igwe Emeka Ilouno and his cohorts went to the Swiss and German Embassies in Nigeria to implicate him but God vindicated him as both countries didn’t find him wanting.
He said Igwe Emeka Ilouno has used the Civic Center project to travel to the United States of America to swindle their brothers over there in the name of building the Civic Center. This he confirmed saying that one late Ozo Anaekwe kicked against the Igwe’s alleged deceitful motives of collecting millions of naira from their brothers in the US for the Civic Center project which he never built until he Chief Samuel Nweke became President-General and eventually constructed the massive Civic Center and other buildings in the compound now generating revenues for the development of the community.
On the other hand, Igwe Dr. Emeka Ilouno cast aspersions on Chief Samuel Nweke saying that the worst experience Ifitedunu had was to have Chief Samuel Nweke as President-General of Ifitedunu Town Union. He said, “I have never seen a criminal like that boy. Because he has spilled blood before, blood doesn’t mean anything to him. He turned Ifitedunu upside down and he is still fighting. The boy that is in police net now, they are four he uses for social media. He will make a statement and point accusing fingers at the person; they will pick on him and tear him apart including me the traditional ruler of the community who has more than 10 medical degrees.
“Samuel Nweke has no educational background. He left this country under false name to Germany and from Germany, he crossed over to Switzerland and committed another crime there and ran away. He came home and somebody deceived me, we made him a Chief but later discovered his criminal records and de-roped him. How was Ifitedunu plaza built? Samuel Nweke’s tenure as PG was a reign of terror. A reign of intimidations. Everybody ran into his house for fear of being picked up and dumped in SARS office at Awkuzu.
“Samuel Nweke was 24 years old when he married a 52 year old woman in Switzerland and he doesn’t care. Samuel Nweke as he is now can not enter Switzerland now because he is a wanted man there. There are group of people who have destroyed Ifitedunu for the past six years and they have also dragged the current PG from one court to another. Now they went and told government that the Commissioner took bribe and the government is asking questions. This same group of people have accused me of selling community land to Fulani people. Samuel Nweke and his group of criminally-minded allies swore that they would start killing people if the new PG entered the Civic Center to commence work. Samuel Nweke is the architect of the horrible things in Ifitedunu community.
“I came into office in 2005. He came into office in 2019. Before he became PG, I have worked with more than five PGs. I never had problems with them. The PGs I worked with include Uche Udedibia and some others. Samuel Nweke instigated the burning of my palace and used Awkuzu SARS against every person who didn’t toe his line. He swore that Uchenna Nwoye Oragwuncha will never be President-General of Ifitedunu Town Union.”