Ikpeazu Distances From Receiving Pension

The former Governor of Abia State and Member of the G-5 group of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr.Okezie Ikpeazu has clarified that he has not asked for or received any pension from the state ever since he left office on May 29, 2023.

The Spokesman to the former Governor Onyebuchi Ememanka, stated this following reports that the Abia State House of Assembly has repealed the 2001 law which grants pensions to former Governors and Deputy Governors in the state.

Recall that yesterday’s session of the state House of Assembly repealed the law that provided pensions to the state’s past governors and deputy governors.

Reacting, Ememanka called the report “mischievous,” and claimed it was written to create the false impression that Ikpeazu is one of the past state governors still collecting a pension from the state.

He clarified that Ikpeazu had never asked the state government for or received any pension payments.

He said; “Dr Okezie Ikpeazu wishes to make it abundantly clear that since after handing over the reins of power as Governor of Abia State on May 29th, 2023, he has neither requested for, nor received from the Abia State Government, any dime under any guise whatsoever, and has no intentions of doing so.

“Former Governor Ikpeazu has since moved on with his life and is currently engaged in other areas of interest to him and advises the Abia State Government and her various organs to face the business of governance and desist from engaging in needless media sensationalism.

“The general public should be properly guided.”