According to Levi Chiefuna Esq, former Vice Chancellor (VC) of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Mr Bennard Odo has scored an own for claiming that his village people are behind his woes.
Barr Chiefuna said that rather than blaming the innocent village people, the former VC should tow path of honour and publicly apologize for his misdeeds.
He said, “It all began when Federal University Gasau, in unprecedented effrontery, denied promoting Mr Benard Odoh to the rank of Professor and claimed to have no records of Mr Odoh among its staff.
“Mr Odoh was consequently not only sacked as the 7th Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka but the Council that appointed him was also sacked, apparently for want of due diligence.
“After his sack, Mr Odoh, in an interview with an international television station recently, blamed his woes on what he called ‘mischief makers’ who undermine his people as inferior.
“For Mr Odoh, some people were playing ethnic cards, and his removal was tied to prejudice against his Ebonyi State origins. Some people feel that I am not qualified because I come from Ebonyi State,”
Barr Chiefuna insisted that many people from Ebonyi State have actualized themselves outside Ebonyi in general and Anambra in particular, noting that Mr Odo’s allusion to discrimination against Ebonyi people cannot hold water.
“In a suit by an alumnus of Nnamdi Azikiwe University challenging Mr Odoh’s promotion to the rank of a professor, Mr Odoh, in a volte face, blamed his village people for his woes.
“He stated that his woes are traceable to his roughening some feathers in his native Ebonyi State, where he allegedly fought corruption.
“It is left to be seen how the court will react to this change of narrative. If the court believes this new narrative, it means that Odoh lied when he played the ethic card. Since the court does not pick and choose, it may well be that Odoh has scored an own goal,” he asserted.
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