No to Campaign of Calumny against Mark, Says Moro

A former Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, has asked the political gladiators in Benue State to focus on issues that affect the people rather than dissipating energy on campaign of calumny.


Moro cautioned those attacking former Senate President, Senator David Mark, ahead of the forthcoming rerun election to think otherwise because Mark cannot be distracted by the antics of a few disgruntled elements whose stock in trade is to spread falsehood.


Moro who is the Director General of Senator David Mark campaign organisation, stated that at the moment, “We are concerned with the issues of rerun election for Benue South as ordered by the appeal tribunal.


“A few uninformed persons have engaged in spreading falsehood that 16 years of Mark in the Senate did not benefit the Idoma people. History will judge.


“Mark is not just another senator, he is a man who stood to be counted when it mattered. He presided over the Senate that stabilised democracy through the invocation of Doctrine of Necessity and saved the politics from the precipice.


“I am so confident that the Idoma man and woman who appreciate the worth of Mark will neither betray nor let him down. He is the choice. A Daniel Onjeh cannot be an option for the Idoma nation,” the former minister stated.


Moro stated: “Nothing can be farther from the truth, Mark remains the only person who has been consistent with scholarship award to students of Benue State since 2005. At the moment, no fewer than 20,000 students have been awarded scholarship since inception.
“In 2008, he single handedly built and donated a multi-million naira complex to the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) Otukpo study centre.


“For his effective representation in the senate, he attracted the multi-billion naira Otobi Water Dam project that will solve the water problem in the Zone.


“In addition, the dam will improve electricity supply and thousands of people will be gainfully employed.
“The multi-billion naira Oweto/Loko bridge in Benue south is nearing completion. When completed, movement of goods and services would be enhanced and boost the economy of the state and environs.


“In fact, a journey from Otukpo to Abuja would have been reduced from seven hours to just two and half hours.
“Nobody can undermine the importance of education which Senator Mark made his pet project. It was under his effective representation that the federal government approved the Federal University of Health Sciences in Otukpo Benue State.


“He has severally influenced the appointment of Benue sons and daughters into Federal Boards and parastatals.
“The attack on Senator Mark is uncharitable. I do not understand why somebody with conscience would say senator Mark has not done anything for his people.


“Yet our brothers from the other side of the divide still complain that all the federal appointments and projects goes to Benue south.
“I think there is a limit to trechary. No amount of falsehood would change the truth and verifiable facts on ground.


“And I dare say that If the campaign of calumny is all about the forthcoming rerun election for Benue South I can say without fear of contradiction that the promoters have fail woefully because the Idoma Nation will not yield to blackmail. They know that Senator Mark is our choice to vote for when the time comes”.


According to Moro, “Those who say Mark has not done anything should be courageous enough to tell us what they have done and not the cheap and lousy talks about the senator.”