Those Asking Me To Complete Aba Osisioma Flyover Don’t Even Have A Car–Ikpeazu

The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu has told a journalist that those asking him about the completion date of the Osisioma Flyover in Aba, commercial city of Abia State cannot even boast of owning a car.

The Governor while speaking on Monday during a call in program with Magic FM radio Aba, said the completion date of the project should not be of concern to anyone

The flyover was flagged off on 20th January, 2017 and the construction was given to a Chinese company.

The overpass is expected to become the first ever inter-change flyover in the state when eventually completed.

As of January 10, this year when the interview was conducted on the Governor by the radio station, the project is still under construction.

But when asked during the radio program to tell Abia citizens the reasons behind the delay in completion of the flyover, Ikpeazu told the journalist that people should stop worrying about the completion date.

He said when the project was conceptualised, many people never gave him a chance that he would build the flyover, adding that some Abians even went as far as mocking the project by calling it “center table.”

He said, “The question I’m asking is, what’s you people’s concern with the flyover? Am I not the one that started it?

“I started the flyover and I have been funding it with the little money we have and people should not bother about the flyover. Those that even asked about the flyover don’t even have a car.”

Ikpeazu had in recent times come under the hammer of indigenes of the state for failing to complete the flyover project he started over four years ago.

A viral video on social media had shown a resident of Abia mocking Ikpeazu over the project that has continued to earn him lots of criticism.

In one of the video that was shared on the Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS) Facebook page, a man was seen “praying” for his fellow travelers who boarded a night bus from Aba to an unknown destination.

He also prayed to God to “baptize” Governor Ikpeazu to enable him “work” in the city of Aba to alleviate the sufferings of road users in the city.

The man wondered if the Osisioma road project being constructed by the governor is a “flyover or center table”.

It is expected that the Osisioma flyover would add value to the city of Aba and help motorists and other road users ply the city’s routes without hitches if completed.