I have heard very little from the Kalu camp in terms of the PPA imbroglio that eventually led to Orji's exit. But if it is true that he actually engineered it, then, he has not only done less than I give him credit, but actually committed a political faux pass. By trying to upstage a sitting governor, he has unwittingly left his flanks open for the sucker punch, which we are told only comes when somebody is carried away by overconfidence.

In the first place, everything bad, I have heard critics of Orji say about him, is always linked to Kalu one way or the other. Therefore, to think that he could distance himself from the governor and maintain balance, may be utterly far-fetched. Nobody is likely to believe that he is not part of that government. I don't.

So, for me, it is the most obtuse and asinine contrivance for the PPA to have suddenly woken up and invite the governor to give account of his stewardship, in the manner it did, when it is supposed to be part of its daily events. The step smacks of the greatest political naivety in the history of politics anywhere, which it has taken to its eternal peril.

In fact, I don't see PPA not going the way of Alliance for Democracy (AD) soon, unless another magic happens, because, until last week, it was a PPA government that existed in the state. It is even worse that the party's action came at the time the speculation had become too heavy that Orji's deputy, Chris Akomas, was undermining his boss and was to be picked by the party as a replacement.

There is no doubt that Abia politics is ruled substantially by propaganda. Many of the participants fail most times to show the other side of the coin. Why, for instance pummel the governor for failing to stem the alarming kidnapping incidents in the state, while remaining silent on the role of the police in the matter? In fact, Rotimi Amaechi emphasised this obvious situation in Lagos, last Saturday, when he said he would have since eradicated crime in his state if he had full powers; if he didn't have to take his case to one commander, who would in turn get to his boss elsewhere.