ACB Agbazuere explained

ACB Agbazuere (born Anthony Agbazuere) is a Nigerian politician and former Abia State Chief of Staff and the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Abia State.[1]

Career

Agbazuere was appointed Chief of Staff to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu in 2019.[2] He was also a former Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Abia State.[3] [4]

He was a candidate for the House of Representatives in the 2023 Nigerian National Assembly elections.[5] He contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to represent the Isiala Ngwa North/South constituency and lost to Ginger Onwusibe of the Labour Party. [6]

Controversy

Agbazuere drew widespread attention in 2020 after being seen on a widely circulated video, spraying wads of cash on Odumeje, a controversial clergy[7] often viewed as a fake prophet.[8] This stoked a huge uproar nationally[9] [10] [11] with a frontline newspaper slamming the trending video as "a video of shame".[12] Many critics called for his prosecution[13] as it is a criminal offence to spray Nigerian Naira notes at social functions.[14]

Agbazuere was arrested in January 2024 on the orders of a Judicial Panel of Enquiry in Abia State for failure to honour an invitation to appear before the panel.[15] He expressed shock at the warrant of arrest, explaining that he was away in Abuja whilst the invitation to the panel was dropped at his gate at home.[16] He was subsequently granted bail[17]

Agbazuere left the People's Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress in early 2024, leading a host of other loyalists in Abia State in a mass defection.[18] [19] This move attracted condemnation from the People's Democratic Party.[20]

Personal life

Agbazuere was married to late Onyinyechi Agbazuere who died on 4 September 2021 a few days after accompanying him to a new yam festival in Ohuhu, Umuahia, Abia State.[21] [22]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vanguard . 11 March 2022 . Prof Agbazuere to deliver paper at University of Liverpool symposium . vanguardngr.com.
  2. Web site: Vanguard . 5 November 2019 . Abia governor, Ikpeazu appoints Agbazuere Chief of Staff . vanguardngr.
  3. Web site: PM News . 19 October 2010 . Traditional Rulers Implicated In Kidnapping . pmnewsnigeria.com.
  4. Web site: 15 February 2018 . Former Abia commissioner defects to APC - Daily Trust . 16 September 2024 . dailytrust.com/ . en-US.
  5. Web site: Candidates - Voter - Validating the Office of the Electorate on Representation . 16 September 2024 . orderpaper.ng.
  6. Web site: 14 March 2023 . I'll Recover My Mandate In Court, Imo PDP Reps Candidate, Agbazuere Vows – Independent Newspaper Nigeria . 16 September 2024 . en-GB.
  7. News: Odumeje: Abia State governor suspend Chief of Staff for spraying money on Odumeje? . 16 September 2024 . BBC News Pidgin.
  8. Web site: Okoye . Chiedu Uche . 1 May 2024 . Religious charlatanism in Nigeria and Odumeje's dangerous comic relief . 16 September 2024 . Businessday NG . en-US.
  9. Web site: Nasiru . Jemilat . 6 December 2020 . EXTRA: Abia gov's chief of staff showers cash on Odumeje . 16 September 2024 . TheCable . en-US.
  10. Web site: Oyeleke . Sodiq . 6 December 2020 . Abia gov suspends CoS Agbazuere after spraying cash on Pastor Odumeje . 16 September 2024 . Punch Newspapers . en-US.
  11. Web site: Abia Governor Suspends Chief Of Staff Agbazuere After Spraying Cash On Controversial Pastor Odumeje Sahara Reporters . 16 September 2024 . saharareporters.com.
  12. Web site: Abankula . 6 December 2020 . Video of shame: Agbazuere, Abia's CoS slammed for spraying money on Prophet Odumeje . pmnewsnigeria.com.
  13. Web site: Princewill . Nimi . 6 December 2020 . Ikpeazu's chief of staff invites cameramen for reckless spraying of new notes on Prophet Odumeje . 16 September 2024 . Peoples Gazette Nigeria . en-US.
  14. Web site: Need to Review the Naira Mutilation Law – THISDAYLIVE . 16 September 2024 . www.thisdaylive.com.
  15. Web site: Nwankwo . Sunny . 25 January 2024 . Police arrest Ikpeazu's chief of staff . thenationonlineng.net.
  16. Web site: Chibuike . Daniel . 12 January 2024 . Abia Judicial Panel orders arrest of Ikpeazu's former Chief of Staff, Deputy . 16 September 2024 . Daily Post Nigeria . en-US.
  17. Web site: Leadership . 26 January 2024 . Gov't Property Recovery Panel Grants Former Abia Chief Of Staff, Agbazuere, Bail . 16 September 2024 . en-US.
  18. Web site: Adeyemi . Segun . 2 April 2024 . Cracks in Abia PDP as ex-gov's CoS, commissioners join APC . 16 September 2024 . Pulse Nigeria . en.
  19. Web site: Nwankwo . Sunny . 2 April 2024 . Ikpeazu's CoS, ex-Commissioners dump PDP for APC . thenationonlineng.net.
  20. Web site: Ofurum . Godfrey . 4 April 2024 . Defectors to APC in Abia no longer useful, PDP tells APC . 16 September 2024 . Businessday NG . en-US.
  21. Web site: 7 September 2021 . Abia Loses Two Prominent Indigenes – Independent Newspaper Nigeria . 16 September 2024 . en-GB.
  22. Web site: Cyril . 4 September 2021 . Ikpeazu's CoS loses wife . 16 September 2024 . The Sun Nigeria . en-US.

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