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| Rochas Okorocha & Uche Nwosu. |
Hotels everywhere in O’ Iown, that’s Owerri for you. I
got into the town the evening of the day the All Progressives
Congress (APC) organized a women and youth rally at the Dan Anyiam
Stadium. No one was there to pick me up. The romance of travel tends to fade
fast when you find yourself stranded in an airport with a travelling bag full
of dirty underwear. I managed to find my way into town, checked into a hotel,
aided by a frighteningly helpful babe.Then I beamed myself up to the second
floor of the hotel., hunt through the endless and slightly claustrophobic maze
of air conditioned corridors until I find my room . I dumped my bag, grab my
toilet kit and a change of clothes, duck into the bathroom for a wash.
It was all over the news that armed supporters of the
Action Alliance (AA) governorship candidate Uche Nwosu disrupted the Southeast
zonal rally of APC in Imo state. The rampaging youths attacked supporters of
the All Progressives Congress (APC ) governorship candidate, Hope Uzodinma.. In
the mirror, I pondered at this story, my reflection winks at me and points at a
new white hair.
I blame the APC leadership in Abuja, This is their
entire fault. How can Rochas Okorocha who claims to be in APC come to an APC
rally to cause confusion and canvass votes for an AA governorship candidate.
What is this man still doing in the
party? Expelling him is critical for the repositioning of the party
in the state. He has openly displayed anti party activities, working against
his party’s interest in his utterances and actions. Everyone has seen him
casting aspersions on the party’s leadership and his activities have been aimed
at frustrating the party’s chances of winning the 2019 general elections in the
state. I pulled my laptop out of my bag and plug it in, jack into
the broadband socket. Then I downloaded an active ward and leave it running as
a screen saver. Why should an AA governorship candidate attend a rally
organized by the APC.? What manner of anti party activity is this? Nothing
should worry truly patriotic Imolites more than an attempt to
becloud their reasoning. This is especially so when such camouflaging is being
done in a brazenly dim-witted manner. Imo has rejected Okorocha’s third term
agenda totally. They have rejected his plans to make his son in-law the
governor of the state. Our people need a break from
Rochas. We need a change of administration. Our governor performed poorly and
having his son in-law as governor in 2019 means a continuation
of Baba Sallah Nkwobi and pepper Soup government.
Even the loquacious foot soldiers of Okorocha have
accepted the fact that his 8 years in office have been locust years in the
history of the state. It has been 8 wasted years, from June 2011 to
January 2019. The foot soldiers of the governor have severally acknowledged the
fact that their Principal did not perform. They said he was distracted by the
PDP. I beg your pardon. PDP? A lazy man will always
quarrel with his tool and will always advance all the excuses he can muster.
We will continue to talk about Imo because we have no
other home. Imo State a beautiful state blessed with fertile and productive
landscape no doubt is “in chains” courtesy of rulers without vision. And we ask
should Okorocha be allowed to continue as governor for another 4 years with his
son in-law as front after ruling the state for 8 fruitless
years? Mbanu! This Okorocha who has since 2011 commandeered our
common wealth and left us in chains, we further ask, will sanity be
restored in the Land of Hope ? Who will cut short this long and delayed take
off of Imo to the path of sustainable growth and development? Who
will remove the chains inflicted on Imo by the Okorochas and
their co travelers? Hope Uzodinma is that man. Uzodinma is god sent
on a deliverance mission. I say yes to his Rehabilitation,
Reconstruction and Recovery – the R-3.
His governorship intention is borne out of a selfless
desire to serve. God is with him. We need a new Imo that will open
access to equal opportunities to all Imolites, guarantee quality
infrastructural development, qualitative free education, and improved civil
service administration and pension
management. Uzodinma will use the experience
and expertise that he has gathered in his years of
service to take our state to the next level. Imo needs job creation, urban
standardization, rural urbanization, good road construction not china roads,
good health packages, economic diversification, affordable housing, and welfare
for the elderly and widows, among others. Imo needs someone who has proven
capacity and capability.
Imo is in dire need of a leader with demonstrable
capacity to unite the deeply divided minds in the state and create a
sense of belonging. We must bring visionary leadership to our state so we can
move forward. We must end this looting of public coffers. We must
oppose legalized official looting wherein political officers loot the
state dry. We must fight all those that are insensitive to the plight of Ndi-Imo.
Okorocha’s family have looted billions of our tax payers’
money in a state where 80% of her citizens live on less than 600
naira per day, in a state that has almost 5,000
children on the streets-children without parental care, without shelter.
Okorocha, Uche Nwosu, we say, never again.
Kenneth Uwadi writes from Mmahu-Egbema , Imo State and
can be reached via 08037982714.
Published as written by the writer.
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