By: Ohanele Casca 08134192508
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mo must be better and all Imolites must continue to clap for Jesus as Sam Onwuemeodo always say. Jesus shed his blood for the rescue of mankind and all the Jews who never believed in his kingship were witnesses to his sufferings on the cross of Calvary yet they never felt sorry for our lord.
As an Imo man and as a patriot, I wish to call on all Imolites to commit our governor Owelle Rochas in prayers as he has started shedding his blood for the rescue of Ndi-Imo. Last Friday evening, Imolites were shocked to hear according to government sources that a judas with a Mercedes Benz tried to betray our governor who is Jesus of Imo and deliver him unto death in Orlu zone near a banana junction. Banana is known for its slippery nature and for that point to be chosen by the devil as the Golgotha for our governor, we say God forbid. That both the judas and the devil should decide not to follow due process to deliver our governor to death at a slippery location is not a testimony that the government indeed is a government averse to due process.
For who was in a bullet proof jeep, a sophisticated SUV with air-bags all over to have gotten a head injury is an indication that the devil and the judas never wished the governor a second chance. Well we thank God the commissioner for information, Mr Chinedu Offor did not waste time informing Ndi-Imo that the governor had an accident and was in a stable condition. In fact that was the fastest reaction to any issue in the state by government spokesperson since the inception of the rescue government in Imo.
On behalf of many Imolites who may not have the opportunity of seeing Governor Okorocha to say sorry for whatever may have happened, I say sorry our dear governor. I am saying this sorry from my heart because in our Igbo culture we are taught to sympathize with our brethren when they are in pains and also to rejoice with them when they are happy. When Owelle was declared winner in the 2011 guber-election, all celebrated with him but in his present predicament, many people seem very skeptical sympathizing with him. Many are of the view that the governor and his spokesperson may have stage managed the said incident or story concocted to draw sympathy to the government whose commissioner for Finance, Accountant General and some key members of the House of Assembly are being drilled by the EFCC on what they know about on the N458 or N1.5Billiom contract scandal.
Many still insist that Governor Okorocha is as slippery as the banana spot where the incident happened and that he could act the best James Bond to convince the already hypnotized Imolites that somebody may have planned to kill him. They are perming 3 from 3 that the governor will soon call the Keke operators to narrate to them what happened and may also tell them who may be behind the crime. My question is, who wants to kill our governor? In recent time, the government seems to have taken actions that seem to many, as irrational, and for an accident on the governor which was reported to have touched his head, thank God the scan done abroad according to government sources confirmed that his skull was ok because if it had otherwise, Imo would have been in for more trouble in the future, because the state would have been governed with a more unstable mind.
As you read this piece, many Imolites are still insisting that the whole accident story is a stage managed drama. The reason adduced is that Imo people are yet to be shown the video clip of the incident as the government in Imo has been famous for film shooting and that since the governor travels with press crew the people look forward to watching the video clip. Till this moment, there is no sign that there was an eye witness at the scene of the accident. Some have argued how possible it could be that a mere Mercedes Benz could see a governors convoy, by pass the dispatch riders, the press crew bus and other protocol vehicles to ram straight onto the governor’s Jeep? How did that driver know the particular vehicle carrying the governor when all the vehicles are with tinted glasses? How on earth did the convoy of the governor which dealt seriously with Sen. Chris Anyanwu’s convoy last Christmas for not clearing well off the road for the governor to pass, allow a mere Mercedes Benz 200 an old one for that matter to nearly snuff life off our governor? One thing that baffles many Imolites is how the governor’s Jeep will ram on a Mercedes Benz without inflicting heavy casualty on the occupants of the car? Again on the police angle, the only reaction is that they are to investigate the accident to ascertain what happened. The Imo Police Command has assured Ndi-Imo that as soon as investigations are completed, it will be made public. As Imolites await the report of their investigations, the question on the lips of the people is, who is the driver of that vehicle? Who hired him? Is he an agent of a rival political party or his political opponents? Is the PDP involved because in recent time all misfortune suffered by Okorocha’s government is quickly labeled on PDP as the cause even when the misfortune is as a result of the rescue government’s lack of due process, kleptomania in governance, reckless decision or any of such. The people are asking, where is the driver of the vehicle detained, in the police cell or in a hospital?
As I am writing this piece, I know governor is still in pains. Sir I say sorry. Last Friday, before the said accident, I was opportuned to see Gov. Rochas at Naze/Poly round-about when he alighted and in his usual showmanship, he took one or two pictures and his convoy moved not spending about 5minutes. It was a shock to me that after about 3hours, I heard he had an accident.
Yes many Imolites have come to know their Governor as a Nollywood star, a Maradona of a sort, an orator who could mesmerize his listeners at any time with my people, my people theory. I still recollect that on the same dark Friday, when His Excellency visited Naze, the onetime helper of the less privileged was not welcomed with the usual ovation of Owelle Ndi-Igbo.
How come the governor got visa to travel to London in a flash? How serious was the matter that no hospital in Nigeria could have been affordable and with the right facility to scan his skull? Is Gov. Okorocha afraid of his shadows that he felt unsafe in the hands of Nigerian doctors? How will Imolites have confidence in the new hospital he is building if their governor could jet to London with tax-payers money just to do a head scan? Is that not a waste of resources by a government which claims to be prudent, yet #458 million or #1.5 Billion of Imo people’s money is lost in one transaction traceable to his approval for payment before execution of the actual job?
The PDP has so far sent their sympathy massage, wishing him well and quick recovery.
That is what is expected from any responsible party. Members of CNPP and APC should follow same path. In all that is happening in Imo State, people seem to be getting tired as no one knows the direction of the state ship. Demolition is now the order of the day in a bid to restore Imo to its original master plan which can only be found in the custody of the government. Pensioners are owed many months arrears, Civil Servants in Imo are suffering in silence. Members of Imo House of Assembly are smiling to the bank while Imo is burning. I must tell every Imolite that the only thing that must be said at this period no matter what anybody thinks, Governor Okorocha’s convoy had an accident and only the vehicle the governor was inside had a head on collusion with an old yellow-coloured Mercedes 200, according to police sources and nothing happened to the occupant(s) of the Mercedes but the Governor had a minor injury on his head. Again, that the governor had gone to London for a head scan which doctors confirm there is no cause for alarm and that the governor has been discharged and advised to be coming for check-up as an out-patient, meaning he will be travelling from time to time now to London for a check-up. All these are very marvelous in the sight of man and to God, nothing is impossible. Even if it is true as one man argued vehemently at a newspaper stand that Governor Rochas was under tension to travel to quickly arrange some funds outside Imo for rescue purposes so the only way to loot or cart away money is to stage manage a story.
For me, whether he went out to starch away looted money or looted money wanted to cart away our governor, the most important thing is that there is always looting of public treasury by government official but ‘one day, monkey go-go market and e no go return’. The wall of Jericho has it indeed fallen? Only time will tell. Meanwhile, I must tell Ndi-Imo that the only thing we must say is; Sorry Governor. It is not a stage managed accident.
