By CHINYERE Nnaemeka
Imo State Governor, Rochas Anayo Okorocha has said that the state governor elect, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha lacks mental and intellectual capacity to govern the state after him.
Okorocha who stated this in a release availed by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuamaedo, on Sunday said that Ihedioha should rather focus on how to offer good governance to Imo people instead of pursuing frivolities.
The Governor said that the allegation by Ihedioha that he had withdrawn over N17bn in the past few days after the declaration of the guber result in the state was a mere excuse to Imo people “why he will fail as their governor and an indication that he can’t cope with the challenges of governance.”
Okorocha who maintained that Ihedioha will not make a good governor, also said “he can not measure up with Governor Rochas Okorocha’s amazing achievements in the State”.
“Chief Emeka Ihedioha, who was announced the winner of the governorship election in the State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been making careless media statements and unfounded allegations, including the N17billion he said the government had withdrawn and the threat to recover what he called “Imo Property” from the governor.
“He had earlier given directives to Financial Institutions in the State against further transactions with the State government.
Our response goes this way:
“Chief Ihedioha does not have the mental or intellectual Capacity to govern a highly endowed State like Imo. The guy is just smart politically. And Political Smartness is different from having the Capacity for Leadership or governance.
“He can not measure up with Governor Rochas Okorocha’s amazing achievements in the State. And he is only laying the foundation for excuses to Imo people why he will fail as their governor.
“He was Contentiously declared winner on Tuesday. And on Thursday he came up with the allegation of the government withdrawing N17billion. He never mentioned how the withdrawal was made whether it was withdrawn cash or through transfer. And where in Imo State, with meager Federal allocation and IGR can one see N17billion to withdraw? Like we said earlier, he is not an intelligent guy. He can’t cope with the challenges of governance.
“He is coming to be governor with the only income he made at the National Assembly because prior to his going to the National Assembly he never did any paid job and he is trying now to blackmail a man adjudged to be the highest property owner both in Owerri and in Abuja several years before coming for governor.
“He has not said anything about free education, Urban Renewal and several other sensitive people-oriented programmes and policies of the Rescue Mission Government in the State. He is only talking about money and property. It is going to be interesting. A man who failed as a member of the House of Representatives won’t do magic as a governor.
“He should also know that with what Governor Okorocha has achieved, Imo people won’t entertain any excuse from him. If he likes let him talk about Rochas Okorocha from now till when he will leave as governor. The die is cast. Action speaks louder than words. Blackmail or propaganda which the PDP invested heavily in during the 12years they governed the State have become old-fashioned in the State at the moment.
“Nigerians in general and Imo people in particular should ignore him whenever he comes up with such gimmicks. After May 29, 2019 he has every right to probe even the food Rochas Okorocha and the family ate in Government House from 2011 to 2015 and from 2015 to 2019. Ihedioha won’t make a good governor. QED.” the release reads.
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