We have received news of the planned hosting of the Executive Governor
of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha by Imo Citizens in Abia on the 21st
of April, 2012 with shock. We are also privy to various newspaper
reports intimating the public of the planned visit being spearheaded by
prominent Igbo sons like Chief Maduakor and Owunna.
Heaven knows that Imo Citizens are peace loving people and have had the most fruitful and rewarding cohabitation with our other brothers in Abia State especially enjoying the lavish support of the State Government. Having lived in Aba for well over fifty years and made our marks as successful business men, we as elders cannot stay at home and watch the she goat deliver in its tether. It is abominable in Imo and elsewhere in Igbo land. We are not aliens to official protocol and therefore state as follows:
1. That there is no such thing as Imo Citizens without having recourse to the real Elders. Chief Onyenso Nwachukwu and Chief John Anyahie know enough to deny the existence of any phantom group.
2. We have not invited our Governor as any such visit must have the blessing of the Abia State Government who by the way is our host and landlord
3. Rochas Okorocha is not a charlatan and cannot be railroaded into any arrangement that would see him as disregarding all official protocols
4. Abia State government has denied receiving any request from either the Imo State Government or any such Group at that. Thiss imply means that there are plans by the so called organizers to rubbish the reputation of the office and person of the Governor of both Imo and Abis States
5. The entire country is sitting on a precipice in terms of security and it would be foolhardy for any person to do anything that would incense the volatility already being experienced
6. The sudden appearance of fugitive Reagan Ufomba as a central figure in Igbo politics portrays NDI IGBO as lacking in quality leadership. He is simply setting Imolites against their Igbo kinsmen
7. Regan Ufomba cannot organize Imolites in Abia State. He does not only lack the moral justification to do so, he equally lacks the prerequisite integrity to act in that capacity
8. If Regan Ufomba is keen on hosting Imo State Governor, he could jolly well distance Imolites from that awful, distasteful and disunity – motivated Greek Gift
9. NDI IMO in Abia appreciate the good working relationship that had long existed between them and their Abia hosts, accountable for Imolites having the most flourishing businesses (more than any other ethnic nationality in Nigeria) in Abia. Our investments can attest to that.
10. As beneficiaries of unity and brotherly love, we cannot be seen to be playing double standards through cutting corners, breaching official protocols and setting our Governor against the Abia State Government and by extension NDI IGBO in general
11. The business of fixing Imo State is more deserving of attention now than the planned jamboree which in the first place is a concocted marriage of convenience bound to crash
12. We have no hands in the planned visit and could attest unequivocally that our children are far from the evil arrangement
13. We warn all those who are behind this charade to desist forthwith from further causing disaffection and animosity between Imolites and the rest of NDI IGBO
14. We insist without fear or favour, not minding whose ox is gored that Rochas Okorocha is not welcomed, not now and not anytime when he would allow himself to be used as an instrument of disunity.
15. No State Governor can visit another State without the courtesy of notifying the host State Government. Imo State is too big to fall into that bobby, banana and slippery peel.
16. We should remember that most of us have lived here way too long that resettling would be a Herculean Task. It is only wise to court peace, affection and unity
There is no alternative to peace and we therefore stand on the side of the very many successful business people, professionals; artisans, market traders and commoners of Imo extraction living in Abia. A word is enough for the wise
Signed:
F: IMO ELDERS FROM
Chief Nwachukwu Onyenso
Chief John Anyaehie
Heaven knows that Imo Citizens are peace loving people and have had the most fruitful and rewarding cohabitation with our other brothers in Abia State especially enjoying the lavish support of the State Government. Having lived in Aba for well over fifty years and made our marks as successful business men, we as elders cannot stay at home and watch the she goat deliver in its tether. It is abominable in Imo and elsewhere in Igbo land. We are not aliens to official protocol and therefore state as follows:
1. That there is no such thing as Imo Citizens without having recourse to the real Elders. Chief Onyenso Nwachukwu and Chief John Anyahie know enough to deny the existence of any phantom group.
2. We have not invited our Governor as any such visit must have the blessing of the Abia State Government who by the way is our host and landlord
3. Rochas Okorocha is not a charlatan and cannot be railroaded into any arrangement that would see him as disregarding all official protocols
4. Abia State government has denied receiving any request from either the Imo State Government or any such Group at that. Thiss imply means that there are plans by the so called organizers to rubbish the reputation of the office and person of the Governor of both Imo and Abis States
5. The entire country is sitting on a precipice in terms of security and it would be foolhardy for any person to do anything that would incense the volatility already being experienced
6. The sudden appearance of fugitive Reagan Ufomba as a central figure in Igbo politics portrays NDI IGBO as lacking in quality leadership. He is simply setting Imolites against their Igbo kinsmen
7. Regan Ufomba cannot organize Imolites in Abia State. He does not only lack the moral justification to do so, he equally lacks the prerequisite integrity to act in that capacity
8. If Regan Ufomba is keen on hosting Imo State Governor, he could jolly well distance Imolites from that awful, distasteful and disunity – motivated Greek Gift
9. NDI IMO in Abia appreciate the good working relationship that had long existed between them and their Abia hosts, accountable for Imolites having the most flourishing businesses (more than any other ethnic nationality in Nigeria) in Abia. Our investments can attest to that.
10. As beneficiaries of unity and brotherly love, we cannot be seen to be playing double standards through cutting corners, breaching official protocols and setting our Governor against the Abia State Government and by extension NDI IGBO in general
11. The business of fixing Imo State is more deserving of attention now than the planned jamboree which in the first place is a concocted marriage of convenience bound to crash
12. We have no hands in the planned visit and could attest unequivocally that our children are far from the evil arrangement
13. We warn all those who are behind this charade to desist forthwith from further causing disaffection and animosity between Imolites and the rest of NDI IGBO
14. We insist without fear or favour, not minding whose ox is gored that Rochas Okorocha is not welcomed, not now and not anytime when he would allow himself to be used as an instrument of disunity.
15. No State Governor can visit another State without the courtesy of notifying the host State Government. Imo State is too big to fall into that bobby, banana and slippery peel.
16. We should remember that most of us have lived here way too long that resettling would be a Herculean Task. It is only wise to court peace, affection and unity
There is no alternative to peace and we therefore stand on the side of the very many successful business people, professionals; artisans, market traders and commoners of Imo extraction living in Abia. A word is enough for the wise
Signed:
F: IMO ELDERS FROM
Chief Nwachukwu Onyenso
Chief John Anyaehie
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