Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, yesterday, asked President Gooluck Jonathan to call his Political Adviser, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, to order so as not to stoke a political war in Imo State and stall the flow of its development strides.

The governor, who spoke through his Information Commissioner, Mr. Chinedu Offor, and the Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Ebere Uzoukwa, was reacting to the claim by Gulak that Okorocha had committed an impeachable offence by not reinstating the deposed 27 local government chairmen in the state, as ordered by the Appeal Court last month.

Gulak had while receiving the 27 local government chairmen sacked by Okorocha, who were in his office to submit a letter of protest to the President in Abuja on Monday, said the governor’s action was an impeachable offence.

The commissioner, who spoke in Abuja, described Gulak’s statement as outrageous and unbecoming of a man who has no stake in Imo State and warned him to stop heating up the polity unnecessarily.

“Imo people were really shocked and disappointed to hear such a reckless statement from a man who has no business in the politics of Imo State and we want him to tell the world whether he was speaking for himself or was sent by Mr. President.

“The matter for which he wants the governor impeached is already before a court of competent jurisdiction and we want the President to sanction Gulak before he commits further blunders that could jeopardise the government and the people of Nigeria,” Offor said. The Special Adviser on Media to Okorocha asked Gulak to advise Mr. President to recall Justice Ayo Salami, as directed by the Judicial National Council, JNC, before extending his counsel to other leaders in Nigeria.

“He who goes to equity must do so with clean hands and I think it is always good for one to remove the speck in his eyes before seeing the log in another’s eye.

“We see the call by Gulak for Okorocha’s impeachment as an attack by another attack dog of the Presidency and an assault on the people of Imo State House of Assembly and its people.While calling on Gulak to retract the inciting statement within 24 hours or face the wrath of the government, the SA however said that Okorocha would not be distracted by the antics of the PDP-led government to abandon the good work he has started.

When will this end? When will they stop throwing political jabs at each other and focus on developing this nation? *sighs*

so what has Gulak done but to state the obvious? If the court of appeal have ruled that the said people be reinstated then not doing so would make Rochas in contempt of court and due process for his removal (if that is the punishment) should proceed. Bringing Salami into this is of bad taste. If the court of law have said that Salami should be reinstated then he should but that does not seem to be the case here.

Okoros would always try to feel funky even when they are clearly wrong. Sheesh!

“..........and we want the President to sanction Gulak before he commits further blunders that could jeopardise the government and the people of Nigeria,”

.......double wahala for deadi body, I told you all, Okorocha is not a Presidential material. Listen to a man who has difficulty governing his people in imo threatening to bring jeopardy to the nation. rotfl!

First of all the said election that brought the so called LGA chairmen was stopped by a court of competent jurisdiction but the then lawless pdp government ignored the court order and went ahead to do a kangaroo election appointing these set of criminals. They never won any elections in the first place because the people of imo state never voted them. PDP is just having a dose of their own pill and should please leave imo state alone. We want to take our destiny in our hands.

Desola: so what has Gulak done but to state the obvious? If the court of appeal have ruled that the said people be reinstated then not doing so would make Rochas in contempt of court and due process for his removal (if that is the punishment) should proceed. Bringing Salami into this is of bad taste. If the court of law have said that Salami should be reinstated then he should but that does not seem to be the case here.

Okoros would always try to feel funky even when they are clearly wrong. Sheesh!

The PDP is trying to destabilize the state that's what this is all about. Nothing more nothing less. Its just an issue of coming with equity with clean hands. Rochas is trying in imo state with all sincerity though far from being perfect because he is human but better than most PDP leaders. Imo people didn't make mistake electing him from what we have seen so far. Let them leave the man alone.

Is the governor's action an impeachable offense? That shld be d bone of contention here - d gov is trying no doubt but recklessness shld not be traded for performance

aduboy: First of all the said election that brought the so called LGA chairmen was stopped by a court of competent jurisdiction but the then lawless pdp government ignored the court order and went ahead to do a kangaroo election appointing these set of criminals. They never won any elections in the first place because the people of imo state never voted them. PDP is just having a dose of their own pill and should please leave imo state alone. We want to take our destiny in our hands.

Sorry, youve sold your destiny to pdp.