President Goodluck Jonathan has described Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State as an embarrassment to democracy and a disaster waiting to happen.
Jonathan, who was represented by the Foreign Affairs Minister, 1, Professor Viola Onwuliri, at the Iriji Mbaise New Yam Festival, spoke to journalists after the event saying from the conduct of the governor, it was obvious that he was not interested in the festival but just came to http://secret2020.com/governor-okorocha-is-an-embarrassment-to-democracy-says-goodluck-jonathan/

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President Goodluck Jonathan has
described Governor Rochas Okorocha
of Imo State as an embarrassment to
democracy and a disaster waiting to
happen.
Jonathan, who was represented by the
Foreign Affairs Minister, 1, Professor
Viola Onwuliri, at the Iriji Mbaise New
Yam Festival, spoke to journalists after
the event saying from the conduct of
the governor, it was obvious that he
was not interested in the festival but
just came to create confusion and
derail the event.
She said: “Since Okorocha assumed
office in 2011, he has never attended
the Iriji Mbaise until this one that
precedes the election year. This is not
the ground for venting personal
animosities. He even left before the
actual ceremony began. He just
brought trouble to the event and this is
an embarrassment to the state and its
people. I am positive that by 2015, we
will all have a chance to redress this
anomaly.”
The 2014 Yam Festival, at some point,
turned into a political rally of sorts
with Okorocha and the Deputy Speaker
of the House of Representatives, Chief
Emeka Ihedioha, relentlessly fighting
for supremacy.
It was apparent however that the
Mbaise nation was not too receptive to
the fact that the governor tried to
engage their son in their own soil.
Okorocha’s microphone was
intermittently switched off for as long
as five minutes, as the people jeered
the governor.
Receiving the governor to Mbaise,
Ihedioha pointedly told Okorocha that
he (Okorocha) would as a matter of
necessity hand over to him in 2015,
noting that the governor’s exit was not
negotiable.
Ihedioha also held the governor to task
on what he described as “lack of state
government presence in Mbaise.”
According to the deputy speaker, “The
major projects in Mbaise are those
executed by the federal government.
In the few areas credited to the state
government, we only see projects that
are very poorly executed.
“It is evident that the governor has run
out of ideas, so as a matter of
expediency, it is expected that he
would hand over the reins in 2015 so
we can help out.”
Responding, an angry Okorocha said:
“The green cap (referring to
Ihedioha’s trademark cap) will not
make anybody governor of Imo State
and as a matter of fact, there is nobody
in the Imo State Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) who is his match in an
electoral contest. My three years in
office is more productive than the 12
years spent in the state by the PDP.
Imo people have rejected PDP because
PDP is worse than the Ebola virus.”
Okorocha’s microphone was switched
off again when he said he had laid the
foundation for a campus of the Imo
State University to be sited in Aboh
Mbaise/Ngor Okpala federal
constituency.
The crowd booed what they described
as a Greek gift that was intended for
political convenience.
The confusion degenerated into a free
for all between Okorocha’s supporters
and those of Ihedioha, but the security
personnel on ground contained it in
good time before whisking the
governor away to safety.
While many believed Okorocha fled
the event long before the breaking of
kola nuts and the address of the
president, his supporters said he left
for another assignment.
Meanwhile, Ihedioha has asked
Okorocha to apologise to the Mbaise
people for defiling their custom and
tradition.
The deputy speaker said this in
reaction to a statement by the state
government which asked Ihedioha to
apologise to the governor for the
embarrassment and disgrace the latter
brought to the event.
“The deputy speaker and other Mbaise
leaders believed that it was the
governor who actually owes the
Mbaise people an apology for
disrupting the event after coming late
in his characteristic manner and
defiling the treasured cultural values
and tradition of Iri Iji Mbaise,” a
statement by Chibuike Onyeukwu
issued on behalf of the deputy speaker
said.
Ihedioha said it was a blatant lie by
the state government that he did not
welcome the governor to the event,
noting that even though Okorocha had
an ulterior motive for attending the
festival only after spurning invitations
in the past three years, he still gave
him the courtesy of welcoming him as
chief guest of honour.
The statement clarified: “It is on
record (and for the avoidance of
doubt, the tape of the event can be
cross checked by members of the
public) that the deputy speaker did
not only welcome Okorocha to the
event but also enjoined him to accept
the kolanut offered to him as chief
guest of honour.
“This was in spite of suspicion of an
ulterior motive by the Mbaise people
on the part of the governor who had
found it convenient to ignore several
invitations to attend ‘Iri Iji’ Mbaise in
the past three years and suddenly
decided to attend this year’s edition
for obviously sinister political reasons.
The Mbaise people and friends of the
nation present at the event easily saw
through this facade and pretense.”
Ihedioha said the governor’s recourse
to attacking him simply confirms the
fact that “the governor holds him
(Ihedioha) in trepidation and is at a
loss as to how to address his growing
popularity and acceptance among the
Imo people vis-a-vis his (Okorocha’s)
fast declining rating among the
people.”

Nigerian Politicians and petty democracy... SMH. Well, I will leave yu two guys to ur petty squabble. Nonsense

I did not know Viola Onwuliri and Jonathan are one person

Lol. Ofcourse I knew GEJ couldn't have said such.

Anyways, Rochas should've known better than to attend the festival at Mbaise which is home to Senator Chris Anyanwu, Viola Onwuliri and Emeka Ihedioha. He probably thought that what happened at the Oru Owerri festival would repeat itself but the reverse was the case.
Everything in Imo has been politicized.

I think GEJ is talking in reverse here. The only known leader which history has recorded that GEJ is better than is Adolf Hitler. GEJ is a complete nonentity.

Exactly.......
That man deserve 24 strocks of cain evry day.....
A confused mugu!