•Asks Buhari to call him to order
For forcefully executing his privatization programme
in Imo State, Governor Rochas Okorocha has
incurred the wrath of former lawmakers and council
chairmen from the State who described his actions
as “barbaric and incredible”, just as they called on
President Muhammadu Buhari to call the governor
to order.
In a statement at the weekend by the former
lawmakers and council chairmen, popularly known
as Forum of Former Imo House Members and
Council Chairman (FIHOC), they said it was
shocking to learn that in spite of public outcry
against the concessioning of Imo public enterprises
by Governor Okorocha, the governor has taken a
step further into the abyss of dictatorship by using
his Imo Security Network to forcefully eject workers
from health Centres and hospitals, to enforce his
privatization programme. The workers were said to
be resisting his privatization of these public
institutions.
The statement signed by the group’s Director of
Public Communications, Hon. Ray Emeana, said it
was sad that in spite of good counsel from
concerned members of the public, including FIHOC,
members of the clergy and notable public figures,
against the privatization exercise, the Governor did
not relent but instead went ahead to force his way
through without due process.
FIHOC’s statement regretted that although it had
earlier advised the governor to subject the matter of
privatization to the decision of the Imo public and if
approved by them to follow due process in the
exercise, the governor ignored their call and went
ahead with a privatization process that is clearly
illegal and self-serving.
The statement added: “It is becoming increasingly
clear to us that Imo people are up against a stone
age government that believes in barbaric tactics and
totalitarianism. What Governor Okorocha is doing in
Imo State is clearly barbaric and incredible. We find
it difficult to believe that Imo is still part of a
democratic Nigeria where the rule of law reigns.
Imo State government does not believe in the rule
of law. It does not believe in due process. Its
approach to everything is barbaric and totalitarian
and we call on President Mohammed Buhari to call
him to order before it is too late”
“Nothing moves the governor again. Even calls from
highly placed clergymen for him to give account of
the N26b bail out funds, which in spite of it he still
owes huge salary arrears and pensions, has fallen
on deaf ears. So too are pleas for him to constitute
a cabinet as provided for in the constitution” the
statement added.
It warned that Okorocha was plunging Imo State into
darkness, noting that instead of a cabinet, Okorocha
now rules with a laughable task force committees
arrangement, numbering over 100 task forces,
including a task force on traffic light and siren,
adding that even more regrettable is the fact that
House of Assembly members have abandoned
lawmaking for appointments as task force
chairmen.
FIHOC said President Buhari and even the National
Assembly should call Okorocha to order soon
enough before he turns Imo State into a “Banana
state” in a democratic Federal Republic of Nigeria.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/okorocha-turning-imo-into-a-banana-state-group-laments/

Change in action!!!!!!
This is the mess Umana wants to plunge akwa Ibom state into. We say No!!! The precedents of the APC govs are glaring enough to warn any discerning minds yo beware.

Akwa Ibom people have learned from the misfortunes of IMO and Osun states. We can't fall victim.

Indeed, Imo state has been effectively privatized. I wish we could have a brave heart like Nnamdi Kanu springing up to throw some stones and keep the throne at Douglas house shaking. Many thanks to Ray Emeanaa and his team for starting this noble plan to checkmate the Empror of Imo state.