In this 2010 political campaign in Orlu, Rochas Okorocha pretended to be angry that if not this IMSUTH established by former governor of Imo state in Orlu, previous govts of Imo state denied Orlu development projects.
People in Orlu massively voted for Okorocha. when he became governor, it turned out that he was harbouring an old deep grudge against anything Orlu.
He started with dismantling the roofs of a sports stadium in Orlu dedicated to late Sam Okwaraji; the stadium was built by former governor of Imo state from Orlu. Okorocha could not build another stadium till today. Instead, in the state capital, he built many stadium-like arenas.
Since 2012, Okorocha abandoned the 1km main road to IMSUTH to decay - till today, he began owing salary to health workers to make them leave IMSUTh, denied diesel to IMSUTH generators; refused to facilitate accreditation of some medical courses, students spend many years more in the institution; all prayers before Okorocha to repay the 1 km road fell on deaf ears, while he builds 8 lane streets, in flyovers and tunnels in the state capital. Last October, Okorocha set up a kangaroo committee headed by the Speaker of Imo House of Assembly to check the possibility of transferring IMSUTH to Owerri.
21 Days Notice of demonstration after which Closure: This mock demonstration here seems to be part of Okorocha's plan to close IMSUTH.
21 DAYS AFTER PROTEST - CLOSURE - who is being fooled?
Okorocha still dramatizing his long-term plan to trade IMSUTH Orlu, for his private university with some faceless people in Owerri.
And he thinks by the time he finally ruins/closes IMSUTH, Orlu and other well-meaning people of Imo state shall allow his Eastern Palm University in Ogboko to function? Lai lai.
So many anti-Biafra people are like they shall quench if Biafra is restored.
Never knew before now that there are too many parasites in Nigeria. See the level of blackmail against Biafra over this Kanu parade, blackmail from parasites.
Make I ask una, the day God created earth, did He also decree that today's Eastern Nigeria shall be part of Nigeria forever?
Senseless people weh no fit stand on their own feet. Mtchew..... I been think say Kanu don commit one blunder, I no no say na parasites de....
You are ready as usual in all threads to support your pig Jihadi janjaweeeds in Nigeria army who shoot unarmed Igbos out of pure religious and ethnic hate. You shall meet your tragic end.
Josephjnr: Hmmm. I thought I would see the active shooting.
Federal Ministry of works also caused that erosion through the sand borrow pits its contractors dug along the abandoned Awka-Ekwulobia-Orlu-Owerri road during the late 1980s. Because of a little bridge which the contractor did not build across Urashi river but was fully paid, the Ekwulobia to Orlu section of the road that was also fully asphalted, completed, was never put to use. A few years after, flooded pits and damaged gutters provoked gully erosions that had since sacked many communities along the road, including communities in the Ideato areas of Imo state. The communities have never had any politician to present their plight. Nigeria's Works Ministry never cared for a road it must have spent billions of Naira to build but never put to use. That is Nigeria.
GLeesMODEL: The people of Umunze in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State made a Save Our Soul call to the Federal Government of Nigeria, to urgently intervene in the wanting loss of Farmland, Homes and other horrendous and incalculable havoc in the business nerve center of ORUMBA North and SouthLocal governments of Anambra State, caused by a devilish Erosion.
They made this call through the member representing Orumba North and Orumba South Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Ben Nwankwo, believing that the peoples Messenger will continue the exceptionally revered rapid response to matters of extreme urgencies that has characterized his Leadership/Representation of the People.
This Errosion Haram has been silently enchroaching into Buildings, Farmlands, Redusing Trade,Communication and other means of Relationship between the People of The Community. Recently, the gathering of Flood occasioning this scary natural disaster has also escalated to the extent that it threatens the existence of the Popular Umunze Market, a market that serves an inter-State Trade and Commerce purposes. The negative Social and Economic effect will be far reaching and gruesome.
In respect to the save our soul call,the Peoples’ Messenger, Rt. Hon Ben duly dispatched his Legislative Aides, Dr Edwin Aguigwo and Hon. Obinna Nwankwo to the scene of the devastation on an inspection visit with the Oracle News to ascertain the current situation of the natural disaster.
On the Tuesday,08/08/2017, the inspection team arrived the Community to see things for themselves and report as appropriate. Alas! The rampaging flood and the gully effects are better seen than told! Scores of homes have been deserted,about 60 hectares of farmland have been affected,Bussiness is put on hold at the slightest sign of rainfall and is totally stopped at the eventual rain until 48hours, a major road leading to the permanent sight of a Federal Institution, Federal College of Education Umunze(FCET) has been abandoned at the mercy of the flood and the cruelty of the erosion, making the students to take bush parts to school, thereby endangering their lives, the Trunk A road connecting Imo State and Abia State at the danger of being swept away along Umunze town with the recent rapidity of the current situation.
Speaking with a community leader, Mr Casmir Ilechukwu, he berated the lack of proper attention by the past Governments as their earlier calls has proved tepid and could only elicit insignificant attention. He further explained that the town through her illustrious sons has contributed their enormous philanthropic quotas in checkmating the disaster and reducing its adverse effects, but it has escalated to an unbearable level that the town had to start crying out louder to the Government. He therefore, called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency at the Erosion site, to save the area from further degradation.
In his speech, Rt Hon Ben Nwankwo, represented by his legislative Aides, gave the assurance that he will unleash all weapons in his arsenal to ensure that a motion for urgent intervention is raised on the floor of the house as quick as possible, get the powers that be and persuade the relevant agencies into swift action to contain the menace.
In his remarks, the community youth leader, Comr Onyebuchi ikeakor commended the Rt. Hon for his commitment in ensuring that the pressing needs of the people are given proper attention and also extolled the legislative focus of the Messenger that has him making loud and obvious impacts in the legislative Arm of Government, despite just reclaiming the people mandate only last three months, after a protracted legal tussle. In the same vein, mr William Okonkwo and other community leaders there present, reaffirmed their unflinching support to the political life of Rt. Hon Ben Nwankwo.
The erosion in the east is a carryover from the oil exploitation in the SS. UNFORTUNATE THAT EASTERNERS ARE COEXISTING IN ONE NIGERIA WITH PEOPLE VERY MYOPIC LIKE YOU. ABOKI MENALITY. WHAT COUNTRY DO YOU HAVE IN NIGERIA WHEN PART OF THE COUMTRY IS BEING DESTROYED BY EROSION?
IPOB SHOULD HAVE USED ITS POPULARITY DURING THIS ANAMBRA STATE ELECTIONS TO COLLECT ALL THE POLITICAL STRUCTURES IN ANAMBRA STATE BY VOTING DURING THE ELECTION.
AND REPEAT SAME IN ALL THE EASTERN STATES. THAT MAKES IT EASIER TO RESTORE BIAFRA. IT IS NOT YET TOO LATE FOR IPOB TO CHANGE ITS APPROACH TO ANAMBRA ELECTIONS, IF IPOB TRULY WANTS TO RESTORE BIAFRA THROUGH PEACEFUL METHODS.
Biggers82: Is Anambra now the headquarter of IPOB? Why this frequent visit to Anambra by IPOB leader, and his idiotic members I hope he doesn't want to cause anarchy in Anambra that will give room for emergency rule, let them continue fooling themselves and get killed everyday They should stop calling Obiano`s name and like I said before if I hear anybody mentioned his name again Amadioha will strike you dead.
Your Jihadi pig colleague in Nigeria armed forces shot the unarmed Biafra activist purposely to send a message to Biafra activists, including Kanu, to stop activity. His message is dead on arrival. Bullets and bombs have never stopped seccessionists anywhere in the world.
Yyeske: If he's an IPOB miscreant, good for him, I just pity his family. What do you say when they go distruspting movement of innocent people whenever chief pig Nnamdi kanu comes around
Janjaweeeed in Nigeria army uniform who fired the killing shots added 1000 more adherents to IPOB's members asking for restoration of Biafra. Your comment shows more of your parasitic nature which also increases IPOB's Followership. RIP.
Reno. Continue with the lamentations - dialogue with the deaf. SS might have had a last chance to produce president for Nigeria. PDP is now gearing up to produce another presidential candidate from northern Nigeria. North shall rule Nigeria and prolong the political status quo in Nigeria, perhaps for a decade more to cement the piolitical status quo. Many of your SS militants and Igbos have been killed while struggling to change the bogeyman political structure/govenance system. But since many SS people still don't get the fact that in a Biafra jointly freed from dysfunctional Nigeria by SE and SS, it is as easy as ABC for non-Igbo groups of the SS to negotiate and get whatever they want, be it 100% Resource Control, or new countries, you have many more lamentations and dialogue with the deaf to do in wan Naijeriyaaaa.
Loool. That NL, sarrki, seems to be seriously tormented by the idea of restoration of Biafra. He lost it each time he commented about Biafra.
Penalty82: Charly boy is an Igbo man who has criticised IPOB, and he's not in surport of IPOB which you know. His protest is that pmb should resume or resign. How can you blame IPOB for his wuse protest?. Pls try and wake up by 04:00am tomorrow, sit down and ask yourself some questions.
Point. All it takes is one policy by Fulani-led federal govt to cripple any giant stride any group in Nigeria is making. Lagos would be having undergroung metro which must have survived whatever obstacles, if not for Buhari's federal govt cancelling the Metro tramsport project.
zurich1010: I feel sorry for Nwodo...SE Governor Forum have hijacked Ohaneze. You can tell that John Nwodo is not comfortable. Resign and save your integrity! I commend the project but Biafraa is the only way out. Hausa-Fulani will jeopardize this since anything power in the state level will have to be approved by the Federal Government/Ministry of Power.
Benita27: The guy is a bloody liar. From the Biafran currency to how he was made to confess being a Biafran is all lies. No such thing would happen in PH perhaps somewhere else.
Because for you PH is Yoruba or Hausa City -- or whose city?
Can you honestly examine hunchback Kalu's antecedents and conclude that he is not a dictator?
You were dictated too, and you had to pledge loyalty.
This is the same man who calls the country a zoo, yet he breaks every law, then expects to be protected by the very same constitutional rights he has deprived another man, a la Kumuyi's visit to the SouthEast that IPOB threatened versus dictators planned visit to Lagos and Kaduna.
I no marry with you again no be crime anywhere in the world. The real terrorist is one who refuses to let go an abused spouse who has sued for divorce.
You didn't know that in the old eastern region, if you offend Biafra, most people of intelligence can treat you the same way Fulani of sharia criminal laws treat non Muslims who offend Muhammadu in the north of Nigeria.
FunkyAlhaji2015: They are not close to any arrest but statements like these are capable of mistake the culprits panic there by making mistakes that will lead to their arrest. Criminology 101
@Alhaji. Where did you study your own Criminology? University of Kebbi?
It is only in a zoo of a country could such shooting in Ozubulu occur without any trace of the shooters. Who demobilized all the hundreds of military and police check-points in Anambra, the SE and Nigeria - and made the escape of the shooters real?
Nwodosis: How close are you? Are the drug men you claimed were at war invisible? You have not even gotten the culprits but have concluded and given press statement that it is on going drug war. It obvious that even if the culprits are apprehended, you will force them to go with your story line!
This quick announcement alone is enough to send the gunmen hiding further. It's just like the quick announcement that the crime was war of drug lords; the quick announcement last Sunday morning that it was war of drug lords must have made security agents to ignore serious search for the shooters, and they escaped Anambra state without trace; escaped Igboland without trace, escaped Nigeria without trace - after taking time to plan and execute such a heinous crime.
Another day, another area may be studied by terrorists for its conflict situation and attacked by the terrorists.
In order for the state governor to keep his office and to avoid inter-tribal social upheaval that may lead to state of emergence in the state, the state governor and police shall quickly decide that it is a local problem that caused the attack.
This is the danger in quickly concluding an issue like this without results of official investigation.
Security in Imo outside Owerri is hell. Imo has a weird governor who bought 50 Police cars and ordered the cars for state capital only. He also bought more than 100 buses and taxis only for state capita. He wants his works easily seen in the capital so thaat he been seen as presidential material.[quote author=nextprince post=59370778][/quote]
Before the coming of Boko Haram, Adamawa and Borno states used to have very large Christian population. Now Christianity is being wiped out in the area eight years after emergence of Boko and sharia criminal laws in northern Nigeria. Boko which says it is fighting for a country of sharia criminal laws emerged when Hausa/Fulanis unilaterally adopted unconstitutional Islamic sharia criminal codes. So far, the Middle Belt and southern Nigeria wait for their turns to be coerced by Boko Haram, so long as one Nigeria exists.. Because Hausa/Fulani who introduced Sharia criminal laws told rest of Nigeria that Nigeria is non negotiable and indivisible.
If OBJ had ruled Nigeria till now, things could have been better. Fulani refused OBJ Third term. Before then, Fulani had ruled this country for about thirty years but never understood that ageing social infrastructure, like electricity, water, education, etc must be replaced.
Blame this woman? Poverty in a country of crude oil. Foreign countries who forced you into one unmanageable country enjoy your oil. Another few more years of Preident Buhari, Nigerians may be eating themselves.
Your new narrative in Nigeria is Igbos are drug dealers. Well, this is Nigeria where every blackmail has to be deployed to stop Igbos from agitation for restoration of Biafra from your failed Nigeria. As time goes on, it shall emerge that the church attack in Ozubulu is Jihadists attack also aimed at stopping Igbos from agitation for Biafra. The message at Ozubulu was: 'Igbos see how you shall kill yourselves in Biafra.'
blueseacats: In my eyes and in the eyes of smart people around the world who have built what can be tagged a society ,your lord hero is a criminal that should be condemned to death. I have helped millions because I don't pay tithe, I pay taxes and am current with my taxes and my taxes is used to build schools roads, good water and other infrastructure that everyone in the community enjoys . 'Me and you no de the same category ' I live in a society where people are supposed to tell the government what they do for a living every year. Your lord can't stand before me and talk .You? You live in a society where drug lord give you your daily bread and shoot at you when they have conflicts. You need to resurrected. You are already dead.
ExcelNG: Pazienza you know I like you and will always stand for the Igbo nation. The "Enemies" of Igboland maybe rejoicing but that is because we gave them chance for that.
Let me tell you... sentiments aside, atimes I weep for the coming Igbo generation. We worship money a lot. Mind you, these rubbish cuts among all tribes in Nigeria but am focusing on Igbo because am a pure one.
This is one of the reason I migrated from Igboland to another country. Your mates will pressure you on how others are "making" it without bothering to ask how they made it.
Check most so called rich people in Nigeria and their jobs. Compare their income with the money they spend and you will notice that something is not adding up. How can a business man selling onions for just a month be Riding Venza and building a house the next month? Funny enough, they call it "Gods blessings". But if we were to investigate well, we will see that so many souls were wasted to acquire the so called "Gods blessings".
Pazienza let me tell you something, I used to have this Imo guy and Yoruba guy as my friends. Do you know why I discarded them? Everyday, they will sit behind a laptop monitoring company emails and conversations. Looking for Money transactions to steal. They call it wire or something. They have Yoruba accomplices from Ogun. I warned them that what they are doing is bad. They called me " A Jew". Whenever they make money then, they will hit Owerri spending like Presidents. One of them even bought his mum a car and the woman was thanking "God for Blessings". God forbid! Today, the Imo guy is dead! What happened last last?
I don't support evil and will never support evil. God is not stupid and can not be mocked. Am not trying to preach to you. For the past 7 years, I have not even entered a church. Am a Catholic but anything Church disgusts me these days. When I reach USA, I will maybe find my way back to Church if am not a traditional worshipper then.
Personally, am always at peace with my God with the little I am making.
Please read Galatians 6:7 "Do Not Be Deceived. God Is Not Mocked. Whatever A Man Soweth, He Will Reap".
I heard that the first person shot was his father. I saw people discussing it on facebook. Lets assume that the man is a drug baron true true. Are you telling me his father will not be aware? Do you think the Parish Priest of that parish may not have heard hints that he is into drugs? Yet they will title him and give him honours in the church. ON PEOPLES BLOOD!
During Obiano's Mothers' burial, 21 bishops attended. If it were to be a " Church Rat", will the Parish priest even attend? Atimes the Catechist will run away too! They will now send the Seminarian on Apostolic work to bury him like a nonentity. Just because the man had no money!
My bro, read between the lines and think far!
another most gullible who got deceived by the hasty investigation or prepared narrative about drug lords abroad who hired assasins who went into a church and when they did not find their target, they killed innocent people. Story for birds.
NwaMaziIzuogu: THE MIND SET OF THE POOR IN DISPLAY I LAUGH YOU IN BIAFRA...MONI..MONI...MONI
Oh yes, Biafra, Biafra. That's exactly what this terrorist attack in Ozubulu targeted. It was planned and executed to tell a falsehood that Igbos shall kill themselves when they get Biafra. Only most gullible Igbos can be deceived by this. Nigeria is a failed country in the first place.
Angelanest: First Lady of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari, has landed at the Sam Mbakwe Cargo International Airport in Owerri, Imo state for this year's August meeting hosted by women in the state. She was welcomed by the Imo state governor Rochas Okorocha, his wife, Nneoma Okorocha, wives of Nigerian governors and other government officials.
you can bet well, Okorocha dreaming of succeding Buhari invited the first lady to Owerri to show off his 12 lane streets, inland roads, tunnels where there are no hills, flyovers where they are not necessary, new police vehicles meant to police only Owerri, hundreds of buses and taxis for only Owerri roads, all in Owerri, a city without common pipeborne water. Of course, Okorocha can never take the visitor outside Owerri. Rest of Imo is dillapidating under Okorocha who is burying the allocations to the 27 lgas in Owerri, doing showmanship in Owerri, so that he shall be seen as a good presidential mateial.