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The man Rochas raped Imo State to coma.
He will atone for his many sins.

Massive Protest in Owerri as Imo indigenes demand urgent probe and recovery of Imo Assets from Former Governor Rochas Okorocha and his accomplices -

The Town Unions of the over six hundred Autonomous Communities and collaborating Apex Zonal Social Cultural Organization this morning protested on the streets of Owerri, the Imo State Capital over what the groups termed ‘The forceful acquisition of assets by immediate past government”.

The Union while addressing the governor and press said, the eight years that Chief Rochas Okorocha held sway as Governor of Imo State were characterized by unprecedented and unbridled plunder of their common patrimony.

See Full text of the press statement below.

We are the leadership of the Association of Imo State Indigenous Town Unions (AISITU) in collaboration with Orluzurumee, Olu Owerri, Olu Okigwe, Amalgamation of Imo Professional Associations (AIPA), the students unions and the various youth groups in the State.

We are concerned and indeed compelled to protest and make this demand on Governor Emeka Ihedioha to act because we represent the vast majority of the poor and defenceless citizens of Imo State at grassroots who suffer the greatest detriments of bad governance.

During the ruinous misrule of Okorocha, Imo went through a sort of untold financial hemorrhage, as resources were frittered away and public assets looted and converted to private use.

As if that was not enough, Chief Okorocha so cruelly plunged the State into irredeemable debt slavery to the tune of over N200 billion, a debt stock that will remain unpayable even by ten generations unborn.

Yet under the watch of Chief Okorocha, the bailout funds to Imo State inexplicably disappeared under the match of his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, and he neither budged nor stirred. Worse still, allocations to the twenty-seven local government areas of the State were hijacked and looted, and the system stifled and made moribund.

On this note, we wish to inform the Governor, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, that we deeply appreciate his innovative approach to the Imo Local Government system which now makes the Local Government Areas of the State have their complete monthly allocations.

Staggering sums were voted for the construction of supposed general hospitals which never saw the light of the day. Revenue-spinning investments of the State, notably the Concorde Hotels and Adapalm etc., were sold off to unknown investors and at unknown rates.

The Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) of the State were literally handed out to family and friends and on a monthly basis nearly one billion Naira disappeared through that channel, even the civil servants got their salaries slashed by thirty to forty percent.

Imo pensioners, men and women who expended their youthfulness, their brains and their brawns in service of our State, were left unpaid for nearly sixty months and they died in their tens on a daily basis.

These senior citizens were subjected to the most excruciating torture by Okorocha so much so that even their three successive chairmen died in quick succession holding dud cheques in their hands. These pensioners are still dying till date.

Indeed, Imo had a Governor that was any other creature other than human beings. We therefore call on Governor Ihedioha to kindly intervene to save our pensioners from further deaths.

We are worried beyond words that till this moment not so much has been done by the Government of Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, pertaining to the general cries that all which were looted by Chief Rochas Okorocha should be recovered and reassigned to serve collective purposes.

We enjoin the Governor to entrust this recovery process into the hands of persons of credibility and integrity so that the recovered assets do not go the way of the recovered Abacha loots, which can only be heard but can never be seen.

In order to conceal his infamy, Chief Okorocha has proceeded to invest heavily in propaganda and has retained and recruited many willing tools to do the hatchet job.

These hack writers now labour profusely to rewrite the narratives and stand history on its head. We are aware of the identities of those elements, and we wish to let them know that Imo people will stand up to them squarely.

We are aware also that there are some people who preach that let bygone be bygone, and that the incumbent Governor should forget everything that happened in the past.

We wish to assert categorically that anyone who holds such opinion is equally a suspect in the plunder of Imo State. The insistence of Imo people is that everything stolen by the past administration must be recovered with mathematical precision. This must done in a civilized and legally permissible manner because that is what good governance is all about.

Our conviction is that if the current administration could achieve this recovery of Imo assets and probe and punish those found culpable, it would have gone halfway into sanitizing the system and engendering good governance.

We want this to serve as a deterrent to other persons who hold public offices in Imo and to remind them that one day they shall also be made to face the music.

Again, we are of the view that the proceeds from the recovery exercise will so greatly assist the State to meet up with its many pressing developmental challenges which the past administration had marginalized.

In specific terms, we call on Governor Emeka Ihedioha to quickly act and recover the following from Chief Okorocha and his accomplices:

1. The N21.6 billion taken from the local government system of the State by Okorocha.

2. The Eastern Palm University built with our money but personalized by Okorocha. This University was approved by the Nigerian Universities Commission, NUC, as the 42nd State University. Before the previous Governor sought and got approval for the said university, he had acquired land with government instruments and built all the houses at the University premises for the relocation of the Imo State University to his Community, Ogboko, where the University is situated today, a plot we resisted, prompting him to jettison the idea of relocation to apply for license from NUC. Today, the former Governor goes around saying that Imo State has ten percent equity in the Eastern Pam University while his Rochas Foundation has ninety percent. We demand that this State owned university be recovered without further delay.

3. The N96 billion being the stolen portion of Imo's IGR for eight years.

4. Over N40 billion looted through the failed 27 general hospital projects.

5. The Old IBC premises at Orji: Before now, everybody in Imo State knows that the Old Imo Broadcasting Corporation premises at Orji is a government land. The former Governor used his office as Governor to convert the asset to himself, after building gigantic blocks at the facility with government money. We request that this government property be recovered without further delay.

6. The Nekede and Orji Mechanic Villages:
We also wish to inform the public that the vast expanse of land occupied by the artisans and mechanics at the Nakede mechanic village as well as Orji Mechanic village was forcefully taken by the former Governor and given to his family members and cronies.

7. Also, vast expanse of land on the Sam Mbakwe Airport road was acquired by the Government for the purpose of attracting a Naval Base. To our dismay, over seventy percent of the said land was converted to a personal estate by the former Governor. We demand the recovery of these and other lands without further delay.

8. The Adapalm in Ohaji which Okorocha said was leased out to investors and left in ruins till date.

9. The Concorde Hotels, an enviable investment of the State which was acquired by Okorocha through some proxies.

10. Westbrook Hotels which is linked to Okorocha's son-in-law, Uche Nwosu.

11. WODDI Wellness Center owned by Okorocha's wife, Nkechi, built on the former Imo State Secretariat Annex, a land forcefully acquired from the State by Uche Nwosu as Commissioner for Lands.

12. The Reach FM owned by Uche Nwosu, without any know legitimate means of owning such huge property.

13. The multi billion Naira Farmers Market built by Geraldine, Okorocha's sister, on a land belonging to the State.

14. Over twenty-five plots State land acquired by Uche Nwosu upon which El Freeda Foundation was built. This is the Foundation through which billions of Naira have been laundered out of the State.

15. Extervia Mega Supermarket opposite Civic Center Estate owned by Ogechi Ololo, Okorocha's sister.

16. Municipal Plaza owned by Nkechi Okorocha built on a land forcefully acquired from a civil servant by Uche Nwosu.

17. Twitter Bites acquired by Geraldine Okorocha forcefully from Mr. Fans.

18. Spibat Estate most of which land was forcefully taken from Mbieri people by Okorocha.

19. House of Freeda Malls in Owerri, Abuja and Lagos built by Uloma, Uche Nwosu's wife.

20. A mighty poultry farm beside Shoprite owned by Uche Nwosu on a land forcefully acquired.

21. A probe into the JPROS financial sleaze perpetrated in Okorocha's first term.

22. Recovery of over N800 million given to Okorocha's sister, Geraldine per annum, for Christmas trees.

23. Recovery of the N600 million diverted through the supposed renovation of the Imo State Secretariat.

24. Recovery of the N18 billion looted through the alleged construction of primary school blocks across the State.

25. Recovery of all the markets in the State which Okorocha has claimed 30% ownership.

26. Recovery of the ISOPADEC funds and the 13% oil derivation funds which amount to over N20 billion.

27. Recovery of the cardboard industry at Owerri-Ebeiri in Orlu.

28. Recovery of the N2 billion diverted through the construction of the completely worthless Akachi Tower.

29. A probe into and recovery of over N120 billion diverted through failed road projects. There is no single road project done by Okorocha that is not a failure.

30. Recovery of hundreds of plots of land taken from the State by Okorocha and family, spread across the state.

31. Recovery of Imo's security votes which Okorocha personalized for eight years.

32. Recovery of the billions of Naira looted through the construction of deadly concrete beams on the roads and overhead iron projectiles, which serves no purpose while people are dying daily of hunger. These death traps should be dismantled.

33. Recovery of IRROMA equipment worth billions of Naira looted by Okorocha.

34. Recovery of ITC vehicles and investment looted by Okorocha, and many more loots!

35. High powered probe of all the billions wasted in the "supposed" infrastructural development of the new universities in the state, as none of the
substandard buildings have been completed.
More startling reports and revelations are coming and as the do we continue to update your Excellency and the public.

We urge the Governor to swing into action and ensure that justice is done in Imo State.

Signed:
1. Chief Emeka Diwe
President-General,
AISITU.

2. Prof. Francis Dike SAN
Orlu Elders Council.

3. Elder Chinyere Chukwukere
Secretary Orluzurumee.

4. Chief Martins Opara
President General Olu Owerri.

5. Chief Monday Ikoku
Olu Okigwe.

6. Rev. Fr. Prof. Philip Ogbonna
Amalgamation of Imo Professional Bodies & Association.

7. Lady Irene Ukanwa
Imo Town Unions Women Wing.

8. Comr. Isidore Chukwuemeka
National Youth Council.

9. Comr. Anyaoha Tochi Chibueze
NAIS President.

Did anybody notice that she is not wearing hijab.
But, the poor ones will carry it for head or die trying smh!

Zikora1000:
Walahi, Okorocha is an armed robber! Pensions and salaries if all imo state workers stolen by one man? This kind of criminal, I never see am o, this kind of criminal, I never see!

I am completely dumbfounded, its really pathetic that the petty theif whom had all the goodwill in 2011 became a thorn on the flesh of NdiImo.
Power corrupts and it is indeed toxic, am ashamed.

Imo State Governor, HE Emeka Ihedioha, has announced his readiness to sign an Executive Order to bring into force the use of the Treasury Single Account by the State Government.

Ihedioha in Owerri, on Tuesday said the move became imperative following the discovery of over 250 accounts in various banks operated by the Rochas Okorocha led government.

Ihedioha said his discovery on assumption of office was that there were leakages in the revenue accruing to the state government.

He said this was largely due to numerous accounts being used for collection.

He said this accounted for why he decided to sanitise the state’s financial system.

The governor disclosed that he had sought the assistance of a former Director General of the Debt Management Office, Abraham Nwankwo, for a critical look at the financial system.

“It is not an insurmountable issue, we will block all loopholes for leakages and corruption.

“We discovered over 250 revenue accounts. So I will sign the Executive Order for the TSA to begin immediately”, he stressed.

https://dailypost.ng/2019/07/10/ihedioha-sign-order-tsa-imo-uncovers-250-accounts-operated-okorocha-govt/?fbclid=IwAR1gp99C-xAB1uZa2ACXBiIQbNvFAuKpbOm4AMV0Hsi3Aixj0xmIYURKV18

Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria.

oglalasioux:
Emeka Ihedioha will earn the sorry reputation of being Imo State's worst governor.

We will determine that after 8 years of Ihedioha's rule.
Wait till then, 7 and half years remaining for you to wail already, your time starts now.

sweetrace:
And exactly where and what is the proof? Anyone can make an accusation. For all we know, the drivers or anyone could have stolen the cars after Okorocha left office. That is if any car was stolen.

What was the proof that Ihedioha ordered and infact tried to demolish Akachi?
If Ihedioha is to take responsibility for that, why not Rochas.
If you want to be hateful, do it with provable logic not sheepishly.

SirBunky85:
but he spent state funds lodging almost all d celebrities in Nigeria more dan a week before his inauguration and also paid dem "thanks for coming" allowance.is he not already wasteful? hypocrisy too much for dis we country o

So we should allow Okorocha and family part away with 67 government cars and various other choice properties as retirement benefits because he is from your village bah!
Who is the hypocrite here.

valentineuwakwe:
Hope this is not an excuse ooo....this story is getting too much....I will be wondering what Emeka will present in his first 100 days

If you want to know if he is on course in fulfilling the promises he set out for his first 100 days.
Do more fact-finding, stop basking on news from pained losers whom will remain bitter for the next 8 yrs.

AllenSpencer:


Ihedioha's only project for next 4 years will be witch-hunting Okorocha.


When other state governors have hit the skys flying, Ihedioha is still brain-dead on the way forward.


Imo's case will be a patented example of "FRY PAN TO FIRE"

67 cars stolen by Rochas familiy and you expect the present government to function well.
If he orders new cars with the states money, you lots will complain of wastefulness and start demanding for what happened with the cars your messiah Rochas bought.
Don't just comment without using your brain.

IamD18:
Everything about Mbaise people in IMO state is always about sense and unnecessary witch-hunting.


Emeka Ihedioha should start working.

If you have nothing upstairs, keep away from politics and move to the kitchen where you belong.

sarrki:
GOVERNOR IHEDIOHA BEGINS MASSIVE ONSLAUGHT AGAINST IDEATO AND ORLU PEOPLE FOR NOT VOTING THE PDP

- SENDS THUGS TO CLOSE DOWN COLLEGE OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY, OGBOKO

- SET TO CLOSE DOWN EASTERN PALM UNIVERSITY, OGBOKO

ONWUASOANYA FCC JONES

The executive governor of Imo State, His Excellency Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha has been accused of sending thugs mostly mobilized from his Aboh-Mbaise and Owerri West axis of the State to disrupt academic activities and close down the newly built Imo State College of Midwifery and Nursing, Ogboko, Ideato South LGA of the State.

The accusation which is coming from some prominent politicians, activists and opinion leaders have warned that the governor is running a clannish government targeted at victimizing the entire people of Orlu zone, especially, those of Ideato North and South for massively rejecting his candidature during the last governorship poll in the State.

The governor who had earlier closed down the newly built Imo State University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Umuagwo in Ohaji-Egbema LGA of the State had written a letter to the rector of the fully functional College of Nursing and Midwifery, Ogboko requesting that the institution be relocated and all facilities, students and staff 'returned' to somewhere. This letter which was written by the governor himself through the Secretary to the Imo State Government, Mr. Uche Onyeagucha did not adduce any reason for this relocation nor were modalities and timeline for the relocation stated in the letter.

The letter also threatened that the governor would, through the SSG be paying an unscheduled visit to the institution.

Curiously, hardly had the rector finished reading the letter than a group of thugs, obviously acting true to the threats contained in the letter and empowered by the governor, descended on the institution, harrasing and molesting the mostly female students, destroying properties belonging to the institution and carting away some of the properties to unknown destinations.

Some opinion leaders in the State have however spoken out in condemnation against what they described as 'State sponsored criminality, thuggery and arson.' According to Onwuasoanya FCC Jones, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in the State; the action of the governor reeks of the most absurd recklessness, impunity, vendetta and bigotry.

Meantime, the governor is said to have concluded plans to disrupt academic activities in the newly built Eastern Palm University, Ogboko, in the pretense of recovering government properties. Sources close to the Imo State Government House indicate that the governor may demolish the state-of-the-art edifices housing the university, as he may have sworn never to be alive to see Ideato or any part of Orlu compete with Mbaise or any part of Owerri in development.

While Governor Ihedioha has made no pretenses for the advancement of education in the State, it may be important to note that all the academic institutions hit by his anti-education policy are all located in Orlu zone, otherwise known as the Imo West Senatorial District. Could it be that the governor is frightened by the potentials of a massively educated population in Orlu, knowing that Orlu is the political base of the entire State, the most prosperous people in Imo State also hail from Orlu zone. The governor's decision to disrupt the educational, infrastructural, and economic potentials of Orlu zone is ominous and if not condemned at this point may develop into a major crisis in the State.

This fool does not understand the terrain and how Imo politics works.
Even the people from those areas will laugh at this post.
My advice to this dimwit is to focus on his zone and desist from delving into Imo politics.
Imo politics is not just any kind of politics any novice can jump to analyse, talkless of an outsider.
Get out of Imo affairs.

Ala Ajolanjo Party (AA/APC) is gone forever

I am PDP, but WIKE is a traitor.
We will teach him real politics in 2023.

tunes1102:
They did it well but it was badly used.

This is why they use your type for money rituals

Mustay:
I'll still say see the bridge Imo State Government built as much as we may not like it. Yes, the buck stopped at his table as the number one citizen of Imo State but this is beyond him. I am not saying he is not to blame but whatever happened to his commissioners and the ministry. Or he overrode them here too? I don't want us to lose sight of us as a people

See, Rochas awarded contracts to his firm without due process through one fat Lebanese ex-prisoner and fellow scammer and payments were made in cash.
This has nothing to do with Imo State government.
He was running a one-man-show government, appointing people without appointment letters hence, he was nick-named "Ezeonyeagwalam".
Do not attribute the actions of Rochas to Imo State Government, the defeated Emperor felt he will create an empire in Imo where he will lord over like Tinubu, But he met his match.

TANID:
And The Current Government, That's Why You're Made As A Governor, When You Keep Show Us This

Are You Try To Ask Him To Come Back To repair It Or What

Ihedioha being very transparent in his dealings needs to show you guys the state of things so that when he starts reworking on them.
You lots will not accuse him on working on already awarded projects.

I support factory reset settings.
The backhand slap made the woman dive for safety

Iberiberism gear 5.

senatordave1:
Did he get the two third spread as expressly stated under the law? Dont argue what you will lose easily

Stop spreading falsehood to drive your point.
Again i will repeat: Ihedioha got 25% of 18 LGA's (2/3rd spread) of total valid votes and was returned as dully elected by a professor statistics which is also the INEC returning officer.
What maybe the bone of contention at the Tribunal would be if its total votes or total valid votes.

senatordave1:
Oga,the courts will surely remove ihedioha.its clear.araraume is always losing because he's mostly strong in okigwe zone,has limited political network in imo.if araraume and hope didn't contest,nwosu would have won.ihedioha strength is restricted to owerri zone

Uche Nwosu was not even a factor aside money politics and power of incumbency.
Ihedioha won 3 Lga's outside Owerri zone.
Non of the candidates won any election outside their zone.
Considering the might of the other reasonable candidates involved, you should not expect a flawless victory.

senatordave1:
Ihedioha is not strong.he took advantage of divisions in apc to win narrowly.he won 12 out of 27 lgas to show you how weak he is.

Ihedioha is not strong lol!
Okorocha's money politics of rigging only worked in few parts of his Orlu enclave same way he used same tactics to manipulate and rigg the 2015 elections by only winning with less than 50K votes with the help of Ararume, Hope, Osita etall.
Without holding a political post, he defeated a serving money bag Senator to get the ticket.
Let me not go further than this, have it at the back of your mind that PDP will govern IMO for the next 30 yrs and beyond.
Be rest assured that Ihedioha will be governor for 8 yrs, if you can't handle that fact just avoid him .

Modphase:
Gibson Achonu, Owerri

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Imo State Command, has arrested one Paul Ihuaku for allegedly raping his mother.

PUNCH Metro gathered that 45-year-old Ihuaku hails from Umueke Ezagbogu in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State.

Briefing journalists on Thursday, the state Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr Raji Ibrahim, said the suspect was arrested by the operatives of the corps following a tip-off.

It was gathered that after the incident, the mother reported the suspect to the youth in the area, who apprehended him and alerted men of the corps.

“The men of the command later proceeded to the residence of the suspect and arrested him,” he added.

Fielding questions from journalists, the suspect confessed to the crime, adding that he was under the influence of alcohol.

“After drinking on that fateful evening, there was a heavy downpour and I could not resist the urge for sex; so, I had to use a local pistol to threaten my mother to submission and I later raped her,” Ihuaku stated.

Asked if he was married, the suspect said he did not have the means yet, as he was not doing anything tangible.

“I was not bewitched. I was under the influence of alcohol,” he added.

It was also gathered that the incident took place in the village house the suspect is living in with his mother.

The mother (name withheld) confessed that the incident was the second time.

She said, “I was in the kitchen and saw him (Ihuaku) with a pistol. He used it to threaten me. He told me that he would kill me. I could not do anything other than to beg him to drop the gun.

https://punchng.com/man-rapes-mother-in-imo-blames-alcohol/

You are simply mentally deranged and unemployed.
You need a real job as you may be suffering from depression.
Go and check yourself before you become suicidal.

senatordave1:
Oga,when the rerun is conducted and apc is behind nwosu,its over

Oga APC national cannot rig any election in the South East, you can take it to the bank.
SE is not the SW and Imo politics is not your regular kind of politics just have that at the back of your mind.
Regarding the man Ihedioha, like i always say only Ihedioha can relinquish his position as governor after 8 yrs even Wike is a learner when it comes to formidability in both national and state politics.
Ihedioha won election without holding any political post for 4yrs.

senatordave1:
Did ihedioha get the two third constitutional spread

You think Ihim is a fool.
He knows their case will be struck out by the Tribunal hence, his decision to dump the dead party.
Even if there is a rerun, if you think Nwosu will defeat Ihedioha then you are still a baby.
Ararume with a better solid structure than Okorocha has never defeated Ihedioha in any election talkless of baby Uche Nwosu.

He should beg his in-law Okorocha to make him his PA after all he has been Okorocha's bag carrier all his life