Politics
EQUITY STARTS WITH OHAKIM By Nze Modestus Ezenwa
Ikedi Ohakim, Ogbujingidi and Ogbughereuzo Umuobom is the right man to ascend the throne at the end of the tenure of the current governor .
The four feet of the table of equity were destroyed in the gaze of Ikedi Ohakim. There wouldn’t have been the locust years, reign of pestilence, drama , wasteful entertainment and Rochasism if some hawks didn’t gather against the flowing classic regime of Ohakim
Ikedi was stopped, not by God, but by men. Regrettably, his people were used against him. All sorts of stories, all shades of lies and mistruths were propelled to ensure that his great plans for the state were belly up.
Once he was shoved aside, Ndi Imo preferred Barabas, ” a notorious criminal”. Those who removed Ikedi Ohakim are the same people who determined his replacement. To make sure, there was no trace of any great deeds of the Okohia born politician, a destroyer was strategically placed in his place, making total annihilation and destruction possible.
Eight years after Ohakim were locust infested and rape-noted. The iberiberistic emperor on the throne who was driven crazy by his personal ideas, became the richest man in the state. An impetuous pilot he was, he literally put the state in reverse gear when he sold all he inherited from Ohakim and led the state into debt captivity
Imo state would have been spared the near-irreversible damning experience in the hands of the richest man had the graceful move to paradise was halted. Imo needed surgery immediately after the 8 locust years, but her managers perhaps didn’t take pains to engage a consultant surgeon.
Ikedi Ohakim was unjustly treated. Virtually all those what participated in the regrettable processes of his exit have come back in regrets. The truth that was buried on the fangles of rumour and falsity are no longer fashioned. The black mass of the Catholic Church, the lyrics of Fr Mbaka, the tales and brues have gone past. Our eyes are clear at the moment as our memories recollect the great thoughts and plans Ikedi Ohakim had for us.
All those who are working towards the realization of the Charter of Equity will easily get a melting ground in Ohakim. Ohakim is competent. He has been tested and has proved to possess what the state needs at the moment.
Ikedi Ohakim is from Okigwe, a zone that has more justifiable claim to a successor. The incumbent knows him too well and would be comfortable entrusting the affairs of the state on the shoulders of someone he could run mileages with. Imo state needs a thinker in the molds of Alex Oti and Charles Soludo. The brilliant and well read Ohakim represents the turns and sets of the needs of governance.
Ikedi Ohakim will spend only four years in the government house. This is what the promoters of equity from Owerri zone would want to hear. Owerri will be more comfortable with an arrangement that wouldn’t keep them outside circles of powers for too long. Ohakim appears to be the best bait.
Make no mistakes, Ohakim is not seen as a gap filler neither are those asking him to run for the position hinging their reasons on the fact that he has only one term to pontificate. Ikedi Ohakim is still young and relevant in Imo State. His brilliant ideas, robust programmes and courageous tackles are what the state needs at the moment.
Nze Dr Modesty Vitus Ezenwa, Akwaa akwuru Umuobom is the Convener : Equity Starts With Ohakim ( ESWO)
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Friday declared that he’s still a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Wike’s comment followed his expulsion from the party by the faction led by National Chairman, Kabiru Turaki.
Turaki had formally dispatched expulsion certificates to 11 prominent party chieftains, including Wike, former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, Umaru Bature, Kamarudeen Ajibade, SAN, Abdurahman Muhammad Senator Mao Ohuabunwa.
He said their expulsion was aimed at sanitising the party ahead of the 2027 elections.
Reacting to the development on Friday, Wike dismissed the claim while assuring that he would continue to work with other party members in making PDP a relevant opposition party.
The minister spoke while addressing journalists after inspecting the Interchange bridge and road linking Gwarinpa with Jahi and direct to Katampe, Gishiri and Maitama.
He said, “Those that are factionalized are bound to leave the party, I’m still in PDP and you can see that not everybody has left.
“We still have good numbers and we will continue to work together and that’s what I have said to the party. Put your house in order because at the end of the day, if you don’t put your house in order, it’s the party that is losing.
“So those who are worried, we can work together to see how the party can remain a relevant opposition.”
The governments of Abia and Imo States have announced the launching of a joint security taskforce and surveillance along the Aba-Owerri expressway, starting from Owerrinta in Abia State all the way to Owerri, Imo State.
The launch followed recent attacks by criminals on the expressway, including kidnapping, armed robbery and other criminal activities.
The formation of the joint security taskforce and surveillance was announced by Ferdinand Ekeoma, the Special Adviser to Governor Alex Otti on Media and Publicity.
His statement read in part: “Arising from a strategic emergency security meeting held today, 4th December, 2025, by the Governors of Abia and Imo Sates at the Imo State Government Owerri House, His Excellency Governor Alex Otti and His Excellency Senator Hope Uzodinma resolved to set up a joint security Taskforce that shall consist of Soldiers, Naval Personnel, Police Officers , DSS Personnel, and other Government Security Agencies.
“The joint security Taskforce shall, starting from tomorrow 5th December 2025, patrol the road 24 hours nonstop, while carrying out massive surveillance in the surrounding bushes using sophisticated drones and other modern security equipment.”
According to the statement, Governor Alex Otti commended the Governor of Imo State for arresting the criminals who carried out an attack on His advanced team and other passengers a few days ago.
“The two Governors, while assuring citizens plying the road on a daily basis and those returning home for Christmas of their safety and security, warn that there would be severe consequences for any criminal caught on the road going forward”, Ekeoma concluded.
President Bola Tinubu has transmitted to the senate two lists of 34 career and 31 non career ambassadors nominees for screening and confirmation.
Prominent names listed as non career ambassadors include Reno Omokri, Femi Fani-Kayode, Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, Victor Ikpeazu and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.
Also listed as non career ambassadors nominees are Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Vice Admiral Ete Ibas, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, Senator Nora Daduut, Fatima Ajimobi, and Senator Ita Enang among others.
The two lists brings to 68 number of persons nominated so far as ambassadors awaiting confirmation by the Senate.
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