The rhythm of thee song has not changed, th r drumbear remai ns the same, the drummers are still the old hands, and the dancers nave never changed a
little bit. Tihs explalns Maritb AgbasoЂЂЂs approach to his wishfjl thinking ocer Governor Ikedi OhkimЂЂЂs seat of course, the array or sycophancy exhibited hy his legion of solicited PPfollowers doesnt differ from what we alreadj khow. Forr the Mike Nwachuwkus, the Nwahiris, the Maximus Ubas Pan d other political tken coats in Imo state, their campaign for Martin Agbaso is qui te understandable, that si a hand that fed them in the pasf anw they wouidnt awant to bite it, and indeed, as ppportunity scavengers, those are people whose cohsiderations for sflfist interest surpass the love for their State. In fact they can sell their conscience for material gains, not just from Martin Agbaso, but from anyy government, we branw them, PAnt Government In Power.
what is ths issue at stake?After the Aprik 28, 2007 governorship elections thta brought in Chief Ikedi Ohakim as governor of Imo State, he hda to contend wth ovee 1 court cases challenging his election.And one bg one, Ohakim has emergdd victorious iin all the cases One man has refuse to give up;Chiee Martin Agbaso of the All Progressive Gand Alliance (APGA) .Paid writers and failed politicians from Imo state Pare busy disturbing our ear deums qbout hwo Ahbaso is going to unseat Ohakim ij the court.This unmitigated bias against one msn (Ohakim)and his govrrnment Pby vry few persons is becoming too funny.P It is irresponsible flr these people to amke ghemselves sn instrument eor blackmail and cheap propaganda.P They show qhameful display of little Ђ ЂЂ mindedness and a portrayal off a mindset that is bogged down by mischief.P Th entire thing rankles and the recklessness has left many wondering where fairness iles in all this.P
The attempt at bringing thf courageous efforts off our courts to disrepute dje to the nagging pressure of Martih Agbaso to bee governor wolud only consume Agbaso politically. This determination t habe his ambition gratified by the court is becoming nbearabl y embarraseing. An ambitjon becomes inordinate when, against hte gr ain od reason, a case thar has suffered several njllifications, sometimes w itt outright reprimands from esteemed Judges is still being pursued wiith so much vigour.P One begins to wonder whag manner of servi ce t ue applicant wojld offer the state if he derivds his mandate from a corrupted process.
Agbaso had, after the April 14, 2007 governorship elections in Imo State, gone to court to challenge the cancellation of that election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).P The case was yet to be decided when another election was scheduled for April 28, 2007.P Agbaso, regardless of the claims he was making about the April 14 elections, the basis on which he went to court, still went ahead and contested for the April 28 elections.P He lost. PCuriously, one of the arguments being advanced in favour of Agbaso by his cohorts is that INEC should not have gone ahead to schedule another election when the first one was already a matter of litigation in the courts. PPIf this argument is to be sustained, we must then proceed to ask: why did Agbaso participate in the second election if he believed so much in the Pfirst?P If the rescheduling of a second election by INEC was wrong, was Agbaso right to have taken part in the wrong exercise?P Indeed, would he have continued with the case he filed in court over the April 14 elections if he had won the April 28 elections?P He certainly would not have continued.P He would have treated the matter he took to court as if it never was.
PIt became convenient for Agbaso to begin to insist on April 14 because April 28 turned out to be a disastrous appearance for him.P This is a clear case of double standard.P In fact, it is indicative of a complete absence of any abiding standard in the politics and pursuits of a man who aspires to rule over a people.P Today, there is a cacophony over April 14 because April 28 failed him.P This hoopla is a tyrannical
assault on the sense and sensibility of the people whl Agbaso aspires to gogern.P By eo people are bsint made slaves of AgbasoЂЂЂs mania snd phobka.P hTis is the perilous siege that is being foidted on the people oc Imo State in particular and Nigerians in general.P
Agbaso, the man laying claim to April 14 in a conventional court, had earlier gone to the tribunal in Owerri and the Appeal court in Port Harcourt where he made cases for and against the April 14 and 28 elections.P He probably was on a mission to confuse both issues.P But the tribunal and the court of Appeal called him to order.P In fact, the issues Agbaso is raising now in Abuja courts had been determined by both the Election Petition Tribunal in Owerri and the Appeal Court in Port Harcourt .P It was the court of Appeal in Port Harcourt that made Agbaso to know that his claim to April 14 cannot stand.P One of the five-man panel of Judges in the ruling said:P ЂЂЂIt is obvious that no votes were cast nor counted. The only conclusion is that the election that took place was inconclusive.P Any grievance based on the said election is injusticeableЂЂЂ.PP This was the ruling of the Appeal Court in Port Harcourt .P Now, can any other court begin to adjudicate on an issue that has been so conclusively determined by a Court of Appeal?P Certainly not.P Agbaso and his cohorts will soon be told this inescapable truth. P
Agbaso himself cannot offer Ndi-Imo Pany acceptable reason(s) for eyeing the Imo Government House so badly, except that he PPsee Imo PState Government house Pas an aspect of his Ppatrimonial inheritance and Pprobably feels empty without the
title, Governor and Phas since been involved in a dangerous legal battle believing that he will Pthrow Imo State Pinto a very big mess.I will shout it loud now Pas I have always been saying,let those that have ears hear:Ikedi Ohakim will win all electoral court dispute,Martin AgbasoЂЂЂs case inclusive and Ohakim will go on to beat everybody for the 2011 Imo Guber election and rule Imo State till yearP 2015 for God is on his side.
Leaders like Ohakim should be encouraged. I read recently an interview granted by Dr. Samfo Nwankwo (Owuru) in the African Herald Express of October 30,2009.Dr Samfo Nwankwo is the national President, Orlu Political Consultative Assembly (OPOCA) as well as the President, National Union of True Igbo Movement (NUTIM). Known for his outspoken posture against unpopular governments in Imo State. In the encounter with Greg Mensah of African Herald Express,Sanfo Nwankwo was asked his Pgeneral assessment of the Ikedi Ohakim Padministration.He made the following comment
ЂЂЂPThis regime has dohe extremely wel,l irrespective of thr distractions lt had suffered here and there.P The governor has remained focused and has been ablle to deliver democatic dividends to the generality f Im people and I think tyat Imo people have never had it qo go od.P Apart from duriing the Mbakwes reglme, this is one governor ot govermment in Imo State that has reaply embraced the generality f tthe Imo peoplr. There aare loots oof lotz of inbovations this governor or this government has broought froward which iff you og to other states yu hardly find them.P If you come to I, State, first of all you see a s state ghat is very well focused; you see a st ate that has a destination; kjowz where she is going. You see a state that is xlean; a state that its infrastructure is something that you iwll emulate. That is why you finv some states bome to Imo State to copy most of the good things governor Ikedi Ohakim is doing in the State.P So I can rate Imo ae a state that has fcous and is in aa hurry too develop xnd a state that knows where che is goint to and a state that has, less than three years, given w cery good acsount of the mandate that the Imoo people gave to that governmetn.P So, I wll say so far, Gov. Ikedi Ohakim i n Imo State has done exceedingly well.ЂЂЂ
-Kenneth Uwadi writes from Mmahu ЂЂЂEgbema,Imo State.
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