Chief Press Secretary to Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State, Chibuike Onyeukwu has described the current antics of the immediate past governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha as being in a panicky mood especially with his eight-year administration under intense scrutiny. In this interview, he spoke on various issues.
There have been altercations between the new administration in the state and the immediate past governor, Senator
Rochas Okorocha. Don’t you think it is a distraction to Governor Ihedioha?
There is no altercation at all. What Imo people have seen to their
chagrin, is a spate of premeditated attacks by the former governor on
his successor. Each day, he comes up with a spurious allegation either against Governor Ihedioha or our leaders, elders and even aides of the governor. As one commentator recently observed, what Imolites now do every day is to ask, what allegation is Okorocha leveling against Governor Ihedioha today? But if you observe very well, you would notice that the governor has never joined the fray. Personally, what we have tried to do occasionally is to curtail the excesses of the ex governor, in terms of his notoriety to mislead the people. If you go to the social media, you will notice that this administration per se does not really need to join issues with the former governor.
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He is getting more than enough and adequate responses from the Imo people themselves. I can even say that I am perhaps one of the luckiest Chief Press secretaries to serve in the state. To each invective the former governor pours on his successor, there is an avalanche of responses even before we articulate an official statement.
My worry is that either Chief Okorocha and his handlers do not see those responses or they lack the capacity to sustain a debate on any one issue they raise. You will notice that they churn out allegations every day. Once