Insecurity Menace: Imo Ex Governor, Okorocha Seeks Uzodinma’s Attention

By Joshua Chibuzo Andrew, Owerri

A former governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, on Monday said that he will be delighted to meet the state governor, Hope Uzodinma, to discuss the security challenges bedeviling the state.

Okorocha, who spoke to journalists at his Spilbat mansion in Owerri, the state capital, three days after he was attacked in the state said that insecurity had increased in imo.

Okorocha, said that for the first time he was going to write a letter to the state governor requesting him to summon a meeting of all former governors of the state to find a lasting solution to the problems of insecurity affecting the state.

The ex governor said that it is only issues affecting the well-being and security of the state and its people that he would agree to meet with the governor.

He said that outside the security and the welfare of the people of the state, he had no business with the governor, adding that he feels concerned about the safety of the people of the state.

Okorocha, said that political power is useless if the people do not enjoy the dividends of democracy, saying that as a governor for eight years he managed the good, bad and ugly indigenes and residents of the state.

He said that as former governors, there are information that they might share with Uzodinma which could bring to a stop the killings and arsons going on in the state.

Okorocha said ” I feel trebly disturbed by the killing of the police officer who was sent by the Enugu state government to take me to the burial ceremony of Ihedioha’s mother. My condolences to his family, the Enugu state government and the Inspector General of Police.

“First, I will visit his family and we will take it up from there. I learnt he is from Ogun state and left a wife and four little children. For the first time I am going to write a letter to governor senator Hope Uzodinma. I am going to ask him to summon a meeting of all former governors of Imo state. We might share information with him which will end the insecurity in the state.

“It is only on this basis I can only agree to meet with him. I am concerned about the security and welfare of Imo state. It has nothing to do with party politics. I have something to share with him as a former governor of this state. Former governors Achike Udenwa and Ikedi Ohakim have things to share with him. This is how we should do it. Power is the trust entrusted in your hands for the welfare, wellbeing and the security of the people. The success of every government is determined by how happy the people are.