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| Agbasos And Rochas Okorocha |
Hocus
Pocus is an American movie that showcases the celebration of hallowen. Hallowen is a christian festival celebrated on
October 31st each year in the United States where children dress up
in attires and play “trick or treat” But in the Hocus
pocus movie, what should have been a festival of treat turned out to be of tricks, horror and
suspense.
Hocus
Pocus has become the bane or burden of the Agbasos who have thrown caution
to the wind by telling those who care to listen that they are victims of high
level political conspiracy.
What started like a celebration of
treat has turned out to be a trick for the Agbasos considering the fact that
their political romance with Governor
Rochas Okorocha has gone sour. The bitter truth is that the Hocus Pocus has taken a tricky dimension
and the rhythm of the surugede dance
has taken a different tune. It has changed from low to high tempo forcing the
dancers to change their dance steps.
For the Agbasos, what began like a hot and
sizzling political romance on the day
Rochas Okorocha was pronounced winner of the May 6, 2011 Supplementary election
in Imo State has become too cold for comfort. The umblical chord that ties the two partners
is on the verge of being separated.
The
late literay icon who sadly passed away last week, Prof. Chinua Achebe two books Things
have Fall apart and the Gods Are No
Longer At Ease’ perfectly gives the
ongoing saga between the Agbasos and Okorocha a perfect description.
Between Okorocha and the Agbasos, things have
fallen apart and they are no longer at ease indeed. Wounds have been inflicted,
egos bruised and the calabash has broken. Even if the Agbasos whither the storm
and come out clean of the N450 milllion naria scandal, Water don Pass Bridge already.
The desperation by the Agbasos to dispel
allegations that Jude, the Deputy Governor, did not collect N458 million naria
as kick back from Joseph Dina of JPROS Construction firm has continued to
deepen whatever is left of the political animosity between Governor Rochas
Okorocha and his deputy.
While the Agbasos continue to spit
fire from their Emekuku fortress, Okorocha has maintained a dangerous silence.
From Abuja to Lagos, down to
Owerri, the Deputy Governor in a bid to prove his innocence in the court of
public opinion has not minced words to say that his boss might be the hand of
esau twisting the contract scam saga just to impair a political agreement
between his brother and his boss.
Jude’s elder brother, Martin,
concurred what his younger sibling has
been saying when he told members of Owerri Zone Political Leadership Forum ( OZOPOLF)
that the ordeal of his younger brother is teleguided by Rochas in a bid to
rubbish his family name and impair
a subsisting agreement for Owerri zone
to produce Okorocha’s sucessor in 2015.
The political dimension of the
N458 million naria scam according to the Agbasos is bent on denying Owerri zone
the governorship seat after Okorocha’s reign as Imo governor in 2015. In their interpretations and analysis, one of
the partners (Okorocha) of the said agreement does not want to keep to the
letters of the deal, thus now wants the Agbasos, nay Owerri zone out of the
pact.
This is sounds like a perfect logic, but for
some of us, this argument holds no water
because the ongoing fireworks and altercations between the Agbasos and Okorocha
does not in anyway derail the aspirations of the people of Owerri zone in 2015. And even if it is the gameplan of anyone to shortchange Owerri zone from the
2015 governorship contest, it is not feasible or realizable.
I say so because no one has the destiny of a
people in his hands. No one has monopoly of power. If man had such control, the
Isrealites would not have left Egypt after spending 400 years in slavery and
captivity. The Jews would not have overcome their humiliation if they had
allowed the pains of the war inflicted on them by Adolf Hitler to weigh them
down. Today, the Jews have attained commanding heights in various sectors
of the world economy.
The Agbasos do not need to remind
the people of Owerri zone that it is their
turn to produce the next Imo State governor. Even before Rochas truncated the
zoning arrangement in the State by aspiring for the governorship contest in
2011 after his kinsman from Orlu Zone, Chief Achike Udenwa, had governed Imo
for eight uninterrupted years Owerri zone was already due for the governorship
seat of the State.
The zone has consistently stood on
the altar of equity and justice and this is partly responsible for its
unrelenting desire to assist other sister zones to secure the governorship seat
of the State. And because it remains a major stakeholder and partner of the Imo
polity, there is absolutely nothing wrong if it insists that 2015 is its year
of glory.
The bible tells us that the
prayers of the righteous availeth much and there is an Igbo proverb that says ‘ihe onye metara ya buru” Owerri
zone has consistently yearned and prayed for the governorship seat of Imo
State. And they do have the right to
shout to the heavens that 2015 is a a year of its destiny and actualization. Having remained in political wilderness for 20 years after
late Evan Enwerem served the State for a meagre 22 months, it is only natural
that the agitation continues to expand in leaps and bounds.
Therefore, the present ordeal of
the Agbasos in the hands of whoever does not in put a cog in the wheel of
progress of Owerri people to take power in 2015 or beyond. Neither does it stop
any Owerri son or daughter, including the Agbasos, from seeking to take over
from Rochas as governor of Imo State in 2015.
Those who wallow in the thinking that the allegations of contract scam against Jude Agbaso
automatically nails the desire of the people to take a shot for the governorship seat in 2015 are day
dreaming or simply ignorant of the dynamics of the unspoken policy of power sharing among the three zones .
Imo State is made up of three zones and each
of the zones deserve to have a feel of the seat of governance to promote mutual
harmony and peaceful co- existence. Therefore
it is in conformity with the laws of nature that each of the zones have
a sense of belonging.
That the Agbasos, who are sons
of Owerri zone, are at the centre of a seeming war without end with Okorocha does
not rub off on the people of the zone. It is preposterous for anyone to say
that the fate of Owerri zone in 2015 has
been eroded because of the ongoing contract scam involving one of its sons .
In otherwords, the fate of the
good people of the zone cannot and
should not be tied to allegations of
fraud against one of its sons. Besides, the allegations has not been substantially proven to be true or
false considering the fact there are too many questions that are unanswered
concerning the Jpros contract scam.
If Rochas had a deal with the
Agbasos that the latter will take Owelle’s position as governor in 2015 (as
claimed by the Agbasos), such a pact is only binding on the Agbasos and not on
the people of Owerri zone.
To the best of my knowledge, no
prominent Owerri Zone elder such as the I.D Nwogas, the Umez Eroninis, the
Agunwas, the Ubochis Osuigwes, the Nath Onyeukwus, the Anyanwus, the Duke
Njiribeakos, the Eustace Ekes, the Agunnanes, the Njemanzes, the General Ogbonnas
and Charlie Amadi’s OZOPOLF were witnesses
of whatever pact scribbled on a piece of paper that says only the Agbasos are bound to take over from
Rochas in 2015.
And since they did not witness
such an agreement, such a pact exist only in the hearts of the originators.
Adolf Hitler said a pact made in time of peace becomes a scrap of paper in times of war.
The general consensus in the zone
is that Owerri Zone, including the Agbasos are entitled to contest for the governorship in 2015 in
line with the spirit of give and take that has been the bedrock of mutual
political harmony amongst the three geo political zones in the State.
If the Hocus Pocus had not turned to a festival of treat to trick between
the Agbasos and Okorocha, the Agbasos would have been the sole beneficiary of
such agreement with Rochas in 2015. But
now that the calabash has broken, the coast is clear for any aspiring or
intending governorship hopeful from
Owerri zone.
The task before the Agbasos now
should not be 2015, but strive to change the rythm of the drumbeats that has
changed the tune of the surugede
dance that has compelled them to change their political dance steps.
I rest my case.
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