By Chiji Okoro
When the former Governor of Imo state Rochas Okorocha was concluding his two term tenure in Douglas House Owerri he conceived a plot of how to retain a strangle hold on the treasures of the oil rich state. His joker was a marriage of convenience between his first daughter Ulunma and his godson Uche Nwosu. Unknown to onlookers at the consumption of that high society union, Rochas was already thinking of Imo politics of 2015.
Subsequently, between 2011 and 2015 the governor’s son in-law benefitted from preferential promotion moving from Deputy Chief of Staff to Commissioner of the highly lucrative ministry of Lands, finally landing the office of Chief of Staff to the Governor just before the 2015 election era. The governor’s evil genius therefore became fully manifest in 2015 when he overdid himself trying desperately to elongate his tenure through the back door of an ‘Ulunma-Uche Nwosu’ surrogate government by attempting to foist his son in-law on the state as his successor. It is common knowledge that he woefully failed to achieve that satanic agenda.
From what is currently playing out in Abia state it appears both Governor Ikpeazu and expired Prof Ikonne attended the Rochas school of leadership succession. Benefitting from the former Imo governor’s succession masterclass, the duo are presently planning to use the marriage of their children to cement their evil godfather to godson relationship. A close ally of Governor Ikpeazu confirms that the craftily contrived marriage between the Abia first family’s daughter Betsy and the expired Prof’s son, who is conveniently named Okezie, was a major factor in arriving at the choice of ‘Uche Ndi Umuobiakwa’ as successor to governor Ikpeazu. What is becoming clearer by the day is that the steady rise of expired Prof from Rector of Abia Polytechnic Aba to Vice Chancellor of Abia State University Uturu within a short time, and the promotion of his wife Uzoamaka to the enviable position of Permanent Secretary and Solicitor General are all ingredients of that secret political agenda. It is therefore planned that the Okezie-Betsy collabo will seal the deal and ensure that OVI’s interest in Abia PLC is well protected under the planned Uche Nde Umuobiakwa family business.
Unfortunately however Abians having decoded the demonic agenda are currently perfecting water tight plans to repeat the Rochas shocker by shamelessly defeating expired Prof with his many baggages at the polls.Like Uche Nwosu like Eleazar Ikonne!
Chiji Okoro writes from Osisioma
