The leadership of Imo Hope for Good Governance has described former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha as the most deceitful politician and should not be allowed to participate in politics.
The Group in a statement by its DG, Pastor Chris Mbarie and on behalf of its members across the globe said Okorocha is a “national disaster and very wicked to have put Imo backward.”
The statement reads: “Telling Rochas Okorocha to resign from politics is understatement. Okorocha shouldn’t be allowed to participate in the politics of Nigeria and Imo State because he is the most deceitful politician. He is a national disaster. Okorocha was very wicked to have put Imo backward.
“For every statement he made as a Governor has content of deceit in it. We should not forget the “job! job! job! Factory! factory! factory! drama which he used to find his way. Where are the job! job! job! factory! factory! factory! he left as a legacy. Okorocha lavish Imo State treasury and claimed he built 27 ultra modern hospitals in all the 27 Local Government Areas. His major target in every project he embarked on was looting and not to the benefit of the public.
“Rochas Okorocha awarded roads and non of these roads stood the test of time before he leaves office. Ideato roads his home town was a case study. He embezzled the money meant for most of the roads without constructing them hoping that his son in-law will do the needful
“Okorocha borrowed billions of naira for each Local Government in Imo State claiming to use it for rural development in each of the Local Government Area but non of this Local Government received a project worth one hundred million naira. Without shame, he came out bragging to be richer than the state. Our question is ” why won’t a criminal who looted the state Treasury be richer than the state?”
It added: “If Okorocha weren’t a criminal, why would he change Imo European University to Eastern Palm University which was built with State money and diverted it to his personal property and family use. He forcefully and illegally took people’s land on the said University without compensation. We thank God for 3R MANTRA of Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma for his bravado in recovery the University back to State.
“If Okorocha were to be the only politician in Imo State, we would have no choice than to quit politics. He is a very smart and charismatic person but with a very dubious and criminal mindset because he knows how to make people clap for him. Okorocha is known for greeting few gullible Imo Citizens with the phrase” My people! My Paper” He was using the word “paper” because he has deceived them to the extent he sees them as papers . The funny part was that few persons were busy answering him “My Governor my Governor” while the smart ones who knew him as a criminal answers ” My Governor! My Gangster”
“Okorocha claimed he did many projects. How many of these 4th hand projects last before he leaves office. All his projects are dilapidated and the schools he claimed to have built are dead traps. This is because he was never an Ambassador of standard education which he claimed to be. His interest was to syphon money meant for each project.
“Rochas Okorocha should not join issues with Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma because Uzodimma is not a talking type like him. Let Okorocha go and inspect the standard gutters being constructed by the present administration in Imo State. This is exactly how to set standard. You don’t spend billions of naira in a project and at the end of the day, the project will not see the light of the day.
“We the members of Imo Hope For Good Governance are calling on Okorocha to allow Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma do his work. He should as a matter of concern and urgency stay away from Imo politics. Okorocha is the Senator representing Orlu zone in the National Assembly but there is no sign to show he is the Senator in his constituency. He uses the money meant for his constituency to answer a Philanthropist in other places.
“Most of us knew him and his deceitful activities. Many of us started with him when we thought he had a genuine love for the State but we discovered he was a green snake in a green grass. Many of us lost properties worth millions of naira under his watch. The last Stakeholders’ meeting by Uzodimma shows an all inclusive Government but Okorocha’s time was full of bragging, who is richer than him and who is not
“The members of Imo Hope For Good Governance can no longer tolerate his drama. We hereby move for his recall.”