The immediate past Governor of
Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has warned the State Governor, Emeka
Ihedioha, against making allegations that he (Ihedioha) is not willing to
defend.
Okorocha challenged Ihedioha to
publish the details of the N100billion debt for public consumption, adding that
the governor is taking Imo people and Nigerians for granted.
In a statement by Sam Onwuemeodo,
his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Okorocha said, “With regard to the
governor’s latest claim of N100billion debt, we also want to challenge him to
publish the details.
“He should publish the details of
the N100billion debt for public consumption. If he could spend billions to
launch media attacks and sponsor protests against Okorocha and to discredit his
projects, what would it cost to publish details of his N100billion debt claim.
“How can a governor be making
claims or allegations he is always not willing to make the details public. And
the person telling him to publish the details has always been the man he
accused.
“The speed with which Governor
Emeka Ihedioha makes certain claims and dishes out figures about the last
administration which Senator Rochas Okorocha headed, without taking steps to
prove any of the allegations or authenticate any of the Claims when challenged,
means he is taking Nigerians and Imo people in particular, for granted.”
Recall that while addressing
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftains in Owerri on Thursday, Governor
Ihedioha had accused his predecessor, Senator Okorocha, of incurring
N100billion debt “without anything to show for what the monies were used for”.
The Governor had earlier before
now, or soon after his inauguration, said that the debt profile of the State
attracted by Okorocha was N300billion.
Okorocha’s statement added, “His
Chief of Staff said it was N275billion. This is worrisome. The governor should
not be dishing out figures as if governance has become a child’s play.
“The disturbing aspect of the
whole thing is that when they make these bogus Claims or allegations and you
challenge them to show proofs they would recoil.
“With regard to the governor’s
latest claim of N100billion debt, we also want to challenge him to publish the
details.
“He should publish the details of
the N100billion debt for public consumption. If he could spend billions to
launch media attacks and sponsor protests against Okorocha and to discredit his
projects, what would it cost to publish details of his N100billion debt claim.
“How can a governor be making
claims or allegations he is always not willing to make the details public. And
the person telling him to publish the details has always been the man he
accused.
“The truth of the matter is that
the governor knows how INEC declared him winner of the March 9, 2019
governorship election in the State. And the major Candidates are at the
tribunal to ensure the correction of that anomaly. And people believe that he
is doing all these in preparation for a possible re-run.
“We also want to ask the governor
to avoid making unbelievable claims. To say that Okorocha achieved nothing
would be seen by all and sundry as too cheap.
“And he has been visiting
Okorocha’s projects and finding faults with some of them just to discredit the
projects. In case he does not know, Imo people know that what Okorocha achieved
as governor in eight years exceeded all that those before him achieved put
together.
“He should leave Okorocha and the
family alone and face governance. At the event, he announced that he has set up
a panel to probe Okorocha and at the same time, released the figure of N100b
debt. And what if the probe panel comes up with another figure. Governance is a
serious business and should be seen as such.”
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