In an interview with The
Sun Newspaper during the weekend, Imo State governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha,
said “Yes, there is a gang up.
Chief Rochas Okorocha, has
alleged that there have been attacks and gang ups from political elites in the
State against him because he had instead of following their pattern of sharing
and diverting State funds, decided to work for the people.
“Ask yourself, how am I
surviving with Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Arthur Nzeribe, Hope Uzodinma, Achike
Udenwa, Kema Chikwe, Christy Anyanwu, Emeka Ihedioha and the political who is
who?
“They are on the other side
while I am on the other side. And every time, I defeat them.”
“They have the police, they
have the Army in those days.
“They have the instruments
of power; they have the money and they had the federal government and I
defeated them. They were all behind Ohakim when I defeated Ohakim.”
Okorocha claimed he had no
known name or any Godfather during his run for governorship seat other than the
masses.
“My strength is that the
people know I mean well.
“God almighty and the
people are my strength. I know the elite are against me but I am not against
them.
“Their reason for wanting
political power is different for my reason. They are two different divide.
“I believe that the
dividends of democracy should go to the people.
“But they believe that the
dividends of democracy must be for those who are called by their political
names.”
The governor, while stating
that his life is for the ordinary man and with them he would stay for all the days
of his political life, added that he might never join his political enemies.
He added, “If i had been
with this group of people in PDP, I would never have introduced free education,
the infrastructural development you are seeing could never have been possible.
“The schools, hospitals,
roads, all these projects could never have been possible.”
Okorocha said he is only
think on issues concerning the growth and development of the next generation
and not about who gets the next political power.
“It might shock you that I
literally spent nothing for my politics. In the first instance, I spent little
or nothing to become a governor but my counterpart then spent over N14 or N15
billion.
“Just like the last
election, did you not see about N2 billion and even here in Imo State, do you
know how much they spent?”
Rochas disclosed that his
opponents spent over N20 billion to fight the last election, yet lost in the
poll, adding that he prefers to stay with the masses.
“Unless those people are
baptized with Holy water and their whole political life changes before I can
work with them but as long as they remain with the orthodox old system of
oppressors, I will not be part of them.”
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