Governor Ikedi Ohakim Boasted On Channels TV To Governorship Election But...

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[attachimg=1 align=left] When Governor Ikedi Ohakim, outgoing governor of Imo State, was speaking on Channels Television, he boasted that he would win the then inconclusive governorship election hands down.

By now he must have seen the grave error of his boast. Many reasons explain the loss of the Governor in his re-election bid.

If Ohakim was playing on the intelligence of Imo people, he stretched his luck too far when he jumped ship from the Progressive Peoples Alliance, (PPA) platform upon which he ascended the seat.

Ohakim, it was believed, wanted to ensure his second term ambition by moving over to the Peoples Democratic Party. It took a remark by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on the occasion of the governor's public declaration for the PDP, for people to know that Ohakim's mandate was procured through an extra-electoral discussion with the PDP.

With a litany of abandoned projects including Heartland TV and Radio, Ohakim, went to the capital market to obtain N40 billion in bonds. While he dreamt about many new lands to conquer, he failed to connect with his people. The failure of the Imo governor in the governorship election is therefore due to the voter vigilance of Imo people.

But all said and done, the hard fighting Imo PDP calculations represent a gamble that was billed to fail.  Not even Obansajo or the wife of the president could save him.

There are chances that the journey to the future for ideological politics in Igbo land would take root in Imo State. As such the election of Anayo Rochas Okorocha, is a challenge to the durability of change enthroned by the citizens.

Source: The Guardian Nigeria.