The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has vowed that evil and corrupt politicians will never again govern the state, saying the people will not allow them to ascend to positions of authority again. This was even as he assured that his successor would be a progressive-minded person and not those who he said were driven by selfish motives and not concerned about the welfare of the masses.
Okorocha who was speaking during a press conference at the WODDI centre in Owerri, to mark the Imo Freedom Day celebration and the second anniversary of his administration, noted that May 6 represented the day that the people of Imo regained their freedom from the bondage of evil men who had held the masses down in poverty and misrule. According to Okorocha, the celebration became imperative to honour the memories of the common people who fought gallantly, with some losing their lives in the process to demand for change and good governance in the state.
He stated further that, “at times due to the pressure and attacks coming from our people who are sponsored to fight Okorocha, I feel like quitting but for the love I have for my people I still continue to move on to salvage the state from the grips of corrupt and evil men. “I didn’t come into power so that people can praise me, or to make wealth for myself but that I might change the life of my people.”
Also speaking in the same vein, the Deputy Governor, Eze Madumere, who was one of those imprisoned during the elections, described the event as a day that signified total liberty for the people of the state. Madumere assured that the Okorocha-led administration would continue to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people. “I was one of those that paid huge sacrifice for this day to be, I was incarcerated and made to suffer unjustly but today we can say that we are no more under bondage, we are truly free.”
The Chairman of Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Samuel Agunwa Ohiri, in his speech, noted that in the last two years, the state had experienced great changes across the communities. The royal father commended the governor and his team for remaining consistent with their electoral promise of rescuing the state from misrule.
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