Date Published: 10/27/09

Sir,

Shameful conduct of Ohakim and Iwuanyanwu

The PDP leaders from Imo State headed on a visit to President Umaru Yar ’ Adua recently with a shopping list, items among which sounded ridiculous. Ohakim who lead the visit with Imo PDP leader, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, had shamefully shortchanged PPA after securing the position of governor of Imo State; many now describe him and his Bauchi and Zamfara States counterparts as the “ unexpected thieves ” . President Umaru Yaradua who did not see anything wrong in Ohakim ’ s return to PDP after ‘ kidnapping ’ the PPA ’ s victory and detaining it at the PDP, praised him for the action during the visit.

The first ridiculous item in the shopping list which the so - called Imo PDP leaders carried to the President was that, since the first kidnapping of an expatriate in Nigeria took place in Imo, the State should also benefit from the Presidential Amnesty deal.  I do not expect less about this demand because since they kidnapped PPA ’ s victory, they assumed it is a status symbol to so belong. The second item was that since they have succeeded in returning Imo State back to PDP, a stumbling block called the Commerce and Industry Minister Achike Udenwa should be removed from their way.

If it were to be a civilized country those in the entourage would have thenceforth be put under severe surveillance but thanks for having a President whose nomination as the PDP candidate never followed due process and his eventual victory at the polls seriously in doubt and was contested.

As far as the world is concerned, Nigeria is being governed mostly by jesters and not-too-clean leaders; this portrays us wrongly.

Cosmos Erhabor, Mississippi Street, Maitama, Abuja