{"id":63012,"date":"2018-07-15T16:21:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T15:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=63012"},"modified":"2018-07-15T16:21:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-15T15:21:46","slug":"okorocha-and-madumeres-ouster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/okorocha-and-madumeres-ouster\/","title":{"rendered":"Okorocha and Madumere&#8217;s Ouster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">Ebere Uzoukwa<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">As I compose this piece, every plan designed to offload Prince Eze<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Madumere as the deputy governor of Imo State has been solidly perfected to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">achieve that singular purpose. Upon his ouster via impeachment, Madumere<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">would become the second Imo deputy governor easily disposed by Gov. Rochas<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Okorocha within the lifeline of his rescue mission administration.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Ideato-born governor of Imo State on the other hand shall be<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">remembered either for good or bad having made history as the Nigerian<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">governor that induced and sponsored impeachment processes of his two<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">deputies within his 8-year constitutional tenure.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Okorocha&#8217;s penchant for impeachment of his deputies reared its ugly head<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">in March 2013 when his erstwhile deputy, Sir Jude Agbaso, was<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">controversially shown the exit door on allegations of corruption and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">contract malfeasance. It is imperative to recall at this juncture that Sir<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Agbaso was hurriedly drafted into the political turf following a<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">concessional truce that offered Okorocha the All Progressives<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Alliance(APGA) platform through which he contested the 2011 Imo<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">governorship. Chief Martin Agbaso nominated his younger brother, Sir Jude<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Agbaso, as the deputy governorship candidate to fill the slot allocated to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">him.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Suffice to say that Agbaso&#8217;s impeachment as deputy governor of Imo State<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">was more political than the allegations Okorocha and his men trumped up<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">against him. His elder brother, Chief Martin Agbaso, had disagreed with<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Okorocha in some political issues that largely bothered on the future of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">APGA. While Okorocha intended to sacrifice APGA as a political party on<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the alter of merger the midwifed the All Progressives Congress(APC), Chief<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Agbaso and Sen. Victor Umeh, the then APGA chairman vehemently opposed<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">such move. Every effort and gimmick dissipated and displayed by Okorocha<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">towards convincing Umeh and Chief Agbaso yielded nothing positive. As the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">situation became, the development frostily injured Okorocha&#8217;s relationship<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">with Agbaso&#8217;s family including Sir Jude, the then deputy governor.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Sir Jude Agbaso was later isolated and dreaded as a spy and mole that<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">revealed government confidentialities and secrets to perceived political<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">opponents and enemies which included his elder brother, Chief Martin<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Agbaso. It, then, became a necessity that Sir Jude Agbaso must vacate his<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">office. The idea of impeachment was hatched and muted. As the commissioner<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">for Works, his cupboard was ransacked thoroughly in search of available<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">skeletons. Indeed, one was found. The J-Pros contact saga was lifted up<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and allegations of corruption curiously manufactured to justify his<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">impeachment. Agbaso was served a notice of impeachment and subsequently<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">impeached by the House over an allegation that he demanded and collected<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">N458 million bribe from J-PROS Limited, a construction firm handling the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">rehabilitation of Sam Mbakwe Road in Owerri, the state capital. His denial<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to the allegation never stopped his impeachment.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">That was how Sir Jude Agbaso was impeached and discarded thus paving the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">way for Madumere, the then Chief of Staff to emerge the deputy governor of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Imo State. Madumere, who prided himself as the closest confidant to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Okorocha and a loyal political son was retained as he paired and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">re-contested with Okorocha in 2015 to remain the deputy governorship of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Imo State till date.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Today, Madumere is ostensibly paying the price in two pronounced ways.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Firstly, the embattled Imo deputy governor has begun to reap what he<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">contributed and helped Okorocha to sow in Imo. Without any fear of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">contradictions, the Mbaitoli-born and self-acclaimed &#8216;master strategist&#8217;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">is naturally caught up by the law of Karma and equity distributive<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">justice. As an insider then, I can recall vividly how Madumere was roving<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">around the House of Assembly complex and Sen. Ben Uwajimogu&#8217;s residence,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">who was the Speaker, Imo State House of Assembly solidifying grounds for<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the impeachment of Sir Jude Ejiogu. I can also remember without<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">contradictions his sleepless nights as a result midnight meetings with the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">strongmen of the 7th Imo Assembly which constituted the likes of Hon.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Ikenna Emeh, Hon. Simeon Iwunze, Sen. Samdaddy Anyanwu, now representing<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Owerri Senatorial District in the National Assembly and Hon. Stan Dara.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Needless to say that Madumere played the dirty politics for Okorocha<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">tailored and orchestrated to ensure the impeachment of Sir Jude Agbaso,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">his brother, from Owerri zone.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Also on the other hand, Madumere is literally paying the costly price for<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">displaying good conscience and high sense of morality in politics. In<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">2010\/2011, Okorocha promised and sworn during his campaigns to run a<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">single term of four years and hand over power to Owerri zone. As a matter<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">of fact, Okorocha claimed that his programmes under the &#8216;Rescue Mission&#8217;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">were tenured to run speedily for only four years. In 2014\/2015, Okorocha<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">reneged and contested for second term under the platform of All<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Progressives Congress(APC).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Prince Madumere played key roles in mobilizing substantial support for<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Okorocha which resulted to a landslide victory in Owerri and Mbaike<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Federal Constituencies of Owerri zone. The deputy governor was entirely<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the engine room and the planner that championed and coordinated some<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">sensitive and behind-the-scene activities that aided Okorocha&#8217;s victory in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">2015.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">As he played those roles, Madumere had expected his boss, Gov. Okorocha,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to either support his governorship bid or any other aspirant from Owerri<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">zone. That expectation was, however, dashed as Okorocha rather<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">stage-managed and masterminded the endorsement of his son-inlaw, Ugwumba<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Uche Nwosu, who also hails from the same Orlu Senatorial Zone with him.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Also through his controversial &#8216;mock primaries&#8217;, Okorocha awarded the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Owerri Senatorial Seat slot to Madumere with a compelling order that he<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">must support and mobilize for Nwosu&#8217;s victory as the next governor of Imo<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">It is also worthy to establish that Madumere had the option of betraying<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">his people and Owerri zone by sustaining his loyalty to Okorocha and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">possibly catapult himself to the Senate after enjoying all dividend<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">accruable to the office of the deputy governor. But, the soft-spoken Imo<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">deputy governor preferred to stay with his people at the expense of his<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">plum job. Though there are few and insignificantly low but dissenting<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">voices against his morally induced opposition against what many have<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">christened Okorocha&#8217;s &#8216;third term agenda&#8217; superimposed and trickily laced<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">on his son-inlaw&#8217;s gubernatorial ambition, Madumere&#8217;s reputation and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">popularity in Imo political turf has enviably skyrocketed to a higher<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">altitude. He is cerebrally admired by many who see and mirror the moral<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and conscientious substances his current disposition convey in the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">political arena.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">With the purchased signatories of about 13 members of Imo House of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Assembly, including Hon. Chinedu Offor, member representing Onuimo State<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Constituency, whose signature for the impeachment of Madumere flooded my<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">eyes into tears, considering how dearly the deputy governor motivated and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">aided his rise and elevation from SSA to the Governor on Media,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Commissioner for Information and Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">before his subsequent political venture into the state assembly, one could<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">easily conclude without any reservation that Madumere is already a goner.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">According to reports emanating from the Imo State House of Assembly,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Madumere is &#8216;fallaciously&#8217; accused of the followings: (1) Abandoning his<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">duties for three months, (2) Refusal to Attend State Executive Council<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Meetings and other Government&#8217;s functions and (3) Imprisonment by American<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Government.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Deputy Speaker, Hon. Ugonna Ozuruigbo, popularly known as OZB moved<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the motion for an impeachment process to be served on Madumere.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Speaker, Hon. Acho Ihim, expressly admitted that the petition met and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">surpassed the required one -third as provided for in Section 188 (2) 11 of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the 1999 Constitution as amended.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Imo Assembly is made up of 27 members, but four members who were<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">sympathetic to Madumere were, penultimate weekend, suspended on alleged<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;unparliamentary conduct&#8217; apparently to pave way for his ouster.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">A six -man committee headed by member, representing Obowo LGA, Hon.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Kennedy Ibe, was eventually set up to probe the allegations and report<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">back to the House within seven days.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Now, will Okorocha succeed in fostering his son-inlaw and Chief of Staff,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Uche Nwosu, as his successor and next governor of Imo State after<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Madumere&#8217;s impeachment using the platform of APC in 2019? Is Madumere<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">considering resignation at least to avert the humiliation that may be<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">occasioned by a disgraceful impeachment? What danger does Madumere&#8217;s<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">impeachment portends to Imo polity, APC as a political party, and the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">people of Owerri zone? Are the people of Owerri ready to swallow another<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">dose of humiliation from Okorocha after voting for him in 2011 and 2015<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">governorship elections? What can the people of Owerri zone do between now<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and 2019 to redeem their dwindling political fortune? 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