{"id":63999,"date":"2018-10-07T20:49:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T19:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=63999"},"modified":"2018-10-07T20:49:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-07T19:49:01","slug":"uche-nwosu-from-bag-carrier-to-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/uche-nwosu-from-bag-carrier-to-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Uche Nwosu: From Bag Carrier To Governor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m7628677902099231984\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">By Sir McLord Obioha, Managing Editor.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\nOf all the candidates vying for the post of the governorship of Imo, none<br \/>\nhas raised so much dust as Uche Nwosu.<br \/>\nAt 43, he is the youngest among other candidates and has not held any<br \/>\nelective post in his life. His critics capitalize on his inexperience as<br \/>\nenough factor to disqualify him for the tough job of governing Imo, a<br \/>\nstate populated by the wisest and most cunning politicians with their<br \/>\nsubterfuge and chicanery, erudite scholars, successful business icons, and<br \/>\nof course the best petition writers in the world.<br \/>\nCompounding this controversy is his marriage to the first daughter of the<br \/>\ngovernor, who has chosen him as his successor\u2014despite all the cries by<br \/>\nmany who see this move as the highest form of godfatherism and nepotism.<br \/>\nLike the governor, Uche hails from Orlu which has 12 out of the 27 Local<br \/>\ngovernments of Imo. Two other zones, Owerri and Okigwe have 9 and 6<br \/>\nrespectively which totals 15, few local governments shy of Orlu\u2019s almost<br \/>\nhalf of 27. This disproportional equation makes it an uphill task for any<br \/>\nperson who is not from Orlu to be elected as the governor of Imo.<br \/>\nThe governor has been insensate to incessant appeals by those who see his<br \/>\nnomination of Nwosu, who is from the same zone with him as domination. In<br \/>\nhis characteristic impunity, he has brushed aside what his critics claim<br \/>\nas the old and unwritten rule of rotating the governorship position<br \/>\nequitably among these three senatorial zones.<br \/>\nOne would think that these factors would be enough to slow Nwosu down.<br \/>\nInstead, his popularity continues to soar by the day. Unlike other<br \/>\ncandidates who have been struggling to advertise themselves to the<br \/>\nelectorate, he has become a household name in the highly contentious and<br \/>\ncontroversial politics of Imo.<br \/>\nHow did a young man who graduated in 2000 and could not pass the exam for<br \/>\nGov. Ikedi Ohakim\u2019s 10, 000 job program offer suddenly become a candidate<br \/>\nfor governorship of the state today and is now competing with the<br \/>\nerstwhile governor Ikedi Ohakim, also struggling to return to the post he<br \/>\nlost in previous election?<br \/>\nNwosu\u2019s epic story is a mixture of enigma, comedy and melodrama.\u00a0 It<br \/>\nbegins with when he joined Gov. Rochas Okorocha\u2019s Rochas Foundation School<br \/>\nas his Personal assistant or what Igbo politicians will call his \u201cBag<br \/>\nCarrier\u201d. From his tutelage till today, he has displayed a remarkable<br \/>\nloyalty that won the heart of his usually vibrant and rambunctious boss.<br \/>\nIt was not surprising that when he became the governor, he brought him<br \/>\ninto his cabinet first as his Deputy Chief of Staff and later as his<br \/>\nCommissioner of Lands&#8212;a position considered by many as the most<br \/>\nlucrative and enviable. His last post was as his Chief of staff.<br \/>\nBut being a good \u201cbag carrier\u201d to the governor was not enough for Nwosu.<br \/>\nHe had a plan\u2026 a bigger plan. He had an eye on Douglass House&#8212; sobriquet<br \/>\nfor Imo government house. That plan is evident today. As a man who peeped<br \/>\ninto the future, he knew that obedience and loyalty would not be enough<br \/>\nqualities that will catapult him into the government house.<br \/>\nSo he devised a means. Likeable and endowed with a quiet and disarming<br \/>\ndemeanor that could be mistaken for weakness, this silent schemer who<br \/>\noperates best behind the scene, unleashed his charm and electricity on the<br \/>\ngovernor\u2019s first daughter and she immediately fell for it. He swept her<br \/>\noff her feet.<br \/>\nThe smooth operator who came in as a \u201cbag carrier\u201d was now hobnobbing with<br \/>\nthe first family. Before the governor could find out what was amiss, he<br \/>\nhas scored the first goal.<br \/>\nThe governor was helpless and furious but through understanding and good<br \/>\nadvice, he allowed flayed temper and nerves to cool. His bag carrier was<br \/>\ngracefully welcomed into the first family as an inlaw. Pronto, the deed<br \/>\nwas done!<br \/>\nFrom then, Nwosu was unstoppable. There was no shortage of love between<br \/>\nhim and his boss who may arguably have yawned for a trusted political son<br \/>\nwho will succeed him. The love was such that when the governor was away on<br \/>\nofficial duties, he would appoint him, instead of the deputy governor as<br \/>\nthe law provided, to be the acting governor.<br \/>\nThe governor was not done. With Nwosu now baptized as his beloved son, he<br \/>\nsystematically outwitted his deputy by orchestrating his impeachment to<br \/>\nprepare his fledgling inlaw for the post of a governor. This move did not<br \/>\ngo down well in the minds of Imolites. This was the second time that he<br \/>\nhas elbowed his first deputy the same way. Okorocha\u2019s behavior pitted, him<br \/>\nNwosu against his party members, the deputy governor, prospective<br \/>\ncandidates. His critics and enemies grew.<br \/>\nSome felt that the idea of choosing Nwosu was a continuation of the<br \/>\ngovernor\u2019s affront and impunity, while others accused him of turning the<br \/>\nleadership of Imo into a family fiefdom&#8211; himself, his family, relatives<br \/>\nand inlaws. His other daughter is married to the son of a Minister in the<br \/>\nFederal cabinet who was nominated to the post by the governor. The<br \/>\ngovernor\u2019s sister is the commissioner of the controversial and abstruse<br \/>\nMinistry of Happiness and Purpose Fulfillment\u2026 Whatever that means!<br \/>\nThe benefits of being the governor\u2019s inlaw also come with its baggage.<br \/>\nSince the governor is not on the gubernatorial ticket this time, Nwosu\u2019s<br \/>\ncandidacy has inherited all the bottled up anger all the governor\u2019s<br \/>\ntraducers have been nursing for him.\u00a0 Almost all the people who have one<br \/>\ngrudge or the other against the governor now seem to have found a common<br \/>\nenemy to vent their pent up anger.<br \/>\nAre you a Filling Station owner, landed property owner whose structures<br \/>\nwere bulldozed to make way for wider road that now dot the major roads in<br \/>\nOwerri? Did you lose your job due to retrenchment? Are you a staff owed<br \/>\nback pay? Are you the labor union forced to settle for 30 percent pay cut?<br \/>\nAre you a government worker who does not get her salary on time? Are you<br \/>\nan Okada or Tricycle (Ke-ke) rider, chased out of the city by the governor<br \/>\nto relocate to the hinterlands to give life to the governor\u2019s urban<br \/>\nrenewal program? Are you a politician who sees Okorocha as governing with<br \/>\nimpunity, etc, the list of governor\u2019s haters is endless?<br \/>\nPerhaps the most unforgiving of these groups are the Owerri indigenes<br \/>\nwhose lands, houses, structures, property and later their age old Ekeukwu<br \/>\nmarket were destroyed and relocated Egbeada to enhance the free flow of<br \/>\nperennial traffic problem along Douglas road. The traffic problem on this<br \/>\nroad has defied solution by previous administrations including the<br \/>\nmilitary.<br \/>\nFollowing this group is Mbaise people who accuse the governor of<br \/>\nneglecting them since he assumed power. Mbaise forgot that\u00a0 politics is a<br \/>\ngame permanent interest. As plausible as their argument that since the<br \/>\nstate was created, no Mbaise person has been elected as governor may<br \/>\nsound, the galling fact is that they have not been able to unite with<br \/>\ntheir Owerri kith and kin but hot rivalry, to form a formidable force to<br \/>\npresent a consensual candidate.<br \/>\nThen there is the Catholic Church. Yes, the Catholic Church\u2026 the same<br \/>\nreligious organization that torpedoed the re-election of the erstwhile<br \/>\ngovernor Ikedi Ohakim when it alleged that he flogged one of their<br \/>\npriests. Sensing that this maybe one of the great threat that it may have,<br \/>\nNwosu campaign has started to sensitize the people against what they call<br \/>\n\u201cPolitics From The Pulpit\u201d.<br \/>\nCan candidate Uche Nwosu scale through these hurdles? Is he ready for all<br \/>\nthe potshots and the kitchen sink that may be thrown at him from different<br \/>\nangles? Is he able to neutralize all these factors stacked up against him?<br \/>\nCurrently, things appear to be working well for him. Unlike his boss who<br \/>\nis a showy, garrulous, \u2018always in your face\u2019 politician, Nwosu is sober,<br \/>\nhumble and respectful too, making those still sitting on the fence about<br \/>\nhis candidacy to take another look at him. Rarely has a candidate\u2019s<br \/>\nweakness worked to his advantage prior to an election year.<br \/>\nAs controversial as the Orlu domineering factor is to his chances, it is<br \/>\nalso indirectly an advantage to him. Granted that Orlu voters may have<br \/>\njoined their Owerri and Okigwe counterparts today in openly shouting foul<br \/>\nto his candidacy, many of them whisper their support for him in private.<br \/>\nWhat they are not voicing out openly is what every Nigerian knows. When<br \/>\nthe chips are down, it all comes down to development to ones\u2019 zone. And<br \/>\nfaced with the Hobson\u2019s choice of who really to vote for, an Okigwe voter<br \/>\nis likely to pick an Orlu person as against a candidate from Owerri. Put<br \/>\nsuccintly, Orlu has more cultural and ancestral bond with Okigwe than<br \/>\nOwerri. Many years ago, Okigwe was the administrative headquarter that<br \/>\nincluded Orlu. There was also this derogatory and deprecatory old song,<br \/>\nObodo nile emehechala, ofor ndi Okigwe n\u2019 Orlu, Ndi n\u2019achi Okigwe amaghi<br \/>\nachi which means every town has developed except Okigwe and Orlu.<br \/>\nAs hard as the analysis may appear, the arithmetical truth is that all<br \/>\nthat Nwosu may need to become a governor are few local governments from<br \/>\nOkigwe to compliment his Orlu vote.<br \/>\nThere are also votes Nwosu stands to inherit from his boss in Orlu. The<br \/>\ngovernor still commands some subdued respect for at least turning a<br \/>\nnondescript \u2018village\u2019 into a mini town although there are still some<br \/>\npockets of residual, well qualified and implacable anger for the<br \/>\ndestruction he brought to Orlu&#8211;all in the name of development that never<br \/>\nhappened. A week after he assumed power, the governor sang that derogatory<br \/>\nsong about Okigwe and Orlu being undeveloped and promised that he will<br \/>\ntransform both towns into what other towns will be the envy of. Till date<br \/>\nthat promise was never fulfilled and today Okigwe and Orlu remain<br \/>\nunderdeveloped and ghosts of their former selves.<br \/>\nNwosu\u2019s has perhaps the well-funded campaign machine, courtesy of his<br \/>\nboss. Of all the candidates, he seems to be the only one with the<br \/>\nfinancial muscle that his opponents only dream off. The governor has<br \/>\npromised to match Naira for Naira for any challenge that his opponents may<br \/>\nthrow up and only recently vowed to put his life and blood into the race<br \/>\nto make sure that he shakes his inlaw\u2019s hand as the next governor come<br \/>\nnext year. For starters, the number of Billboards showcasing Uche Nwosu<br \/>\nthat has blanketed the state speaks for itself.<br \/>\nThe greatest thing that Nwosu has in his favor is the fact that he<br \/>\npresently has no formidable challenger. The few challengers in his party<br \/>\nnumbering over 13, who have been able to part with their N22 million for<br \/>\nthe nomination form, include two time Senator Hope Uzodinma, Jude Ejiogu,<br \/>\nFormer SSG, George Eche, Nlemuoha, Tony Gbujie, etc.\u00a0 Put together, these<br \/>\ncandidates are not a match to Nwosu\u2019s war chest.<br \/>\nAlso in the race is the Deputy Governor Eze Madumere, seconded by another<br \/>\nof the governor\u2019s inlaw, Chuks Ololo. Some analysts wonder if Ololo buying<br \/>\nof a form is a ploy, decoy by Rochas Okorochas to hoodwink the exasperated<br \/>\nvoters, by reserving a player on the bench in case his choice becomes<br \/>\nunsellable to Imo voters.<br \/>\nToday, most parties in Imo have become either fractious or are in<br \/>\ndisarray. Once, a credible opposition party in the state, People\u2019s<br \/>\nDemocratic Party, PDP is fighting among itself with most of its prominent<br \/>\nmembers jostling to be aspirants. Currently, the number of candidates from<br \/>\nthese parties with the vaulting ambition to be governors is unbelievable.<br \/>\nAt the last count, APGA has over 26 contestants. Once, yours sincerely<br \/>\ntook a stroll around the Fire Service Intersection and was greeted with an<br \/>\navalanche of posters of neophytes angling for the post of Imo<br \/>\ngovernorship. It was simply uncountable!<br \/>\nAs the number of parties increase, the numbers of those vying for<br \/>\ngovernorship logically increases. The more the contestants, the more<br \/>\nfractious they become and the more it helps candidate Nwosu in whittling<br \/>\ndown the number of voters for those who may put up a close fight against<br \/>\nhim.<br \/>\nThe average Imo politician wants to be a leader. They do not want to be<br \/>\nled. This explains the primary reason the carpet crossers are jumping ship<br \/>\ntoday. They know that their chances of getting a ticket in their previous<br \/>\nparties are zip, zilch, zed. Problem is, how will these parties<br \/>\naccommodate these newcomers without alienating their old members, some<br \/>\nfounding members, who have been with the party through thick and thin?<br \/>\nWhat do you do with those who have been preparing their gubernatorial<br \/>\nbattle before the arrival of these turncoats?<br \/>\nPlayed by western standard, politics can be a game of understanding. Not<br \/>\nso with Nigerians! Unforgiving and hardly eschewing bitterness in<br \/>\npolitics, when they lose, they jump ship and usually with their followers.<br \/>\nIt is easy for these politicians to hop effortlessly from one party to the<br \/>\nother because these parties have no ideology.<br \/>\nPerhaps, the only candidate that appears to pose a serious challenge to<br \/>\nNwosu at this time maybe the two time senator Ifeanyi Araraume. Hardly a<br \/>\ndark horse, his strength derives from his dedicated followership. He has<br \/>\nthe best grassroot organization in the state. But his candidacy appears to<br \/>\nbe clouded with the ingrained fear that former President, Olusegun<br \/>\nObasanjo instilled in them.<br \/>\nOn the eve of the 2007 election, Obasanjo abandoned his tight schedule in<br \/>\nAbuja and flew into Owerri. His mission? To discourage Imo voters from<br \/>\nvoting for Araraume who was almost coasting to victory.\u00a0 Using the parody<br \/>\nthat bordered on macabre, he created the impression that electing him was<br \/>\ntantamount to electing a \u201ckiller\u201d.\u00a0 That was all he needed to turn the<br \/>\ntide against him and deny him the election. That impression has stuck to<br \/>\nthis day. That was the president\u2019s pay back for the senator\u2019s purported<br \/>\ninsubordination to torpedo his third term agenda and a business gone awry<br \/>\nbetween them. A typical politician who cannot be trusted, Araraume is best<br \/>\nknown for his last minute switching of sides to support the present<br \/>\ngovernor during the supplementary election between him and his challenger,<br \/>\nEmeka Ihiedioha. Many of his followers who felt betrayed by this Quid Pro<br \/>\nQuid game between him and Okoroacha still nurse that wound today.<br \/>\nAraraume\u2019s latest romance with APGA and his quest to be their flag bearer<br \/>\nmay not be a cakewalk for him after all. He is coming into a party with<br \/>\npolitical juggernauts like former Governor Ikedi Ohakim, Daniel Kanu of<br \/>\nAbacha YEEA fame, Uche Onyeagucha, Okey Ezeh, the amiable transporter,<br \/>\nFrank Nneji, arguably APGA\u2019s best hope to mount a serious challenge to<br \/>\nUche Nwosu. It is definitely going to be a bare knuckle fight of the<br \/>\nTitans for these politicians.<\/p>\n<p>There may be other prominent members who are yet to throw in their hats in<br \/>\nthe ring? Imo politics with its skullduggery and chicanery is<br \/>\nunpredictable even to the best clairvoyant. As the clock ticks, the<br \/>\nquestion remains, \u201cWho will succeed Rochas Okoroacha?<br \/>\nIt is too early to tell.<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mclord Obioha is a Veteran member of Nigerian Union of Journalist,<br \/>\nand the publisher of the 24\/7 news portal on the internet, Igbolive.com<\/p>\n<p>McLord News Networks, MNN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sir McLord Obioha, Managing Editor. Of all the candidates vying for the post of the governorship of Imo, none has raised so much dust as Uche Nwosu. 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