The governor of Imo state, Rochas Owelle Okorocha, has lambasted former Governor Ikedi Ohakim, over the recent letter he sent to him criticising his government.
In the letter, Ohakim condemned Okorocha for his poor administrative style, saying it has npositivelyely impacted the lives of the people of the state.
In a statement by Sam Onwueneodo, the Chief Press Secretary to Okorocha, the governor warned Ohakim to bury his head in shame for destroying Imo state.
The governor bragged that his achievements have surpassed that of Ohakim and other former governors of the state.
”We have read the latest media outing against Governor Okorocha by the former Governor Ohakim, which was published in the media which he also presented as a letter to the Imo Governor.
”In his story, the former governor, as usual, said so many things but could not fault our repeated claim that the achievements of Governor Okorocha so far have surpassed the achievements of all those who had governed the state before him put together. We have always made bold to say this and we stand to be challenged.
”The truth is that we can no longer afford to spend our project-oriented time replying the former governor. If he meant well, he should have been coming to meet with his successor to discuss issues as stakeholders in the state, instead of this campaign of calumny,” the Press Secretary said.
Onwueneodo noted that when Ohakim wrote his first letter where he raised some issues, the government responded by publishing the achievements of Okorocha.
”We were able to name the projects and their locations and took that opportunity to show that Chief Ohakim’s outing as governor was never a success story. He never reacted to say we had told lies because he knew we were on the sides of truth,” he said.
Onwueneodo wondered how Ohakim feels when he enters Owerri and sees that it has become a new city with more infrastructures.
” In fact, in an ideal clime, Chief Ohakim should be celebrating Okorocha for achieving so much or doing the things he didn’t think about during his time,” he added.
