ROCHAS OUT AS A GOVERNOR???

ROCHAS OUT AS THE IMO STATE GOVERNOR???

In the year 2007, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in River state won the gubernatorial election with @Omehia as the party’s flag bearer or candidate. Later in 2008, Omehia left PDP for APGA and the Supreme Court of Nigeria held that the mandate which brought Omehia into office as Governor was that of PDP not APGA and as such PDP took their mandate which brought @Rt Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi  into office as the Governor of River State. That judgment was the first of its kind in the history of Nigerian Politics.

The governor of Imo state @Chief Owelle Anayo Rochas Okorocha is about to be the ball for revenge for APGA. Okorocha won the April 24^th Governorship election in Imo State under the platform of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) and after barely 2years in Office He defected to All Progressive Congress (APC) which means that he has left the party with the mandate that brought the victory in 2011. A repeat of the 2008 drama in River State.

Yesterday, @APGA filed a law suit against Rochas demanding that the office of the Governor of Imo State still belongs to APGA till 2015. They prayed that the Federal High Court in Abuja should empower @INEC to confirm the Deputy Governor or the Speaker of Imo state House of Assembly as the Governor hence the two are still in APGA. Looking at the political scenario in Nigeria, there is every tendency that the Federal High Court will repeat the River State judgment in Imo state and it will even be easier since @APC was not in existence during the 2011 election that brought Rochas to Power. APGA’s suit is fully supported by the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria section 177 as amended in 2010.

Political analyst has blamed Rochas for being so fast in his action stating that other Governors that defected are all in their second tenure and has nothing much to lose as they defected with the state support. Rochas will not be able to swallow his vomit by trying to go back to APGA and APGA on their own will never accept him back to the camp as they are about to select their Flag bearer for 2015 General elections.

If justice is administered at the Federal High Court, Rochas will certainly be removed as the Governor of Imo state; meanwhile, his case with Ohakim will be heard on the 24^th of January 2014. Remember that he lacks the legal standing to face Ohakim at the court on the above date since he has left the platform that brought him to Power. Let us see what becomes of Imo state. Most students at Imo state University are clamoring for his removal claiming that he promised them free education without fulfilling it.

Does it mean that @Akande and @Tinubu has mislead Rochas to rub him of his future Presidential ambition? does what happened to @Ngige ring a political bell? Let us watch and see