Background to my story.
Buhari is the most hated Politician in Southeast and the highest Infrastructural builder and Developer in Southeast
Goodluck Jonathan is the Most Loved Politician in Southeast but the worst President who couldn’t commission even one Borehole in Southeast
This life no Balance.
This is the prevailing situation in the South East before the three wise with Lion heart erupted & took the bull by the horn.
First among the wise men with Lion heart is Orji Uzor Kalu, popularly known & referred to as OUK. He was a the governor of Abia State for eight years & an early entrant to the APC from South East. He was formerly of People’s Democratic Party(PDP) & later later Progressive People’s Alliance (PPA). He caught the vision of a resurgent Nigeria.
The second musketeer is Chief Hope Uzodinma, Onwa Onuma, executive governor of Imo State. He is another Lion hearted man from the East. He as others used to belong to PDP, “he had a Damascus road experience like the biblical Saul, who became Paul.
And comes the man of the moment, Chief Engr Dave Umahi, governor of Ebonyi State. Like Orji Uzor Kalu he has not been a PDP man throughout his political career. He was a deputy governor to Martin Elechi for eight years & succeeded Elechi as governor. According to Femi Adesina, Presidential spokesman, Umahi had always loved & respected President Muhammadu Buhari, and never hid it, though they were of different political parties. His movement to APC is done & dusted after several years of speculation & only a man with Lion Heart can do it.
According to Femi Adesina “What Umahi exhibited last month in crossing from PDP to APC can best be described as the heart of a lion. We know how the region he hails from has long been overtaken by the PDP, and with little to show for it. Their roads were dilapidated, bridges rickety, and in fact, the second bridge over the River Niger was built by mouth for the 16 years PDP held sway. Now, President Buhari is building the bridge, and is poised to complete it in 2022. Holy Moses!
Why did the South East hold tenaciously to PDP, despite being given the shorter end of the stick? Nobody knows. Till people like Orji Uzor Kalu, Hope Uzodimma, and now, Dave Umahi, began to ask questions, and followed it with pragmatic action.
Umahi has displayed a courage of conviction. He said the South East has been let down by the PDP in the last 21 years, so it was time to switch camp. It takes the heart of a lion to change course in such setting. Some people said it was because he wanted to run for President in 2023. And why not? The party has not come out with its zoning formula, but in a democracy, anyone can aspire for any position, as long as he can muster the needed support and momentum for victory.
I’ve always said it. The South East must play better politics to get the ultimate office in the country. Sleeping and facing the same direction may not be the best option. The Orji Kalus, Hope Uzodimmas, Chris Ngiges, Dave Umahis, Dr Ogbonia Onu and many others, are now shining the light, so that their people can find the way.
And so let it be.”
The big masquerades mentioned above are the musketeers, men of means & valor & men of timber & calibre who are working tenaciously to take Ndigbo to the centre of attraction.
Compiled by Mr Oliver Okeke.
A business man, political commentator & public opinion analyst.
