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DESPERATE POLITICIANS AND THEIR INSTRUMENTAL ROLES ON RECENT UNREST IN IMO STATE IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO THE STATE.



By James Ikedi Emeahu 


Imo State is known and been envied by sister states and counter-parts across the nation for it's most peaceful atmosphere and hospitality. The Sam Mbakwe airport is thousand with the presence of,businessMen and Women, Industrialists,tourists and well meaning Nigerians who visits the state week-in, week-out just for relaxation and comfortability, this therefore paves room for the comfort homes and hotels in the state especially in the capital city, Owerri gets booked up to their brims. Entertainment and other tourist attraction businesses have become so lucrative and renders world class services,you may agree with me that level of peace and tranquility in the state has contributed immensely towards the economic growth and development of the State and it has been like that since the creation of the State in 1976.


In recent time the ever most peace loving and peaceful state in Nigeria has been turned to a home of chaos, and banditry and hoodlums activities are now the order of the day, thereby igniting unnecessary fear and anxiety in the minds of the citizens and other residents in the state. It all started with what seemed to be a misguided action by the youths (#EndSARs Protest), it then graduated into attacks against the security operatives and their facilities which have resulted to the destruction of many divisional police stations,with lose of lives and other valuables, just recently we witnessed another sabotage  against Imo state, the attack on the state's correctional facility and central police headquarters which freeed over 8,000 inmates, as if that was not enough the reppelled attack that was launched at the residence of the number one citizen of the state in Oru East LGA just to mention but a few. 


The rise in insecurity within the state such as kidnappings, armed robbery,rape and other crimes and criminality cannot be de-emphasised and all these condenmable barbaric happenings, and ugly scenarios witnessed in the state lately may all be traceable to desperate politicians and opposition leaders in the state.


In a true democratic setting,the efforts opposition is appreciated and needed for it is part of democratic process for the opposition to checkmate the execeses of the government with constructive criticisms especially when they perceive any policy of the government to be against the people, but in Imo today desperation and hunger for power have blindfolded those playing in opposition and have redirected them from constructive criticism to unleashing of mayhem,and banditry in the state, sadly these desperadoes are instruments of sabotage towards the efforts of government. They want the people to revolt against the government  by playing the wise cat by trying to cover their atrocities under the guise of IPOBians, it has therefore become very imperative for people with sane minds to ask some pertinent questions concerning the recent out-clash and the role of the said IPOBians.


Start with, IPOB as the name implies simply means the Indeginous People Of Biafra, these group of people though have been proscribed by the Nigerian government are championing agitations for the Igbo race because they felt they are being marginalized and they have not been known to be terrorist or bandits. Why they have been Proscribed is a question for another day.


Those agitating for freedom cannot engage in destruction of government properties and killing of innocent souls,these wolfs in sheep's clothing politicians are fueling attacks in the state for reasons maybe best known to them, in my little thinking I ask these few but pertinent questions (A) These attacks every now and then could it be a plot(s) to disrupt the processes of recovering   looted Commonwealth of the state by previous administration as embarked upon by the present government which anchored it's 3R Mantra on Recovery, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction or (B) could it be a plot(s) to turn the state into a blood pool and make it ungovernable for Gov Hope Uzodimma as a vendetta mission for challenging them and reclaiming  his stolen mandate at the Supreme Court? 

In the coming days the answers to these questions would become clearer.


Meanwhile it is advisable for the artichects and excecutors of these recent mayhem unleashed in the state to sheath their sword, they should be  reminded  that we only vary in political parties and we have only one state to call our own and that state is Imo, in all these bad happenings the businesses that have been disrupted and properties lost are owned by imolites,those that lost their lives are also Imolites, for it is said that crisis and war retrogress a supposed progressive society and a Man who ignites fire in his house and climbs upstairs or atop of his roof for safety is a fool. 


Let's us embrace love for one another and give peace a chance, let us  harken to the voice of reasoning and give maximum support to the administration of governor Uzodimma, know our onions, keep politics away,criticize when and where necessary,remold and bring back the broken pot of peace and tranquility to our great state, at the end it shall be for the general good of Ndi Imo .


May Imo Prevail. 


Shalom.

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