Rejoinder: Okowa, you should be clever but not dishonest

The welfare, security of life and property of Deltans has never been the primary preoccupation of your machiavellian government.

The fact that your government could shamelessly come out to deny and disown the suffering pensioners of Delta State abandoned by you over the years, tells the height of wickedness and satanic deceit of your administration.

More so, your attack on my person through your Commissioner for Information not only confirms how much you have derailed but also shows your intolerance to constructive criticism by well-meaning Deltans. Let it be on record that no matter how many “attack dogs and assailants” you send after me, I can never be your bootlicker and I will not renege in my civic responsibility for constructive criticism. Unlike you, I am generally well known for my virtues of love, joy, goodwill, warmth, magnanimity and contentment. But if you say I am bitter and have hatred just because I lost my reelection it will only go to confirm how insidious you have always been. How many times did Mr Ademola Adeleke and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar lose elections and how bitter and hateful are they in your hypocritical delusion? How many times did your “undocumented illiterate” candidate lose both primary and general elections before he was elected? Did you not lose your primary election to HE former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan? Your bitterness and hatred-filled life increased against HE. James Ibori since then. I did not lose my re-election bid,  you, Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, an Ika man who now claims to be an Ibo man betrayed me in your usual characteristic. You know from the depth of your heartless heart that you are the one who is always forever bitter, unforgiving and filled with hatred and evil; in fact, your greatest virtue is HATRED, BITTERNESS and BETRAYAL of all those who God used to lift you up, including Pa Francis Iwerebor of blessed memory and Chief James Ibori.

As a Lawmaker, I was effective and efficient. You run away from the big issues that concern the life and property of Deltans. My records of performance and legacies speak for itself. I believe you rarely look at yourself and your government in the mirror. I relentlessly and courageously fought FOUR BIG ISSUES and critical battles (that you don’t have the nerves, courage and passion for) head-on and my championing these big issues brought legitimacy, relevance and life to your ill-fated administration;

1. I championed and fought the menace of Fulani herdsmen who were raping our women, maiming and killing our people on a daily basis to a standstill and you never supported me, rather you were heartlessly careless about their atrocities.
2. I championed the fight against PRESCO plc forceful take over|stealing of Ethiope East LGA community lands from Ovre Okpara-Water Side through Ovre Igun, Ovre Eku to Ovre Abraka and you never supported me, rather you were happy about it and you connived with them.
3. I championed the fight against contractors who abandoned critical infrastructure projects and you turned deaf ears after splitting payments with some of them.
4. You and your cohorts ganged up against my reelection because, as House Committee Chairman on Works, I was bold and courageous to eject the contractor handling the Asaba International Airport that paved the way for the eventual completion of the Airport after several backs and forth on the airport.

You started off well. Deltans believed in you and trusted you. But now your greatest legacy will be one of deceit, lies, cronyism and nepotism as your entire Okowa family are now employees and contractors of Delta State.

The most perilous and dangerous moment of your bad government is your infliction of a long spell of oppression, suffering and hardship on the generality of Deltans especially the pensioners that you have openly denied and abandoned instead of improving their lot.

I cannot blame our political leader and mentor James Ibori an extraordinary leader, truster and forgiver for standing behind you, Okowa like the northern star against the genuine analytical advisory of Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, the man who saw tomorrow and thoroughly knew you as the ‘evil genius’.

“Okowa, You are owing both the living and the dead retirees”.

 

 

Hon. Chief Evance Ochuko Ivwurie