By ONWUASOANYA FCC JONES
In the last few days, Hope Uzodimma has unleashed his rambling rascals on the internet with a sole charge to insult and attempt to ridicule the member representing me in the House of Representatives, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere. Most of these rambling rascals are either older than Ugochinyere by many years or are within the same age bracket with him, hence his contemporaries. Trying to compare any of these people’s achievements with that of Ikenga would amount to trying to compare Christiano Ronaldo to a certain failed footballer playing in the local league. I will rather make some comparisons between Uzodimma and Ikenga, and let the readers decide on who among the two Imo lawmakers deserve the respect of the people.
Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere is the son of school teachers. His late Mum was a teacher and his father got to the apogee of his career as a teacher before going into politics, where he became the Secretary to my Local Government, then, acted as the Chairman of the LGA briefly. He became the National Chairman of the defunct African Peoples Congress and currently serves as the national chairman of one of the surviving 18 political Parties in Nigeria. In all honesty, I scoured the entire internet for any information on Micheal Uzodimma and Ezinne Rose Uzodimma and everything came blank. The little information I was able to glean from Uzodimma’s kinsmen in Omuma are not reliable and not sweet to the ears, so I will not be writing them here. I will leave Uzodimma or his friends to tell the story themselves.
Ikenga is a bonafide alumnus of the prestigious Imo State University, Owerri and the Nigerian Law School. He is a practicing lawyer and owns a viable law firm in Abuja. Uzodimma’s educational history is shrouded in controversy and apart from the popular story about his dealings in Festac town, there is no trace of what profession he is into or what business gave him his initial funds, before he now diversified, allegedly, into oil, gold and other offshore businesses.
Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere cut his political teeth early enough and took a decision on what he wanted out of life, and pursued same vigorously, without looking back. He participated actively in the politics of the National Association of Nigerian Students where he rose to lay claim to the senate presidency of the students body at less than 22 years of age. He became the National Coordinator of the PDP National Youth Movement, a position with which he toured the whole Nigeria mobilising support for the Party, especially among the youths. In 2007, he became a Senior Adviser to Governor Ikedi Ohakim, at barely 25 years of age. Upon the dissolution of Ohakim’s cabinet, he was offered an appointment and even announced as the Coordinator of Ideato North Central Development Area, a position he flatly rejected and moved into better pursuits, both in business and politics. Ikenga became the President of the National Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN), was a senior adviser to the Senate President of the Federal Republic, and was the spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) among other positions he held. He was elected to the House of Representatives at 40 years of age, and is already showing good capacity within a few weeks of his stay in the House. He is currently the Deputy Chairman of one of the initial committees set by the House leadership and has already put Ideato nay Ala on the front burner of national discourse through salient motions he has sponsored, including the motion for the rehabilitation of the critical Ideato – UGA – Nnewi – Oba road and laying a petition before the House concerning the predicament of traders in Apo Mechanic Village, Abuja. Ikenga has also continued to speak out against acts of intimidation, violence, corruption and political persecution of the entire people of Imo State by the Hope Uzodimma regime.
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Uzodimma cut his political teeth when he came in from Festac town and through the connection of his Festac comrades was made the State Youth Leader of the National Party of Nigeria. He played insignificant role in the United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP) a Party he joined during the Third Republic. In 1999, he joined the PDP and in 2002 he defected to the Alliance for Democracy (AD) where he ran unsuccessfully to be governor. He was made a Senator of the Federal Republic by the controversy riddled Supreme Court of Nigeria, even though he was not cleared to participate in the PDP primaries by the panel that was sent to carry out that assignment. His eight years stay in the Senate has been described by many commentators as a total waste of time to the people of Imo West as the only major thing he achieved was an indictment by a Presidential Panel on anti-corruption for allegedly diverting multibillion dollar paid by the federal government for the dredging of Calabar Port.
Ikenga is a husband to one woman and father to four children. He has remained faithful to one wife and has been a responsible father to all his children whom he is focused on giving the best of life possible. Ikenga has never been involved in any extramarital scandal or disputes. For the sake of a certain dead woman, and the young and innocent children given to him by my younger sister, I will not want to discuss Uzodimma’s family matters and other scandals that have trailed him over the years.
Having laid their brief history before you, it is now left for you to decide whom among them deserves your respect and solidarity. Who among them would you believe and who do you consider worth your loyalty?
MAY IMO WIN!
