AFRICASTALLESTMAN RE-INTERVIEWS CHIEF ROCHAS ANAYO OKOROCHA, GOVERNOR IMO STATE, NIGERIA

In the light of corruption allegations against the Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Anayo Okorocha, and his plan to install his son-in-law as the next Governor of Imo State, he agreed to do a second interview with Africastallestman.

Africastallestman:

Good evening, Your Excellency, I was about to reschedule with your staff. You are a very busy Governor indeed with all the mouldings going on in Owerri.

Governor Okorocha:

If I can keep 1000 autonomous Ezes in Imo State waiting for me for 8 hours, I can keep Africastallestman waiting for 4 hours. I just unveiled the statue of Chief Nwadike Okereke of Ndikelionwu, the great Igbo warrior.

Africastallestman:

Thank you, Your Excellency for your moulding activities. I wish that the other 35 Governors and the Governor, sorry Minister for the Capital Territory would start moulding.

Governor Okorocha:

You are welcome, Africastallestman.

Africastallestman:

Sir, there is a video on social media detailing all the properties misappropriated from the people of Imo State and transferred to your family. Some of the Governorship aspirants have vowed to return the properties to Imo State if elected.

Governor Okorocha:

Jealousy has no limits. What makes them believe that the properties belong to Imo State? I established a foundation now worth several billion dollars. I paid for every property that myself, my family and my in-laws acquired.

There are no laws prohibiting Governors from acquiring properties. If there are any, please cite the relevant sections of the law or constitution.

Africastallestman:

Sir, these properties are alleged to belong to the People and Government of Imo State but ownership was transferred to you and your family.

Do you have evidence of payment into the Imo State Government Treasury for the properties? Do you have documents lawfully approved by the Imo State Legislature transferring ownership to you and your family?

Governor Okorocha:

Are you serious? Do you understand the meaning of Executive Governors? You want the Governor to go to the House of Assembly to seek permission before developing Imo State. As the Executive Governor of Imo State, I have the right to transfer any property to anyone including my family members.

The House of Assembly takes directives from me, not the other way around.

Africastallestman:

Is it true that you and the Speaker of the House flogged two House of Assembly members who opposed the property transfer?

Governor Okorocha:

Africastallestman, I did not flog them nor did the Speaker. We had them kneel down for one hour, as a primary school teacher would have a recalcitrant pupil kneel down in front of the class. We need to go back to our traditional ways of punishments. I am going to make whipping mandatory in all institutions of learning in Imo State up to the University level.

Africastallestman:

Governor, your foundation manages funds donated by foreign philanthropists and governments. How do you become a billionaire managing donated money?

Governor Okorocha:

The Igbos say, “Ogbu opi na eficha imi,” which means that the flute player needs to be rewarded. Sometimes these donors “misoverestimate” the needs and I keep the excess. When they “misunderestimate” the needs, I cover the shortfall from the misoverestimate.

At the prevailing current interest rates, these mis-overestimates can add up quickly. Therefore, you can see why I would be a billionaire.

Africastallestman:

Interesting. Just like the new age churches, the business of helping the needy can be lucrative.

Governor Okorocha:

Yes of course, you have to be rich to help poor people.

Africastallestman:

Why are you pushing your in-law as the next Governor of Imo State? Everybody including the clergy is unhappy with your plan.

Governor Okorocha:

The Chinese President or Party Chairman or Secretary General of the Communist Party has changed the Party Constitution to become life President. A move praised by the US President, Donald Trump.

I have many more statues slated for molding. A new Governor, who is not a family member, may stop the molding of new statues.

These statues are already increasing visitors such as birds, rats, and lizards to Imo State. Soon humans will follow.

My proposal to extend the tenure of the President and Governors was turned down by Odigie Oyegun, the APC Chairman.

Again I would have flogged the bishops and clergy that oppose me but I learnt from the Ohakim treatment. The clergy especially the Catholic clergy are very powerful but they cannot stop me, not with the APC in charge.

Children voted in Kano State, why wouldn’t goats and dogs vote in Imo State?

Africastallestman:

Imo State has experienced an increase in robbery but a decrease in divorces. Do you have a hand in this?

Governor Okorocha:

Yes of course. Smoking marijuana steals your brain. Once your brain is gone, it is irreplaceable. A stolen pair of shoe, car, iPhone, or TV can be easily replaced. That is why I will mold down or destroy the house of any marijuana- smoking Imonian©. Let them take their business to Anambra or Abia State.

Also thank the Commissioner for Happiness and Sex, Mrs. Ogechi Ololo who has introduced cheap Viagra™️ for married men with “dead batteries.” This has decreased the number of divorces

Someone told me that the House of Assembly is considering a bill to regulate the fees charged by prostitutes to make sex more affordable.

Now they are doing something for happiness!

Africastallestman:

Why Anambra or Abia State?

Governor Okorocha:

The Governor of Anambra is already drinking; he might as well start smoking. Don’t you think the large number of IPOB members in Abia State is due to something that they are smoking?

Africastallestman:

Your Excellency, are you prepared to prove your allegations?

Governor Okorocha:

When they prove that I am Okoroawusa, the Hausa-Igbo I of Imo State, I will provide my own proof.

Africastallestman:

Is it true that you are going to the Senate in 2019?

Governor Okorocha:

It is only the stupid Igbo States that do not send their ex-Governors to the Senate. I am going to reverse that ugly trend.

Africastallestman:

Have you thought about your own statue?

Governor Okorocha:

My successor will have to mold my statue at the state level. My personal statue at Obioha Roundabout in Ideato does not count.

Africastallestman:

Now that President Jacob Zuma has been “molded down” in South Africa, do you plan to “unmold” his statue in Owerri?

Governor Okorocha:

We do not recognize great men and women till they are gone. Didn’t jealous people kill Jesus Christ? No one remembers his killers, but Jesus is mentioned 19 billion times a day and most WhatsApp posts end with IJN (in Jesus name). Zuma will be recognized as a great man by the future generation.

Africastallestman:

Are you planning to demolish more markets?

Governor Okorocha:

Yes, Orlu and Okigwe markets are next. The stall owners are not paying “tithes” and my family, pardon me, Imo State is losing revenue. Every “tithe” will be accounted for after the new markets are built in Owerri, Orlu, and Okigwe.

Africastallestman:

What about cattle colonies?

Governor Okorocha:

Are you a real journalist? I was the first Governor to establish a cattle colony in Okigwe with roads, water, and electricity. As we speak, Fulani Herdsmen from Mali, Senegal, and Niger are moving to Imo State. Meat will soon be so cheap in Imo State that cow meat will be served at breakfast.

Africastallestman:

Your replacement will be cowed by your achievements. I wish that we have more Governor “Rochas” in Nigeria.

Thank you Sir.

Governor Okorocha:

You are welcome. I may need you for my campaign next year.

There you have it from the enigmatic and energetic Governor of Imo State, Chief Rochas Anayo Okorocha. Keep tuned in as he pulls more rabbits out of his political magic bag.