{"id":109851,"date":"2019-04-23T14:22:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T13:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=109851"},"modified":"2019-04-23T14:22:52","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T13:22:52","slug":"udenwa-imos-worst-governor-says-okorocha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=109851","title":{"rendered":"Udenwa, Imo&#8217;s Worst Governor, Says Okorocha"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span class=\"ds-1col file file-image file-image-jpeg view-mode-embedded centered clearfix block-story-object block-story-object-resource block-story-object-resource-image\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-story-object-asset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-embedded\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"http:\/\/arewa.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Udenwa-Imos-Worst-Governor-Says-Okorocha.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"container container-pod container-pod-short\"><span class=\"adunit-parent hide block-module block-module-ad block-module-ad-300x250\"><span class=\"block-module-image-wrapper\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rochas Okorocha, Governor of Imo State, says former Governor Achike Udenwa, is the worst governor the state has ever had.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued by Sam Obwuemeodo, the Chief Press Secretary to Okorocha, the governor challenged Udenwa to publish his achievements in the eight years he served as governor for Imo people to compare notes.<\/p>\n<p>He described the former governor\u2019s reign as a waste. <\/p>\n<p>Okorocha said apart from paying special attention to gossips and frivolities, Udenwa scuttled the political dreams of many young men who served under him.<\/p>\n<p>Okorocha, who decried the recent incessant attacks on him and his immediate predecessor, Ikedi Ohakim, by Udenwa, said he had earlier chosen to ignore him because sometimes silence was golden.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read: \u201cIn less than four weeks, Chief Achike Udenwa who governed Imo State from 1999 to 2007 has launched unprecedented media attacks against Governor Okorocha, Chief Ohakim and President Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Chief Ohakim had replied him, we decided to hold our peace because we believe that at times, silence is golden. But the two-term former governor has continued the attack on Imo governor for reasons that could only be known to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChief Udenwa is adjudged the worst governor Imo State has had; both military and civilian. He blew away the eight years he held sway as governor and should not blame anybody but himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he feels that this claim is false, let him be patriotic enough to publish his achievements for the eight years he was governor and let Rochas Okorocha publish his own achievements for eight years also, since it is now eight years versus eight years. In fact, he is envious of Okorocha because while he left no footprint behind, Rochas Okorocha is leaving behind enviable footprints as Imo governor for eight years.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rochas Okorocha, Governor of Imo State, says former Governor Achike Udenwa, is the worst governor the state has ever had. In a statement issued by Sam Obwuemeodo, the Chief Press Secretary to Okorocha, the governor challenged Udenwa to publish his achievements in the eight years he served as governor for Imo people to compare notes. 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