Okorocha denies demolishing Ihenacho’s buildings

www.odogwublog.com reports that Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha reacting to an interview granted to one of the national dailies by former minister of Interior, captain Emmanuel Ihenacho that his demolition exercise was purely to pull down buildings, the chief executive has debunk this, insisting that only shanties and kiosks obstructing the major roads were affected.

He also denied being a dictator as Ihenacho had allegedly described him on his policies in revamping the state. According to Governor Okorocha who had described the former minister's comment as a cheap blackmail, challenged him to come up with facts as captioned in the interview "Imo is in trouble under governor Okorocha"

Governor Okorocha who reacted through his chief press secretary,Sam Onwuemeodo noted that after thorough analysis of the interview discovered that Ihenacho had said anything to justify the accusations against him," we could not find any accusations, he only talked about the governor demolishing houses in his on-going urban renewal programme. He could not also explain how the state is in trouble under Okorocha"

He further said "For the umpteenth time, we had told those who care much about the truth that no building has been demolished since the dualization exercise on some major roads in Owerri began. What had been demolished were fences, shanties and kiosks erected on the roads involved. And we have challenged anybody including Captain Iheanacho to mention or publish the location of any building that has been demolished including his own, but all to no avail"

On the allegation of dismal performance leveled on Governor Okorocha of non-performance by the else minister,he affirmed that Ihenacho was only" licking his wound" of defeat he suffered as a result of his victory over him in the 2015 governorship election.

"Again, Captain Iheanacho with due respect, is a brief-case politician who sees politics as part of his personal business, the expectation at the end of the day is the huge profit. And that was the reason he could not win at least in his Owerri North Local Government, in the 2015 governorship election" Governor Okorocha stated.