How & Why Rochas Fell
By @Urchilla01
Rochas Okorocha was once the darling of the southeast.
He was a big philanthropist, funding free education ventures all over Nigeria, using his position with the Red Cross to solve a lot of problems
Then he decided to contest for the position of governor of Imo state
Everyone in the southeast was so happy about this, especially as he was contesting on the platform of APGA. Finally, he would have the power to translate his philanthropy into real, sustainable policies.
He was so so loved. In 2011, Imo state burnt Ohakim to get him into power.
Just like everyone prayed, he started his tenure like a man on fire. Projects were springing up everywhere. Roads were opening up through literal forests. Hospitals were springing up. School projects were kicking off.
What happened next? In 2013, he decided to join the APC. That’s where everything started to fall apart.
You see, with ndị Igbo, we can see from a mile away when you’ve already made the wrong move, and we can see from a distance just how it would play out. He was warned, but he wouldn’t listen.
Well, he won his reelection on the platform of the APC in 2015, and that’s where the issues began. Rochas Okorocha, the governor, became a stark contrast of Rochas Okorocha, the widely loved philanthropist.
Who led his chant for his head? Ndị Igbo. Who turned their backs on him when the APC that we warned him about finally burned him? Ndị Igbo.
You see, in Igbo language, we have many idioms. Some of them are:
- Ọkụkọ ntị ike ya-a nụ ịfe n’ite ofe (the stubborn fowl will finally heed advise in a pot of soup)
- A na-a gwalior nwata nee efi nee efi, ọ sị na ọrọ efi, nọ nzọ ụkwụ efi (when you try to alert a child to a rapidly approaching herd of cows, the child will disagree and say it just sounds like footsteps of cows)
- Asọkalịa eze anya, ekpulu nkata n’ihu gwa ya okwu (when everyone is scared to look the king in the face and tell him the truth, some day, someone will wear a basket on their head and do it)
- Alụsị kpakalịa ike, e gosi ya osisi e si wee pịa ya (when a deity does too much, the people it is supposed to serve will show it the tree from which it was carved)
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