… Says threat to deal with civil servants undemocratic
Imo state governor Rochas Okorocha has warned the governor-elect and members of the PDP in the state to stop creating undue tension through their unguarded utterances and their provoking actions.
Okorocha said that aside allegation of looting which they have come up with, a government functionary with her official vehicle was recently molested by some youths in a branded PDP bus along Mbaise road, Owerri.
A statement by Sam Onwuemeodo, Chief Press Secretary to the governor said that the call became diametrically necessary as nobody could say what such action will lead to, in the event of response from the government supporters in the State.
Onwuemeodo argued that Governor Okorocha had run the most disciplined and truthful administration in the history of the State, with appointees of the government not known for bogus life-style or ostentatious living and nobody in the government can be associated with looting. Infact, what these PDP people are known for, is what they are imagining for others.
The statement further reads, we have also read the release by Ihedioha’s media aide telling Civil Servants in the State to stop taking directives from the government on seat or they would be “dealt with”. They specifically mentioned those in the ministry of lands and warned them to stop issuing Certificates of Occupancy.
Let’s quickly point out that “dealt with” is not the language of democracy. It was the language of the military. And for Ihedioha to be applying it only gives insight on what is to come.
We also want to ask the Civil Servants in the State to continue to carry out their lawful duties. There is a sitting government, and they have not committed any offence by taking directives from that government. But they will be committing offence if they take directives from a government that is yet to come.
Finally, Ihedioha should borrow a leaf from other governors-elect in other States.
