The attention of the Orlu Political Consultative Assembly (OPOCA) has been drawn to an unparliamentary and gross dishonourable statement of Hon Akarachi Amadi, Member representing Mbaitoli and Ikeduru Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives of Nigeria,where he deliberately steered off the track of his so-called second reading of his bill for creation of additional four Local Government Areas out of his federal Constituency, to make a very reckless and derogatory remark about Orlu Zone and it’s number of Local Government Areas without commensurate population and landmass to justify them. He left what he was presenting and decided to justify his bogus demand by making mockery of Orlu Zone on how three Local Government Areas of the Zone put together is not a match to a single Local Government Area in his Constituency. What an infantile outburst and retrogressive digration?

Akarachi, from the outset of his presentation, did not exhibit a thorough homework and good understanding of the legislative business, and that obviously caused the avoidable blunders, which created loopholes that endangered and punctured his demand. The Rt. Honourable Speaker of the House of Representatives, being aware of his blunders and inability to perfect something logical and convincing even intervened by asking whether the four additional Local Government Areas will be for the three Zones of the State but he failed to understand the merit of the question and stiffly insisted that the proposed additional Council Areas will be for his Owerri Zone and indeed his Federal Constituency alone within their Zone. That shows a narrow-minded approach to such a strategic demand that requires tact, diplomacy, and a level of flexibility. By calling his attention to what appears to be a loophole that might suffocate his demand, he would have shown humility and quickly do a retraction and make it an Imo State thing bearing in mind that if there is any Zone that deserves additional Local Government Areas in the State for proper balancing, it is Okigwe Zone.

OPOCA takes exception to Akarachi’s reckless statement that tends to undermine the structure and size of Orlu Zone. Insinuating that a Local Government Area in his Federal Constituency is larger and more populated than three Local Government Areas of Orlu Zone put together is an overstatement and obviously mischievous. It is surprising that such mockery of Orlu Zone comes from someone like Hon Akarachi Amadi whose political fortune and kernel was nurtured and cracked respectively by the benevolent Orlu Zone that has suddenly become his pastime for ridicule and jest.

Was that comparison necessary? Couldn’t he have made his point and sustained his selfish demand for additional four Local Government Areas for his constituency alone without making that derogatory remark about the size and structure of Orlu which in his opinion doesn’t have the commensurate population and landmass for its twelve Local Government Area structure? It is indeed the height of mischief and insult on the good people of Orlu, more so when the facts on the ground clearly contradict his claim. For the avoidance of doubt, Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area alone posted more votes in the last election than Hon Akarachi’s federal constituency. The local government also competes well with his federal constituency in terms of land mass, etc. Sadly, Akarachi’s juvenile outburst
signposts immaturity, inexperience, and a clear lack of capacity to navigate serious political issues.

OPOCA sees Hon Akarachi Amadi as one of those hypocrites who masquerade as friends of Orlu Zone in the morning but plots its downfall with enemies in the night . How else would one situate this unsavory and inimical assault from a young man who has not only benefited from Orlu Zone but is still hovering around the Zone for more patronage? It is important to ask whether this young lawmaker is among those angling to takeover power from Orlu with the sole intent of rendering Orlu zone politically irrelevant perpetually.
Why has the Zone become a nightmare and name that must be dropped by whoever wants to curry public sympathy and solidarity? We are surprised that Akarachi is now among the Prophets and those standing to be counted for mobilizing and galvanizing against Orlu Zone. Orlu Zone has taken note of that posturing and calls on him to come out clean for us to know exactly where he belongs because the day of reckoning will soon be here.

As an Interventionist Organization that protects the interest of the Orlu Zone and its teeming people, OPOCA is disappointed that our sons in the Federal House of Representatives have not deemed it pertinent to make a statement over this unwarranted and unguarded utterances of Hon Akarachi Amadi that is aimed to undermine the corporate and political existence of the Zone.We expect and indeed demand immediate and appropriate response from our representatives at the National Assembly Abuja, to put things in their right perspectives against the anti Orlu sentiments vomitted by the young Lawmaker from Mbaitoli and Ikeduru Federal Constituency, Hon
Akarachi Amadi. For them to continue keeping quiet and behaving as if nothing went wrong sends a wrong signal, and that could be interpreted as docility, insensitivity, or even being compromised for whatever reason best known to them.

Finally, OPOCA wishes to call on the Nigerian public, the Speaker and Members of the Federal House Representatives Abuja, to discountenance Hon Akarachi Amadi’s submission as concerned his demand for additional four Local Government Areas for his Federal Constituency. It is not only a bogus demand but a ploy to ridicule and undermine Orlu Zone. By demanding a whooping four new Council Areas, Akarachi wants his Owerrri Zone to have thirteen Council Areas and his Federal Constituency a total of six. That implies that his selfish sole motivation is to by all means jostling to topple Orlu Zone and make his Owerri Zone the new Octopus of Imo State. So,Orlu Zone is now Akarachi’s headache?

Thank God that this insensitive, selfish, and reckless intent and demand has been exposed ahead of the so-called Chatter of Inequities. Imo is becoming wiser by the day.

Signed:

Hon Chief Greg Obioha,
Spokesperson, OPOCA High Command and Conclave.