You do not judge a book by its cover is an aphorism often quoted to counter deceptive surface appearances where there are layers and layers of onion peels before unearthing the core of a person’s being. Going by the unraveling of outgoing governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, who would believe that he once aspired to be Nigeria’s president. In fact, he still does, and could be said to coming ever closer to it than ever before since he now has a national image to lean on, even if a comic one at that.
With the Rochas Okorocha Foundation that offers free scholarships to indigent students and his seemingly nationalistic fervour, he sold himself to Nigerians and particularly to Imo people as the political messiah who would cleanse the mess Ihedioha Ohakim made of the state. He has a certain bombastic hallow about himself that creates a looming image of the hero of the poor and helpless. But upon assuming office and a few years into governance, the hollowness of the man began to eme…
With the Rochas Okorocha Foundation that offers free scholarships to indigent students and his seemingly nationalistic fervour, he sold himself to Nigerians and particularly to Imo people as the political messiah who would cleanse the mess Ihedioha Ohakim made of the state. He has a certain bombastic hallow about himself that creates a looming image of the hero of the poor and helpless. But upon assuming office and a few years into governance, the hollowness of the man began to eme…