“A man who cherishes great ideas and has performed only small acts….”Johann Schiller, 1759-87
That was the way Schiller described one elected official of his day. He could easily have been speaking of the governor of Imo State today.

I am not good at writing obituaries; especially when several hundred thousand people wish that somehow a dead organisation must wake up. But for the depositors of Savanah Bank Plc and Societe Generale the truth must be told in order to get them to come to terms with their misfortune and move on with their lives.

This petition would not have become necessary if the President of Nigeria, who is a candidate, and you, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had not vowed to conduct a free and fair election.

“Security is a challenge to any government. Before this time we never had any kidnapping in Nigeria. We never had the problem of car bomb in Nigeria…The first kidnapping we had was in 2006 when I was a Deputy Governor..If anything happens and government does not handle it on time, selfish people exploit it for commercial purposes”.

If you believe Commissioner Rugbere, you will believe anything. You are clearly not fit to be an Area Boy. With all due respects, the CP, Akwa Ibom can go and say that to the marines. Let me quickly give some reasons, which though not meant to embarrass the CP, but which cast doubt on the ability of his “men already in the bush” to perform. Just a few weeks ago, three kidnappers already in police custody, in Uyo, escaped and have not been caught since by the “men already in the bush”.