Nonso Chinonso Uba: For Too Long, Uzodinma Has Endured Him

By Ikenna Samuelson Iwuoha

“I know we have freedom of speech, but must we talk ourselves into trouble, and without evidence? Processing what we say is important. This is not the first, second, third, fourth or fifth time Nonso Nkwa would be making wild allegations against Governor  Uzodinma”

Nonsokwa is  a  popular radio presenter in Imo State.  He is my fellow comrade,   brother and friend. I won’t  and can’t,  deny him, especially, now that he is in a very  big pit and sh*t. Nevertheless, I must make some clarifications on the current issue, as it concerns Nonsonkwa, Force Headquarters of the Nigeria Police and his allegations against His Excellency Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State.

Before I begin,  let  me  State here that  Sociopolitical  Crusade remains the  fulcrum through which Activism revolves. I am a notable Activist. A core one for that matter.  I am very decisive, goal oriented,  single-minded and very ruthless in my Activism. My Aim and Objective have always been to produce results. I don’t look for public applause. I don’t play to the gallery. And I don’t make wild allegations against people. I always have my facts. However,  when I make mistake, I try as much as possible to make amends.

I have confronted the law on many occasions. I have done things which, perhaps,  nobody has imagined or attempted. However, I am a law abiding citizen. I respect constituted authority. I have also used my Activism to promote Good Governance and  to rescue innocent members of the public, who were unjustly maltreated.  All these are verifiable.

Back to Nonsonkwa.  Like I said earlier, he is my fellow comrade,  brother and friend.  Police Officers from Force Headquarters Abuja effected his arrest  based on allegations of threat to State security.

Not long ago, a video of Nonsokwa surfaced online  wherein he pointedly accused His Excellency Governor Hope Uzodimma and one Asari Dokubo of being responsible for the killings in Imo State.

I watched  that video. Honestly, I was aghast and dumbfounded. I sent  a memo to Nonsonkwa, drawing his attention to that video… ,zHhhhhhhmmmmmm, for me, he crossed the red line.

I personally don’t like Asari Dokubo. The Guy talks carelessly and disingenuously. But Hope Uzodimma is our Governor, our father and political leader of the State. A man who is genuinely doing his best for the state.  Rather than appreciate his good works, Nonsokwa stepped out to accuse him of killing Imo citizens. This is totally wrong, and should be condemned.

This is not the  first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth time Nonsokwa would be making wild allegations against Governor Hope Uzodimma within the last 43 months.  I have personally rescued him from trouble, on a number of occasions.

In  December  2021,  Nonsokwa committed a  crime bordering on State security in Imo State. The Department of State Security, DSS, Imo Command, invited him. He refused to honour the invitation. He was invited the second time, he turned it down. I know the terrain.  I knew that the next available option would be to arrest Nonsonkwa  with force. So I stepped into the matter. I called the Imo State  Director Of DSS, Dr Wilcox  and pledged to produce Nonsokwa. I also extracted the promise that if I produced him, he would be released back to me, same day. Let me at this point declare that Dr Wilcox is a humble, disciplined, God fearing, cool headed  and very responsible , but  decisive  officer.

So I called Nonsokwa and practically forced him to follow me to DSS Owerri office.  We sorted out all the grey areas, and Dr Wilcox  kept his word and released Nonsonkwa back to me and we came back.

Unfortunately,  Nonsonkwa continued to operate in a vacuum of his imagination, jumping from one accusation to another accusation, against the Imo State Government, without cogent  facts. Infact, I  had cause to do a rejoinder to one of his  unsubstantiated allegations against Governor Hope Uzodimma.

Also, I have on a number of occasions reached out to my brother and friend, Nonsokwa,  to always process what he says before saying them so as not to fall into wahala, like  this one. I know we have freedom of speech, but must we talk ourselves into trouble? This is where “PROCESSING OUR THOUGHTS COMES INTO PLAY”.

Now that Nonsonkwa has accused His Excellency Governor Hope Uzodimma of conniving with Asari Dokubo to kill Imo Citizens, and he has been picked up by Force Headquarters Abuja, let him prove his allegation.  Since the past three days, Nonsokwa was arrested , some little minds have been calling and further abusing Governor Hope Uzodimma, accusing him of deliberately trying to silence Nonsonkwa. This is not true. Rather,  Governor Hope Uzodimma is the injured person. His subject, Nonsokwa, who has all along  been stabbing him with knives, stepped up and  stabbed him with a dagger, accusing him of murdering Imo citizens……….. Let me add here that if this matter goes to court and Nonsonkwa has no evidence of his allegation, he will be jailed 7years.

I am therefore calling on those calling  for the release of Nonsokwa, and at the same time abusing the Governor,  to thread carefully. The Governor is the injured person. He is the victim. He is the wounded person.  Infact,  the  Imo State Government has been labelled a Blood Sucking Government  by Nonsonkwa.. So Government wants to prove itself innocent of the allegation by reporting to the appropriate quarters to investigate. What supporters of Nonsonkwa should be doing now is to  show remorse,  and also,  thread carefully.

It is not my wish that Nonsonkwa should go to prison, but  his  supposed supporters  must  thread carefully.

*Iwuoha, an activist, social crusader and political commentator wrote in from Owerri.