AHANONU KINGSLEY BLOG

News filtering in is that Imo state deputy governor was today, the 30th of July, impeached by the House of Assembly. Though the impeachment of the deputy guvnor of Imo state was not unexpected, going by the fallout he had with his principal, Rochas Okorocha, the hastiness with which the act was orchestrated speaks more volume. It was just a week ago that the notice of impeachment was served the deputy governor on trumped up charges, which were mere strike to perfect the act. (For if they were reasons enough, they'd been all there this while). And only just two weeks earlier that the motion for his removal was moved. Meanwhile, what's my take on this? I would say that what's happening to Eze Madumere is a return of the wizardry that he watched sent to his predecessor, Jude Agbaso, and from which he benefited. It's, at that time his moment of excitement, when in a fast pace approach, Agbaso was axed out and he,  Madumere quickly brought in as replacement. The s

First, we will have to distinguish between the two concepts of growth and maturity. This is very critical if we must understand the issue at hand; and not only that, but for the apparent conflict of meaning generally seen in the two. What then, is growing? Growth is a physical process of increasing in size, and shape . It's entirely a structural mechanism where the biological cleaving and differentiation of the cells and tissues cumulatively lead to the outward increase of the body. Growth thus, is an involuntary phenomenon which ordinarily responds to the natural process for which every life bearing substance is bound.    We have defined growth. But then, maturity. On the contrary, to mature is to consciously give in to the processes of developing the mind, and giving the self to values that are expected of an individual that has taken the natural growth. It's the gradual yet continuous and dedicated improvement of the mind to think and reason within the ambit of approp

The incident that played out yesterday in Benue state, involving the governor and some youths of the state, is something worth discussing on. It's indeed an issue of deep thought, considering chiefly the deep implication it holds. Beyond the apparent disdain for the ruling party, the APC, which was shown by the youths,  what transpired yesterday signified something deep, something surreal, that just needs to be dug further to appreciate. It is something that is fitting and worth further pondering upon. "What even played out yesterday?" one may ask. It is that the governor of Benue state,  Sam Ortom, set to go for a scheduled meeting with the leadership of the APC in Abuja, was literarily waylaid by some acclaimed youth leaders and swiftly asked to dump the idea. Even against pleas of noncompromise and effective representation by the governor, the insistence was for the governor to stay the visit. It should be noted that Mr Ortom had assured the APC hierarchy of a

32 House of Representatives members and 15 Senators jumped ship in political party affiliation yesterday. And as expected, so much has been said about this defection of lawmakers from the ruling party. Enough furore has been generated since the action went public. But the question I ask is: was this action not expected? The action that took place within the floors of the two chambers yesterday is merely an outcome of the silent noises of bickering over dissatisfaction that played out within the ruling APC. It's merely a political event, not new in this clime, not new to APC. The skirmishes within the ruling party had long been envisaged even right from the beginning of this administration. What many will posit as the crack was just a culmination of the infractions within the ranks and files.  The defection is just a breaking of the camel's back. Here,  I will state that the ruling party failed in managing its house;  in not containing the discontentment when the signs