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| L- Richard Romanus R- Sen. John Owan Enoh |
|by Richie Romanus| 11 October, 2017
I had
decided to take a break from talking about the forthcoming general elections
especially as it concerns Central Senatorial District which happens to be my
immediate senatorial district but the more I try, the more I keep seeing all
manner of write ups authored by people I respect and admire so much advancing
lame reasons why the incumbent Senator in the person of Senator John Owan Enoh
should be re-elected.
If they is
anything I have learnt early in life, it is that, nature has its way of always
paying back every single deed whether good or bad no matter how long it takes.
Just incase
some of them have forgotten, left for Senator John Owan Enoh alone, nothing I
mean nothing would have stopped Senator Victor Ndoma Egba from returning to the
red chamber in 2015. It took the active collaboration of the then Governor,
Senator Liyel Imoke to ensure that Senator Victor Ndoma Egba was replaced with
Senator John Enoch in a very crude and heartless manner. Because of Senator
Owan's ambition, Senator Victor was 'dis-familied' from the PDP family.
Because of him, the second most powerful and influential
Senate leader Nigeria has ever had after Late Senator Olusula Saraki of Kwara
State,was ridicule, disappointed, maligned, disgraced,abused and trampled upon.
While the duo of Senator David Mark and Senator Ike Ekweremadu who were Senate
President and deputy Senate President scrambled their way, anxiously
anticipating the emergence of Senator Ndoma Egba so as to complete the tripod
stand that made up the then Senate, The Governor ensured that nothing like that
happened with Senator Owan Enoh as the willing tool.
Less than
three years later, a little of such ugly treatment himself and the then
Governor meted on Senator Victor was allededly meted on him,he cried foul to
the extent of dumping the very party that has made him the 'Political
grandmaster' most of his followers now claim he is. But the truth of the matter
is, no matter where he runs to, the bitch called Karma is real. What goes around
comes around. If every other thing does not stop him, nature will stop him that
I am very sure.
Senator Owan
Enoh newly recruited praise singers keep telling us how well he has performed
both in and out of the red chambers and one question nobody seem to be
answering me is that 'Was Senator Victor Ndoma Egba underperforming before the
then Governor Liyel Imoke and Senator Owan Enoh masterminded the operation
Victor must go'? The answer is obviously NO as Senator Victor was always a
delight to watch and listen to in the Red Chamber. Even though I had my
reservations about him, I was always proud of him anytime he is on the floor of
the National Assembly making contributions yet nobody cared whether he was
performing or not, what rather mattered was how he can be ousted. If the
Nigeria Senate can do without the Senator Victor Ndoma Egbas,Senator Ita
Enangs, Senator George Sekibos, Senator Anyogu Ezes, Senator Smart Adeyemis of
these world, then it can obviously do without Senator John Owan Enoh.
What about
the Calabar/Ikom Federal highway that has remained a dead trap since God knows
when! The Senator's new recruits of praise singers are working hard to
exonerate him from the deplorable state of the road. Yet the truth is, himself
and his predecessor have no reason whatsoever not to have caused the then
Federal Government to work on that road considering the enormous powers that
was at their disposal as Chairman, House of Reps Committee on Appropriation and
Senate Leader in the last assembly. Even now, what has stopped him from
vigorously pursuing the rehabilitation of the road even as the Chairman, Senate
Committee on Finance? I am sure as usual, the road must have been traded for
other contracts that will only benefit him.
If for good
16 years as a National Assembly member, Senator Owan Enoh does not consider it
expedient and necessary to ensure that the Ikom/Calabar Highway is properly
rehabilitated in his time as a Senator of the Federal Republic at least to ease
the stress of the people he so claims to love and have represented well, then
he deserves to be replaced. Somebody else must be given an opportunity to go
and try.
To be
continued...
Richard Romanus
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