GOVERNOR OKOROCHA ROASTS CORN BY THE ROADSIDE

Owelle Rochas Okorocha has lived a life of populism but his latest stunt “has no part two” – to use a popular Nigerian phrase.
In the accompanying photo, the multimillionaire Governor of Imo State is seen roasting corn – a favourite seasonal Nigerian snack – by the roadside. He is driving through a street and sees a woman, her little child on her laps, roasting corn for sale to eke out a living.
To everyone’s surprise, Governor Okorocha orders his driver to stop, hops down, walks briskly to the woman’s business spot and takes over the roasting of the corn. What is more, he also carries the woman’s son as he roasts the corn – just as the woman had been doing – to the admiration of the gathering crowd.
News Express could not immediately confirm in which part of the state the incident took place and when – although it appears to have happened very recently. News Express repeatedly called the governor’s spokesman, Mr. Ebere Uzoukwa, but he did not pick. The photo has gone viral on the social networks.
 A wealthy businessman who habours presidential ambition, Okorocha is well known for populist acts. Long before he became governor, he built well-equipped boarding schools where brilliant children of indigent parents were offered full scholarship and enjoyed the best of facilities.
While campaigning for governor ahead of the April 2011 elections, Okorocha freely mixed with the masses, riding in tricycles known locally as Keke NAPEP during his street campaigns. It proved to be a masterstroke in the face of the then government’s refusal to allow him to use the state’s electronic media or public venues to campaign.
The 50 years old Okorocha came to power on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) but has joined the emergent mega oppostion party, All progressives Congress (APC), as a founding member.
Source News Express