As Ohakim quits active politics?

The immediate past governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim had reportedly quit active partisan politics, ‘temporarily’ though. Ohakim who announced the decision at his Okohia, Isiala-Mbano Local Government Area (LGA) on Sunday 14 August 2016, stated that he was too intelligent to be involved in the ongoing ‘brigandage’ in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Having disclosed that he wanted to go on ‘sabbatical’ and focus on mentoring young people coupled with his Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), the Imo politician equally stated that he was not asking any of his supporters/followers to follow him. He went further to express regret that the PDP leaders had been taking deliberate steps to destabilise it.
It is obvious that the reason behind the unceremonious vacation is not unconnected with the lingering crisis befalling the PDP; it is not news that, for some time now, the PDP has been in a parlous state. This was exactly how the former Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani, also of the PDP, publicly declared his intent to retire from active politics few months ago. Until now, his followers are earnestly awaiting his next line of action. However, few weeks ago, the news went viral that Nnamani had concluded all plans to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Unequivocally, the news that Chief Ikedi Ohakim had quit active partisan politics is, to say the least, laughable and ridiculous. Suchlike unpredicted move has succeeded in convincing most people that Nigerian politicians have acquired a new style of leaving their various political parties for another.
It is indeed a wake-up call to their respective fans. Such ongoing scenario beats my psyche intensely because, at the end, their followers stand to suffer the injury incurred in the process. This is conspicuously the ripe time to intimate the electorate on what they need to realize regarding leadership and follower ship, else failure to do so, the Nigerian society stands to lose. There are no two ways about it.
Since we aren’t unaware that Chief Ohakim can only genuinely exit from active politics over his dead body, considering how talented and gifted he is in the game of politics or whenever the said game is mentioned, it’s needless to reiterate that the politician in question is only trying to exercise his notable smart nature by putting up the so-called French-leave. Our politicians must learn to comprehend that, defection isn’t in any way wholesome to any socio-political terrain, let alone doing so albeit deceitfully.
There is power in opposition. Hence, it is not only the ruling party that is in power as being presumed. We often tend to misunderstand the fact, thereby making us misinterpret the prime essence of opposition in a democratic reign. Read my lips; there will never be good governance in any society whatsoever without viable and sound opposition. Opposition was originally designed to engineer the implementation of the policies that would usher in the anticipated governance. However, it is unarguably pathetic that in this part of the world, particularly Nigeria, our politicians usually tend to confuse the actual impact of opposition on nation building.
Besides, why would a party stalwart resign his membership owing to an ongoing internal crisis? To me, such uncalled act is not unlike a situation where you are fighting or chasing the devil with a relative, and the relation in question ends up addressing you as the devil. We must learn to fight to the end regardless of the enormity of the circumstance; I want to strongly disabuse us of the notion that, in a given organization, some are expected to cultivate while others are meant to reap thereafter.
In a union of two or more persons, misunderstanding or challenges are bound to set in; it is a natural phenomenon. It is not about the challenge; it is about how the overall members unanimously try to overcome it. In other words, we should not absorb any challenge as the end of the road. Challenges, which mainly lead to fortification, are arguably consequential if we are interested in moving ahead or unalloyed progression. Therefore, I candidly put it up to you that Chief Ohakim, among others of like minds, has derailed. I said so because, they left when the party they have enjoyed its membership for years needed them most.
As the founding members of the PDP, this is the time they are required to employ their expertise towards resolving the inferno that is bedeviling the party. We cannot take a leave at a time our services are needed most. We are aware that dynamism is required of every politician but when betrayal is involved, it becomes a social deviance. Smartness is undoubtedly consequential but when it is targeted towards the downfall of your immediate family, it becomes preposterous and irrational.