OBI AGUOCHA: The Staff Of Moses Afflicted Egypt And Ndi Ikwuano/Umuahia Say They Have Felt The Same Staff For 3 Years And 9 Months – Mandate 27 Group

OBI AGUOCHA: The Staff Of Moses Afflicted Egypt And Ndi Ikwuano/Umuahia Say They Have Felt The Same Staff For 3 Years And 9 Months – Mandate 27 Group

Obi Aguocha, the Bible tells us that the staff of Moses was not a harmless walking stick. In the hands of the wrong man, or in the hands of a man at the wrong time, it became an instrument of affliction. The people of Ikwuano, Umuahia North and Umuahia South say that they know that staff well, because they have felt it since 2023.

Let us walk through the Scriptures, and let the people judge the resemblance.

In Exodus 7:17-21, the staff struck the waters of the Nile and turned them to blood. The fish died, the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink. The people of this constituency ask, what has become of the waters of benefit that were supposed to flow to them? Where are the boreholes, the projects and the interventions? A river that cannot give life to those who depend on it is as good as blood.

In Exodus 8:5-6 and 8:16-17, the staff brought frogs and gnats upon the land. They were small things, but they entered every home and gave no rest. The people say that is how empty promises feel. They come in swarms through press releases and media statements, they get into every conversation, and yet they feed nobody.

In Exodus 9:22-25, the staff was stretched toward heaven and hail fell on Egypt, destroying crops, livestock and everything left in the open. A farmer in Ikwuano, a trader in Umuahia and a pensioner in Umuahia South know what it means to watch hope destroyed in the open field while nobody comes to their defence.

In Exodus 10:12-15, the staff was stretched out again, and locusts covered the land and ate whatever the hail had left. That is the second wave, the one that finishes what the first began. It is the feeling of a people who were promised representation and then watched even the little they had be consumed.

In Exodus 14:16 and 14:26-28, the staff parted the Red Sea, and when the waters returned they covered Pharaoh’s army. Even the mighty fell when the staff was lifted against them.

And then there is Meribah. In Numbers 20:8-12, God told Moses to speak to the rock so that water would flow for the people. Instead, in anger, Moses struck the rock twice. Because of that moment, he was denied entry into the Promised Land. The lesson is plain. When a leader uses the instrument of office to strike instead of to serve, even a Moses can lose his future.

Honourable Aguocha, the people of this constituency are saying that you are carrying that staff. They say the afflictions of silence, unfulfilled promises, unanswered questions and a missing record have fallen on them. They have asked for ten wards with documented benefits, and none has been given. They have asked who received the palliative rice, and no list has been published. They have asked what became of the allowances and constituency funds, and the answer has been noise.

The people have had enough.

They have endured the frogs of propaganda, the hail of broken promises and the locusts of an empty scorecard. They are tired, and tiredness in a people is a dangerous thing for any politician who ignores it.

And so, as it is written in Exodus 12:13, when the people applied the blood to their doorposts, the destroyer passed over their houses. The people of Ikwuano, Umuahia North and Umuahia South now stand at their doorposts. They will not allow that affliction to come upon them a second time.

Let the staff be laid down, and let Egypt’s story remain in Egypt. May the Lord grant this constituency a season of rest, and may the ballot box speak with the voice of a people who have finally seen enough.