Imo now 'Obimo' state? Okorocha plasters Owerri with Obama billboards

The Obama-Okorocha billboards that triggered the buzz this morning, taken from inside a car

Okorocha-Obama, with Buhari. The original photgraph

Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state is in the news again over the visit to the United States by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The last time, Okorocha was caught redhanded sleeping by the camera at a meeting in Washington between Buhari and the World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim. The photograph went viral on the net.

Today, five days after the visit, the controversial governor has stirred a new buzz on the net with his decision or maybe his sycophants’ to plaster the city of Owerri with billboards, showing him and President Barack Obama.

One tweet thumbed the governor so low and queried why the governor is showcasing the photo, as if it is testimonial of achievement. Some other tweets urge Okorocha to pay his workers first, instead of wasting money on billboards. One tweet taunts him to rename Imo state as ‘Obimo state’.

Here are some of those tweets. You can also join the discussion.

On the governor’s twitter account, he actually posted other memorable photographs about himself during the visit.

Obama and Okorocha in another photo-op

Okorocha and John Kerry, US Secretary of State

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