Former Governor of Imo State, now Senator representing Orlu Zone in the senate, Rochas Okorocha has denied media reports that he has begun campaigning for Uche Nwosu’s governorship ambition in 2023.
Uche Nwosu is Senator Okorocha’s son in law, a former Chief of Staff, Government House, Owerri, when the latter was governor of Imo State.
Nwosu had vied for the 2019 governorship election on the platform of the Action Alliance, AA. He placed second in the contest.
In a statement by Okorocha’s Media Adviser, Monday, Sam Onwuemedo, the former governor said he has no reason to campaign for Nwosu when the latter has not told anyone he is eying Imo guber in 2023.
“Against the backdrop of all these, there was no reason for Okorocha to begin to campaign for Nwosu who has not told anybody that he is interested in the Imo guber again” Mr. Onwuemedo wrote
He added that “the whole truth is that Okorocha has not begun to campaign for Nwosu for the 2023 Imo Guber. The report to that effect, was totally false”
“Those who are still cowed by Okorochas’s monumental achievements as governor, and who have been finding it difficult to cope with the burden of governance, and who also think that the only way they can measure up or level up is by either destroying some of Okorocha’s signature projects or by blackmailing him, injected virus into that innocent comment to achieve their petty goal. Having been denied his obvious victory in the 2019 governorship election, Nwosu had since, moved on with his life. Okorocha had also kept that incident behind him” part of the statement read.
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