BY RALPH EJIMKONYE
Contrary to reports that former Governors of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha and Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha are about to reconcile, Okorocha’s son in law and 2019 Imo governorship candidate of the Action Alliance, AA, Uche Nwosu, has debunked the insinuation.
Senator Okorocha had claimed at a stakeholders meeting of the APC in February that his predecessor, Ihedioha had approached him for reconciliation.
Though Ihedioha never denied Okorocha’s claims.
“Okorocha is not making up with Emeka Ihedioha. Okorocha is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and Ihedioha is in the Peoples Democratic Party. There is no way Okorocha will be making up with Ihedioha who is in the PDP while he is in still in the APC” Nwosu was quoted by THE PUNCH.
He also refuted reports that Okorocha will dump the All Progressive Congress, APC.
There has been suspicion that Okorocha will join the PDP after being “frozen out” of the APC in the State as Governor Hope Uzodimma seems to be pocketing the party structure in the State.
Okorocha lately thrice has been guest of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, one of the governors in the South- South region elected on the platform of the PDP
Nwosu said “Okorocha has no plan to leave the APC. Don’t also forget that it was Ihedioha who set up the panel this government is now relying on to fight Okorocha. Okorocha is not in any way making up with Emeka Ihedioha, neither is he romancing with Ihedioha or the PDP. Okorocha is a founding chieftain of the APC and he is ready to help in moving Imo State forward.
Nwosu whose participation in the 2019 Imo governorship election was nullified by the Supreme Court, said Governor Hope Uzodimma shut the door on Okorocha and his supporters after he was sworn in as Governor.
“ Don’t forget that from the first day of this administration, Senator Okorocha has been supporting Uzodinma. My boss, Okorocha, flew in from Abuja to attend Uzodinma’s swearing in as governor. Immediately the Supreme Court declared Uzodinma as the governor of the state, Senator Okorocha called all his supporters to support the new governor to succeed. But it is unfortunate that Uzodinma shut the door on all the supporters of Okorocha and Okorocha himself. Even at that, Okorocha has been supporting the state government along with his supporters” he stated.
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