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The
former Governor of Imo State, Chief Ethelbert Okorocha’s perceived battle to
wrestle the structures of Imo State All Progressives Congress may have hit the
rock with his men dumping him in support of Governor Hope of Uzodinma.
Governor
Hope Uzodinma, on Monday, received in audience the former Secretary to the
Government of Imo State, Sir George Eche, former APC Chairman, Chief Hilary
Ekeh, former Commissioners and other appointees numbering over one hundred who
served under Rochas Okorocha led defunct Rescue Mission administration when
they paid him a solidarity visit.
Speaking
for former Okorocha’s men, Chief Jones Uzoka paid glowing tributes to Governor
Uzodinma for returning APC to power in the state, thereby giving them a sigh of
relief.
The
former commissioners and appointees said they have resolved to give Governor
Uzodimma all the support he needs to succeed, including the effort he is making
to ensure that the APC is made a strong and united party in Imo and by
extension, the South East.
Governor
Uzodimma said the APC State Congress will take place in an atmosphere devoid of
rancour and bickering, even as he reiterated his resolve to build the Party as
a strong and united one.
The
governor called on the APC members to put the past behind them and focus on
politics that takes care of today, yesterday and tomorrow.
Governor
Uzodimma reminded the party members that they are one and will only make
progress in a united APC where the Party is seen as supreme.
“I
am open to building a party that will serve the people. That is why I have
invited all members to come home and help me to create happiness in Imo and
that is the only thing that makes power meaningful.
“With
effective, united, strong and viral APC in Imo State there is the tendency for
APC to spread and capture power in the South East by being in power not only in
Imo but in the other four States of the Zone”.
Uzodinma
regretted the local government election not yet conducted because of the corona
virus and the need for unity in the party to be achieved.
On
the Okigwe Senatorial bye election he said he has no candidate of his own and
that if he is opportune to vote, he will only vote for one of the 13 candidates
like every other legible member of the APC in the State. He therefore enjoined
all and sundry to forget about the old order and key into the new order that
recognizes the tenets of democracy.
Earlier,
the leader of the team and former Commissioner for Petroleum in Imo State Chief
Jones Uzoka, said they came to pledge their unalloyed support to Governor
Uzodimma’s administration and to support the Governor to rebuild the party and
avoid factionalisation.
He
acknowledged the positive performance of the Governor and thanked him for
working hard to bring them out from the political oblivion of the immediate
past administration.
He
also thanked the Governor for his magnanimity to their group which includes the
return of their vehicles seized by the PDP short-lived administration in Imo
State and pleaded that the Governor helps to also return their seized landed
property.
Making
clarification on the visit, former Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze
Madumere appealed to APC members in the state to bury the hatchet and key into
the new order, insisting that the government in power in Imo State is for all
of them and that the best way to reap from it is by supporting the
administration of Governor Uzodimma. Madumere urged them to go out and defend
the APC Government.
Madumere
had led the APC stakeholders to pass a confidence vote on Governor Uzodinma and
his 3Rs Agenda, calling on all to support him as he works for the betterment of
the people of the State. He also insisted that there is only one party leader
in the state led by the Governor.
In
a speech to welcome the guests, the Chairman of APC in Imo State, Chief
Marcellus Nlemigbo told them that they are APC members and that they have
renewed their membership by coming to the Government House and so entitled to
all rights and privileges of members of the APC.
He pleaded with them to go out
and support the government of Governor Uzodimma.
Present
at the meeting were the Deputy Governor of Imo State Prof. Placid Njoku, the
Secretary to the State Government, Chief Cosmas Iwu, the Chief of Staff, Barr.
Nnamdi Anyaehie and members of the Expanded Exco.
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