Okorocha described Umeh as a failed legislator who could not find his feet in the Senate
noting that Umeh’s recent attack against him was a ploy to get cheap popularity, which he said had eluded him since he was admitted into the Senate.
In a statement signed by Okorocha's Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, the Governor said: “Chief Umeh has turned himself into an interesting Spectator in a Senate he should be a key player or participant. And he has come to realize that being a Party Chairman is a different ball game when compared with being a Senator.
“Nigerians have seen that Chief Victor Umeh has not been able to find his feet in the Senate since he was elected into that upper Chamber of the National Assembly. He has been staggering, thinking about which leg to put forward first.
“And for this reason, he has not been getting the kind of media attention he was enjoying free of any charge when he held sway as the National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA).
“Having been starved of media Publicity as a result of his abysmal
outing in the Senate, Umeh felt that the only way he could get the
needed attention from the media was by attacking Governor Rochas
Okorocha and unwarranted too, leveraging on the impeachment moves
against the Deputy Governor of the State, Prince Eze Madumere by the
State House of Assembly.
“In his recent attack against the Imo governor, he concluded by alluding that ‘God would impeach Governor Okorocha’. And you begin to wonder where Chief Umeh was coming from especially when one remembers that he has never been heard on the floor of the Senate even for a day, either for his constituents or for Anambra people or for the Nigerian people.
“In his recent attack against the Imo governor, he concluded by alluding that ‘God would impeach Governor Okorocha’. And you begin to wonder where Chief Umeh was coming from especially when one remembers that he has never been heard on the floor of the Senate even for a day, either for his constituents or for Anambra people or for the Nigerian people.
“He has continued to talk about how he made Rochas Okorocha governor in Imo in 2011 when he could not do that before 2011 and could not also do that after Rochas had left APGA. And he could not do that in any other State in the South-East even Enugu that is closer to him. And in his Senatorial Zone, PDP had produced the Senators until he came up recently.
“Chief Umeh should justify his trip to the Senate. Attacking Rochas Okorocha won’t be an acceptable justification for his inaction. His zone is being ravaged by erosion. He can begin with a motion on that. And nothing stops him from engaging a Consultant since one does not give what he does not have. Finally, we want to ask Chief Umeh to face his Challenges in the Senate and leave Rochas Okorocha alone”.
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