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Senator Hope Uzodinma |
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Imo State governorship candidate in
the last general election, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has said Governor
Rochas Okorocha and his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu have no political value
in the state having failed to win elections despite the deployment of
state resources to their advantage.
Uzodinma said this in a statement issued at the weekend by the
Director of Media and Special Duties of his campaign organization,
Declan Mbadiwe Emelumba.
He was reacting to a statement credited to both Okorocha and his son-in-law
that APC lost because Nwosu was not given the opportunity to bear the
party’s governorship flag in the last elections in the state.
According to Uzodinma, the statement from the duo confirmed that the destruction of the party was their primary concern.
“It is truly pathetic that Okorocha and Nwosu are celebrating their
defeat in the polls. Because of their evil infested minds, defeat for
APC amounts to victory for them. This crooked reasoning only goes to
confirm what is already in public domain which is that he and his
father-in-law set out from the beginning to destroy APC in Imo
consequent upon which they colluded with the PDP to exclude the votes
cast for the party in the elections, from the final collation,” he said.
Uzodinma who described Uche Nwosu as a political infant, insisted
that he was no match to him in any electoral contest as he had won his
senatorial elections back to back while the AA candidate has never won
any election in his life and lost the only election he ever contested.
“Is it not curious that the man who was backed by an incumbent
governor; a man whom the resources of Imo State was put on his behest; a
man who shared one million naira per booth in the election still failed
to win, yet they are celebrating their failure?”’ Senator Uzodinma
asked.
The Senator representing Imo west senatorial district argued that in
spite of intimidation and vote- buying, Uche Nwosu and his father-in-law
could not procure victory because Imo people roundly rejected them.
“Why has Okorocha not received his Certificate of Return? Simple,
they forced the returning officer to declare him winner. That is the
only style Uche Nwosu and his father-in-law are used to. That was how
they got the so-called House of Reps and House of Assembly seats. Even
in Oru East, where I won with over 20,000 votes, how can anyone explain
that the House of Assembly member could not win. But those results won’t
stand”, he declared.
Uzodinma insisted that he remained the most popular candidate in the
governorship election and that he won the election by majority of votes
cast.
He said he was confident that the tribunal will ensure that justice
is done and shame those on a mission to destroy the APC in Imo State.
“How can people who sold out to PDP shamelessly ask to be taken back
to the same APC which they tried to destroy? That is to show you the
true colour of those who attempted to convert Imo to their personal
property,” he said.
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