Uche Onyeagucha declares for Imo East Senatorial Seat

Frontline politician and former Secretary to the Imo State Government, Rt. Hon. Uche Onyeagucha has declared his intention to run to represent Imo East Senatorial District at the National Assembly in the year 2023 under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

His declaration was made through a video which has gone viral.

A lawyer and former member of the House Of Representatives (2003 – 2007), Onyeagucha is from Obinze in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State.

“I use this medium to humbly announce that I have decided to run to represent Imo East Senatorial District in the year 2023”.

“I am running this race with every sense of responsibility and accountability to Ndi Owerre Zone and Ndi Igbo at large. I seek your support and endorsement as I embark on this journey”

Onyeagucha noted that in recent years, “we have been faced with problems of insecurity, failed economy, and secessionist agitations”.

Reacting to the declaration, a political leader from Ogwa in Mbaitoli Local Government Area, Ben Emekowa who was elated at the declaration, described Onyeagucha as “another Abaribe in the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly. The kind of Senator we want”.

It would be recalled that Onyeagucha was a member of the Imo State Caucus at the House of Representatives that facilitated the Federal Government takeover of Alvan Ikoku College of Education in 2005.

Along with former Governor HE Emeka Ihedioha, late Bethel Amadi, Geff Ojinika, Patricia Udogu and others, the 2003 - 2007 Imo Caucus worked assiduously to secure approval for the nearly one billion Naira initial funding that ensured the Federal Government takeover of Alvan Ikoku College of Education.

The funding made it possible for the College to renovate dilapidated structures, build large classrooms, laboratories and hostels and expanded the staff strength.

It is also on record that then Imo State Caucus facilitated the transfer of the Owerri axis of Onitsha – Owerri expressway rehabilitation and reconstruction to Julius Berger, a move that resulted in the rapid completion of the project.

Noted for being very outspoken on critical national issues, Onyeagucha will if elected, fill the vacuum that will be created by the decision of Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe to contest for the governorship of Abia State.