Spokesman of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Simon Ebegbulem has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s stance on the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, Senator Hope Uzodinma, is very precise and clear.
According to him, this was seen at the presidential rally of the APC in Owerri on Tuesday, January 29, where President Buhari walked straight to Uzodinma, raised his hand and presented him to the large crowd of party faithful as the party’s candidate in the March 2 governorship election.
His words, “Director General of the Presidential Campaign Organisation, Rotimi Amaechi, had prompted the national chairman to come to the podium and declare who the governorship candidate of the party is.
“Consequent upon the presentation of all the party’s candidates contesting the various elective positions at the rally, Uzodinma was invited to address the rally, during which he canvassed votes for President Buhari in the February 16 presidential election and for other candidates of the APC.
“Obviously not happy that he could not impose his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, as the governorship candidate of the APC, outgoing Governor Rochas Okorocha had, through his speech at the rally, issued a veiled threat to work against the party and its governorship candidate in the March 2 election.
“While Okorocha claimed that he would mobilise votes for President Buhari, he insinuated he would not work for the APC in the other elections. To be sure, Governor Okorocha had since resorted to self-help by sponsoring his son-in-law’s governorship aspiration on the platform of the Action Alliance (AA), in a brazen anti-party act.
“But President Buhari, after recognizing and endorsing, had asked party faithful and Imo people to vote for APC candidates.
