2019: Catholic Church in full support of my choice of successor, Okorocha boasts

Amid alleged abuse of the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri, Anthony Obinna, Governor Rochas Okorocha has boasted that he has the full support of Catholic Church members in Imo state.

He stated that he was certain over 95 per cent members of the church will vote for his supposed choice of successor as the next governor of the State, Uche Nwosu.

Nwosu, who is Okorocha’s son-in-law and his Chief of Staff, was recently accused of supervising an assault on Obinna by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during an event in the state.

But Okorocha, who has openly declared his son-in-law as his choice of successor, said in a statement through his chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, on Monday that he has never offended the archbishop, adding that he is convinced that 95 per cent of members of the Catholic church in the state will vote for his choice of successor in 2019.

The statement read, “In 2019, no doubt, the members of the Diocese will also vote for the governor’s choice for the governorship because they know the truth of this whole story. They know that the governor has never in any way offended the Archbishop or the Diocese.

“In 2011 and 2015 respectively, Governor Okorocha and his Party APC won overwhelmingly in Owerri Municipal where most members of Owerri Catholic Diocese reside.

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“And more than 95 per cent of members of the Diocese, including the archbishop’s senior brother and a frontline politician in the state, Sir Paddy Obinna have remained as we write, strong supporters of the governor and the Rescue Mission administration.”

He went further to say, “We also want to use this opportunity to appeal to The Leader newspaper owned by the Diocese to stop damaging the reputation of the Archbishop by publishing falsehood and blackmails as if it is an opposition medium.”

 

 

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