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Gov Ihedioha has achieved only one thing in Imo since he came to power —Okorocha

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The media war between former Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, and Governor Emeka Ihedioha, continued Wednesday with the former saying his successor had only been able to achieve one thing since coming to power.

According to Okorocha, of all the promises Ihedioha made to the people of Imo, the only one he had fulfilled was stepping on his toes and those of his family members.

The former governor also accused Ihedioha of ‘fighting’ him because of the defeat he and his party, PDP, suffered during 2011 and 2015 elections in the state.

Okorocha stated this in a statement on Wednesday by his media aide, Sam Onwuemeodo, adding that the PDP-led government of Imo state had been destroying his projects in order to discredit his achievements.

“Governor Emeka Ihedioha-led PDP government in the state is simply fighting back over the defeat they suffered in 2011, and 2015 at the hands of Senator Rochas Okorocha.

“They are also playing the politics of how to remain in power in the state having known that they didn’t win the 2019 governorship election because before now, nobody had become the governor of the state with bloated figures from only three local governments out of the 27 in the state.

“In 2011, Senator Okorocha defeated the incumbent then and the PDP candidate, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, and reduced the party’s members in the state House of Assembly from 27 to 6, and they are seeing this time as a fight-back period.

“In 2015, Chief Emeka Ihedioha also lost to Okorocha. And they also believed that the pressure mounted on them by the APC led by Okorocha in the South-East contributed to the defeat of their Presidential Candidate because they could not maximally do what they know how to do best. Governor Ihedioha and his party are using this period too, to fight back.

“For them too, having known that Imo remains the stronghold of APC in the South-East, they now feel that once APC is destroyed in Imo, the party has been destroyed in the South East. That is another major reason behind the current hostility against Okorocha, his amazing achievements and the APC members in Imo.

“Governor Ihedioha has also got about N109 billion including the N42.5 billion Okorocha left for him, money from the Federation Account, the Local Government Allocations, Internally Generated Revenue, the 13 per cent derivation funds, but he has not filled one pothole since he came.

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“It is also worth stating that of all the promises Governor Ihedioha made to Imo people only one has been fulfilled. And that is the promise that he would step on Okorocha’s toes. He has been stepping on the toes of the former governor and his family to the extent that Imo people are now asking him, whether Okorocha and family represent governance. He has not answered this question.”

Governor Ihedioha has constantly accused Okorocha of ruining Imo during his eight-year reign.

Okorocha, who now represents Imo West at the Senate, has kept firing back at the governor, accusing him and his government of witch-hunting him and his family members.

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