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IMO GUBER: Okorocha blames Oshiomhole, says posterity will judge him

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IMO GUBER: Okorocha blames Oshiomhole, says posterity will judge him

Governor Rochas Okorocha, has lambasted the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole for the party’s woeful performance in Imo State governorship election.

He equally lambasted the party governorship candidate in the state, Senator Hope Uzodinma, insisting that he was a ‘mole’ in APC.

The APC had come a distant fourth in the March 9 election, which saw the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Emeka Ihedioha, emerge as winner.

While, Okorocha’s son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, of the Action Alliance (AA) came second, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate in the state came third.

Okorocha had vowed Nwosu will succeed him and did everything possible to see him emerge as APC governorship candidate for Imo State.

But the Oshiomhole leadership of the APC instead chose Uzodinma as the candidate of the party.

Bemoaning the outcome of the election in a statement by his chief press secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, Okorocha said posterity and history will judge Oshiomhole and Uzodinma for what happened to APC in the South-East, especially in Imo.

“We had maintained that Chief Uzodinma was just a mole in the APC and today, the governorship election in the state and its outcome have obviously vindicated us, aside the fact that a video of Chief Uzodinma’s celebration with Ihedioha has gone viral on the social media,” the statement read.

“Chief Uzodinma succeeded through Adams Oshiomhole to ensure that only his supporters were made agents of the party, from the list he sent from Abuja to the Independent National Electoral Commission.

“Unfortunately, none of Uzodinma’s and Oshiomhole’s approved agents were seen either at the ward, local government or at the state level ; they didn’t care about the election and its outcome.

“At the end of the day, the APC candidate came fourth. And he has been celebrating with the PDP candidate.

“Their target as it has been shown now is to totally destroy APC in the South-East and in Imo in particular, thereby authenticating the claim in some quarters that it is all about 2023.

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“We had equally maintained the contention that Imo people would not vote for Uzodinma because they know him very well, but Oshiomhole refused to listen.

“He came fourth and never showed that he took part in the election; posterity and history will judge Oshiomhole and Uzodinma over the fate of APC in the South-East, especially in Imo State,” the statement read.

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