Okorocha reaping fruits of his anti-party activities, he rigged APC out in Imo – Uzodinma

Imo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the March 9 election, Hope Uzodinma, has asked Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha to accept the fate that has befallen him over his alleged anti-party activities.

He said the current political woes the outgoing governor is currently facing is the nemesis for allegedly rigging APC out during the governorship election in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Emeka Ihedioha, and his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, who was the governorship candidate of Action Alliance.

PDP won the election, AA came second, while APC came fourth behind the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

But Uzodinma, who is asking the court to declare him winner of the election, dubbed Okorocha a wolf in sheep’s clothing, saying that his attempt to destroy APC in Imo State has failed.

Describing the governor as a drowning man, he asked him to stop running from pillar to post to redeem his image.

Uzodinma, stated this in a statement signed by the publicity secretary of the APC in Imo State, Chief Enyinna Onuegbu.

He said, “The clearest evidence of this sabotage was on live television when the result of Ideato Local Government Area (Okorocha’s home LGA) was declared as more than 70,000 in favour of AA which created a stalemate and was later reduced to 40,000 in a most funny manner. The question to ask is: what was the basis for reducing the result at a LGA Collation Centre?

“Okorocha had brazenly continued to work against the APC and this manifested on the governorship election day in the state when having realised that I was cruising to victory, the governor quickly moblised thugs dressed in military and police uniforms to snatch ballot boxes to manipulate scores in favour of the PDP candidate when it became apparent that his anointed son-in-law will not make it. It was at this point that they falsified the scores for PDP and AA.

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“Prior to that, the governor used the same thugs dressed in military and police uniforms to forcibly chase away APC polling agents at the various polling units and fielded those of the AA.”

Uzodinma stated that the governor was simply reaping the fruits of his anti-party activities and that “instead of accepting his fate, he is busy looking for whom to latch on as a drowning man,” he said.

Okorocha is currently suspended by the APC. He is also yet to receive certificate of return as Imo West senator-elect because the returning officer for the election claimed he announced the governor winner under duress.

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