2019 election: How PDP manipulated Okorocha into office in 2011, 2015 – Senator Uzodinma
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Imo
State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has revealed that it was aggrieved
members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that manipulated Governor
Rochas Okorocha into power in 2011.
He said the Okorocha never won election outrightly in his political
career, adding that the Governor has underestimated how unpopular he has
become in the state.
The lawmaker made the statement following Okorocha’s claims that the
party will lose the state and five million votes in the South East for
denying his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, the governorship ticket of the
party.
Uzodinma said Okorocha was a minus in the ruling party adding that the
only reason the APC would win in the state is his being the governorship
candidate of the party.
This was part of a statement by his Director of Media and Special Duties, Declan Emelumba.
He said, “Okorocha has run for many elections, including the
governorship of Imo State, before 2011, and even the presidency, and
lost all. But, in 2011, in particular, Imo people voted more against
former governor Ikedi Ohakim than for Okorocha, so, he merely benefitted
from the anger of the people against Ohakim.
“Even at that, the election went into a bi-election, where Ohakim was
finally manipulated out of the race and Okorocha became governor. Also,
in 2015, Okorocha, as incumbent governor, could not win outright on
first ballot.
“The election was concluded on a second ballot, where some aggrieved PDP
members helped, again, to manipulate him into the governorship.”
Uzodima further said he defeated Okorocha’s political party in Imo West
Senatorial District in 2011 and 2015, even as governorship candidate and
incumbent governor, respectively.
“I think this is more than enough evidence that in terms of popularity,
Senator Uzodinma is far more popular than Okorocha in Imo West (the
biggest senatorial district in Nigeria) where both come from.
“The truth of the matter is that all strata of Imo society are
celebrating Uzodinma’s victory as the APC governorship candidate and
this has brought them back on track to vote massively for APC in 2019.
“Uzodinma’s popularity in Imo State is infectious and it will not only
guarantee victory for APC, but will rake in far more than five million
votes for the APC from the South East in 2019. So, let no one be
deceived by Okorocha’s boast because he is the problem of APC in Imo
State and the South East.”
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