Following a recent media reports credited to Governor Rochas
Okorocha, that he could have been the current Senate President if he had heeded
to his (Okorocha’s) advice to join the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief
Emeka Ihedioha,
former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the April 11 governorship
election in Imo State, has debunked the media reports, describing the
Governor’s claim as “a blatant lie, diversionary” adding that it could indeed
only have come from a man, very well known for his penchant for falsehood.”
Ihedioha, who spoke through his media aide, Mr. Chibuike
Onyeukwu, said, “Although, we find the
Governor’s acknowledgement of Rt. Hon. Ihedioha’s capacity
to chair the National Assembly as a well known fact, we however wish to state
that the statement is in its entirety false, diversionary and indeed could only
have come from a man, very well known for his penchant for falsehood,” Onyeukwu
said.
Onyeukwu noted that Governor Okorocha did not visit Rt. Hon.
Emeka Ihedioha before the elections to plead with him to jettison his
gubernatorial ambition.
“The only time Governor Okorocha visited Chief Ihedioha was
in 2013, in company of Senator Osita Izunaso, to condole with him on the death
of his younger sister and there is no way they could have discussed politics
during the condolence visit,” the media aide said.
According to him, the “massive fraud and massive rigging”
that skewed the election in favour of the APC, would have been unearthed if the
election tribunal had considered the petition filed against the declaration of
Okorocha as winner of the governorship election.
Speaking further, Onyewu said, “Rather than fruitlessly
engage in diversionary antics, Governor Okorocha should concentrate on how to
address the mounting issues of hunger, over nine months of unpaid workers
salary and 20 months pension arrears, industrial actions, collapsed economy and
comatose state of infrastructure under his watch.”
Governor Okorocha had claimed at a recent press conference
that he personally visited Ihedioha and advised him to join the All
Progressives Congress, APC, and vie for the Owerri Senatorial seat of the party
in the last general election.
“Despite my candid advice to Emeka Ihedioha, he refused to accept the offer. If he accepted the offer, he could have been the Senate President in the present dispensation,” Okorocha claimed.
But the Governor reportedly viewed that Chief Ihedioha’s refusal to join the APC equally rubbed off negatively on the collective interest of Ndigbo.
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