www.odogwublog.com reports that some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
primaries in Isiala Mbano council area of Imo State are aggrieved over Governor
Rochas Okorocha recent decision to select and endorse Mrs. Joy Mbawuike as the
sole aspirant for the party's council area House of Assembly in the forthcoming
political dispensation.
The bickering, wrangling and frustration are so intense
that some of the youths and women in collaboration with the party's leaders and
chieftains are planning a peaceful protest this Tuesday at Government House,
State police Command, selected media houses and the party's state Secretariat,
Owerri alleging that the Governor's action amount to "undemocratic
imposition" and geared towards killing the party in the state and even
beyond.
It will be recalled that last Friday Governor Okorocha
who just came back from China on official visit invited all the party's
aspirants including Governorship, State Assembly and National Assemblies in the
forthcoming political dispensation as well as all the party's leaders from
various local government areas for a crucial meeting in the Government House,
Owerri.
The Governor who presided over the well attended
meeting with his wife Nneoma Nkechi Rochas Okorocha and other members of the
state EXCO said that the essence of the meeting is to harmonized the peoples
aspiration so as to ensure peace, unity and stability within the party as well
as to ensure that aspirants will not spend too much money on delegates during
the primaries.
Thus in that meeting that lasted for hours he solely
handpicked an aspirant among the litany of aspirants for a position as the
state government endorsed aspirant asking others to step down for other future
political opportunities.
However, the case of Isiala Mbano House of Assembly
aspiration seemed politically funny as the party leaders, chieftains and faithful
had earlier harmonized and brought one Prince Iyke Ohanwe as their solely
endorsed aspirant for the position considering his antecedents, pedigree and
the area zoning arrangement. It’s important to note that there are other local
government areas in the state that their stakeholders also streamlined their
aspirants.
When it was the turn of Isiala Mbano as the Governor
was calling local government by local government in an alphabetical order under
the House of Assembly Prince Ohanwe happily stood up and he was thunderously
cheered as there was no opposition nor challenger ,but the Governor vehemently
Objected and asked Mrs Mbawuike who is his Commissioner For Markets and Isiala
Mbano Chairperson, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu campaign organization why is she not running?
Mrs Mbawuike publicly told the Governor that she is
satisfied with her positions in Government and above all she is not emotionally
disposed to run for any election now.
The Governor tried to persuade her to run but she
bluntly refused , probably as she was part of Prince Ohanwe's aspiration
rectification but the story changed as the Governor asked for permission to go
for few minutes break in which he and his wife invited Mrs Mbawuike to
accompany them and immediately after the break and probably they struck a deal
the entire story changed as she happily accepted to run amidst murmuring and
objections thus the Governor asked Prince Ohanwe to step down and enjoined the
audience to stop making noise because he is conscious of what he is doing.
Since the Governor's decision the party in Isiala
Mbano is boiling with acrimony and if not urgently addressed it could led to
break down of peace and order just as some of them have vowed to dump the party
before the primaries.
Chief Levin Nwosu one of the party's apex leader in
the area told News men that the people are aggrieved because the Governor and
the leaders of the party in the state had earlier informed them that no
aspirant will head any campaign organization and now he has violated it in Isiala
Mbano just to a peace his self interest.
Nwosu advised Governor Okorocha in the overall
interest of the party to rescind his decision noting his action as unpopular.
By Everest Ezihe
APC Primary: Isiala Mbano engulfs in crisis over Okorocha’s support to Mrs Joy Mbawuike
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