Rochas
Okorocha, the Imo State Governor, on Sunday claimed that he possessed the
capacity to defeat former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, in any election in
Adamawa State.
Abubakar, a
presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
hails from Adamawa State.
Okorocha
spoke in response to declaration by the former Vice President that he would
lead the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to take back Imo State and Nigeria at
large.
A statement
issued by Okorocha’s Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, read: “The Former
Vice-President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was in Owerri for a meeting with the
stakeholders of the PDP in the State over his presidential ambition.
“While
meeting with the PDP Stakeholders in the State, he was reported to have told
them that he would lead the struggle for the PDP to take over Imo and Nigeria
in 2019.
“He also
tried to run down the governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha and his government.
“What we do
not take from anybody is blackmail against the government of Rochas Okorocha.
We would do our best to set the record straight. The former Vice-President
would have done his meeting without scratching the governor and the government
he heads in the State. And that is where we come in.
“The former
Vice-President therefore leave Imo and Governor Rochas Okorocha alone and face
his worrisome challenges. And if he does not know, Governor Rochas Okorocha
will defeat him in any part of the Country including his Adamawa State in any election
involving two of them.
“He does not
therefore have what it takes to lead any struggle that will return the PDP to
power in the State or the Country in 2019. That promise was a false one.
“To say the
least, that promise of returning Imo to PDP was very deceitful knowing full
well that in 2011 Rochas ran on the ticket of APGA that had no structure on
ground and defeated an incumbent PDP governor with a very wide margin.
“In 2015, he
took the soul of APGA to merge with other parties to form APC and defeated two
powerful Candidates of PDP and APGA, even with the PDP Candidate having the
Federal might behind him. Interestingly Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was not in exile
when all these happened.
“Imo PDP is
dead. The monumental achievements of Governor Okorocha in less than eight years
have destroyed the Imo PDP because the Party has no claim again to make before
Imo people.
“And that is
the reason all those who made the Party thick in the State have all left to
join either APGA or APC. Today, all the former guber aspirants in the PDP are
doing so in APGA including Chief Ikedi Ohakim. They have left the PDP for two
people.”
, the Imo State Governor, on Sunday claimed that he possessed the
capacity to defeat former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, in any election in
Adamawa State.
Abubakar, a
presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
hails from Adamawa State.
Okorocha
spoke in response to declaration by the former Vice President that he would
lead the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to take back Imo State and Nigeria at
large.
A statement
issued by Okorocha’s Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, read: “The Former
Vice-President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was in Owerri for a meeting with the
stakeholders of the PDP in the State over his presidential ambition.
“While
meeting with the PDP Stakeholders in the State, he was reported to have told
them that he would lead the struggle for the PDP to take over Imo and Nigeria
in 2019.
“He also
tried to run down the governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha and his government.
“What we do
not take from anybody is blackmail against the government of Rochas Okorocha.
We would do our best to set the record straight. The former Vice-President
would have done his meeting without scratching the governor and the government
he heads in the State. And that is where we come in.
“The former
Vice-President therefore leave Imo and Governor Rochas Okorocha alone and face
his worrisome challenges. And if he does not know, Governor Rochas Okorocha
will defeat him in any part of the Country including his Adamawa State in any election
involving two of them.
“He does not
therefore have what it takes to lead any struggle that will return the PDP to
power in the State or the Country in 2019. That promise was a false one.
“To say the
least, that promise of returning Imo to PDP was very deceitful knowing full
well that in 2011 Rochas ran on the ticket of APGA that had no structure on
ground and defeated an incumbent PDP governor with a very wide margin.
“In 2015, he
took the soul of APGA to merge with other parties to form APC and defeated two
powerful Candidates of PDP and APGA, even with the PDP Candidate having the
Federal might behind him. Interestingly Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was not in exile
when all these happened.
“Imo PDP is
dead. The monumental achievements of Governor Okorocha in less than eight years
have destroyed the Imo PDP because the Party has no claim again to make before
Imo people.
“And that is
the reason all those who made the Party thick in the State have all left to
join either APGA or APC. Today, all the former guber aspirants in the PDP are
doing so in APGA including Chief Ikedi Ohakim. They have left the PDP for two
people.”
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