After a successful conduct of Ward and LGA Congresses of
the Imo State chapter of the All Progressive Congress, and subsequent
upheld of the exercise by the party's electoral appeal panel and by
extension the National Working Committee, NWC of the party. Imo State
Governor, Chief Rochas Anayo Ethelbert Okorocha who was completely
schemed out in the exercise by a powerful Imo APC stakeholder coalition,
led by Senator Ifeanyi Araraume, Senator Osita Izunaso, Senator
Benjamin Uwajumogu, Chief Tony Chukwu, Chief Uzoma Obiyor, Hon Emeka
Nwajiuba, Hon Jasper Azuatalam, Prince Eze Madumere, Sir Jude Ejiogu,
Hon TOE Ekechi, Hon Longers Anyanwu, and many others. The Imo Governor
became apprehensive of his political future and fate, especially as
regards his determination to install his Son-in-law, Uche Nwosu as the
candidate of the party and by extension the Governor of Imo State come
May 29, 2019, while himself return to the National Assembly as Senator
representing the twelve LGAs of Orlu Zone.
Worried that all his protests , petitions and
demonstrations against the hijack of the APC structure in Imo State by
those he referred to as ingrates fell on the deaf ears, the lookwarm
altitude of President, Muhammadu Buhari, Vice president Prof OSINBAJO,
Leader of APC Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Secretary to the Federal
Government, the Chairman of All Progressive Congress, Chief John Oyegun
and members of the National Working Committee,etc, Governor Okorocha
returned to Owerri, the Imo State capital to seek for self help.
With plan to stop Saturday May 19th scheduled State
Congress of the ruling All Progressives Congress which will produce the
State Working Committee of the APC and possibly replace his former
political 'boy', Chief Hillary Ekeh now turned man and his albatross ,
Governor Okorocha first enlisted the support of Ohaji-Egbema /Oguta
ex-militants he was alleged to have granted amnesty as a decoy to
achieve political gains. Assured of maximum corporation; as a powerful
force of coercion or intimidation against any opposition to his plan.
Maximising the power of his office, as Imo chief executive with enormous
power and access to state treasury, a court injunction was secured by
4:30pm Friday evening, and a no gathering and movement order by the Imo
State Police Command issued . Okorocha’s foot soldiers went to town
celebrating, "who born monkey" . "I am in charge the Governor boasted" .
On Friday evening, around 5pm, his nemesis; Imo APC
Stakeholders coalition all returned to Imo State with a chartered
Aircraft that landed at Imo Airport, followed by another aircraft
carrying State Congress Electoral Committee, INEC Observers from
Commission head office Abuja, Police Officers from Force headquarters
Abuja and DSS, they all went straight to a hotel in Owerri waiting for
Saturday May 19 for the scheduled conduct of the APC State Congresses
across the Federation.
On the fateful day, while the Abuja Coalition used the
night to brainstorm and strategies on how to overun the Governor with
full compliments of State apparatus, Governor Okorocha was busy
mobilising his thugs, and and State Security architecture to deal with
any body who challenges his authority.
Imo State police command deployed trucks of Police van and
personnel to the Imo State University junction state Secretariat of the
party burnt few days before as a way to stop the Abuja group not to
access the facility for the state congress. The Police Public Relations
officer through a press statement warned the good people of Imo State of
the danger of coming out on the said day for any form of gathering or
assembly in the name of party congresses , coupled with a court order to
be served within 48hrs of issue.
In order to evade services and avoid disobedience of the
court order while keeping to the rules of engagement as stipulated in
party's constitution and extant laws, the Imo APC Stakeholders coalition
mobilised their members and delegates from the 27 LGAs of the State and
proceed to the venue for the state congress in observance to the law.
Between the hours of 5am to 6am on Saturday May 19, the scheduled date
for the state congress, all delegates had arrived the venue for the
congress at Ehime-mbano magnificent council hall. It's Imo APC state
congress, the party office previously burnt, any venue approved by the
Party State Working Committee, SWC, led by Chief Hillary Ekeh is
recognized by law as long as it's within Imo territory. Ehime-mbano
Council Hall was idle.
Governor Rochas Okorocha with more than 200 security
operatives including state own security outfits, more than 20 buses
loaded with thugs, the governor embarked on search operations looking
for anywhere with resemblance of gathering of APC Congress, touring all
the Local Government Areas in Owerri zone, disguised as project
inspector , Okorocha’s long convoy went to Okigwe Zone and houses of Top
members of the Imo APC Stakeholders coalition were monitored. After a
an unsuccessful search operation, in a decoy, Governor Okorocha ended up
at the project site of Okigwe Township stadium where he granted a press
conference calling the Imo APC opposition group cowards.
But unknown to him, while he was full of himself,calling
the opposition leaders names, smart and tactical opposition group are in
a mini stadium hall in Ehime-mbano LGA carrying out the accreditation
and voting to elect would be State working committee members of the Imo
State chapter of the All Progressive Congress.
Youths of Ehime-mbano had all gathered at the boundary
leading to the Hall and field in solidarity to their worthy son, Chief
Tony Chukwu and possibly chase away any Invader including Okorocha
himself. For No institution or government has done to Ehime-mbano local
government areas what their son Chief Tony Chukwu has been able to do,
so the traditional, religious institutions, men, women and youths can
risk anything to protect whatsoever is the interest of their revered
son, no wonder, APC Coalition opted to choose Ehime-mbano as best
destination.
By 4pm, the accreditation and voting was over, and Chief
Hillary Ekeh, Hon Ugochukwu Nzekwe, among others were reelected as
Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Imo State chapter of the All
Progressive Congress and duly returned by the Imo APC State Congress
Electoral Committee and acknowledged by the Chief John Oyegun led APC
National Working Committee as duly elected.
And it was all jubilation in the streets of Owerri, and
across the 27 LGAs of IMO state how the Governor of Imo State Owelle
Rochas Okorocha who developed to an empiror was caged, palmed off and
humiliated by members of his party as a prelude to a revolution awaiting
him from Imo pensioners, civil servants, traders, artisans, politicians
commercial transport workers, Imo electorates, etc.
How has the mighty fallen, truly absolute Power
intoxicates. Okorocha’s Imo, a planned political estate has started to
crumble. And Imo people are happier for it!
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