Chidi Samuel|
Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that Senator Hope Uzondima, representing Imo west in the national assembly is the ruling party’s governorship candidate for Imo State, in the 2019 general election.
Explaining the reason for the submission of Uzodinma’s name to INEC to reporters in Abuja, Oshiomhole said he would always uphold the truth in the interest of the party and its members in Imo.
According to Oshiomhole, the desperation of Okorocha to pick a Senate ticket and a governorship ticket for his son-in-law amounted to turning Imo into his family dynasty but he vowed to ensure that that did not happen.
He said, “Governor Rochas Okorocha, the chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, is a beneficiary of the court process, we rescued him. The primary conducted by my predecessor completely swept governor Okorocha out of the system-from ward, local government to the state.”
“What I am not able to do for governor Okorocha is to assist him with the instrument of the APC to help him to build a political dynasty.
“We have prepared the name of Senator Hope Uzodinma and submitted it to the INEC. If Governor Rochas chose to relocate to the Villa and use the grounds of villa to try to intimidate me to create a dynasty, I won’t accept it.
“I will uphold the truth in the best interest of the APC members and indeed of the APC people in Imo state. The truth does not require a supporters’ club to stand, it has its own legs, and it can stand.”