Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has claimed that his refusal to cover the misdeeds of former governor Rochas Okorocha is the reason he (Okorocha) is hell bent on bringing down the current government.
Uzodinma made the claim through a statement by his Media Adviser and Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Oguwike Nwachuku, saying that Okorocha confirmed the begging in a recent interview he granted to journalists in Abuja.
“In an interview Okorocha granted a national newspaper on Sunday, he not only spoke like someone who has quit the All Progressives Congress but confessed that his grouse with Governor Uzodinma is borne out of the latter’s refusal to help him cover all the illegalities he was allegedly involved in as governor of Imo State for eight years.
“Apparently looking for ways to continue to undermine the APC and the federal government, Okorocha has descended on the Presidency, saying that President Muhammadu Buhari does not have clue as to the solution to the insecurity situation the country is facing currently.
“Okorocha also took a swipe at the leadership of the APC, alleging that they conspired to hold his result and certificate of return as well as outsourcing the party to members he called “outsiders”, he said.
The statement added that Uzodinma had on many occasions accused Okorocha of fighting his government and instigating crisis in Imo State because he refused to accede to his request to disband all the panels of inquiries he inherited from former Governor Emeka Ihedioha’s government that were looking into Okorocha’s activities as governor.
He continued: “Poised to get at Governor Uzodinma by all means possible, Okorocha also confirmed in the said interview that he had directed his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, to return to the Supreme Court to reclaim his imaginary mandate, claiming that Nwosu won the March 9, 2019 governorship poll in Imo State and that neither Governor Uzodinma nor Ihedioha did.
“He acknowledged that Nwosu congratulated Governor Uzodinma and called him his leader when he was declared the validly elected winner of the election and governor of Imo State but quipped that, “this is all for peace go reign”, he said