Uzodinma boasts Obidients can’t sack him co’s Imo LP is divided
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Hope Uzodinma has expressed confidence that, although Obidients overran Imo in the presidential election, they cannot sack him as Governor in November despite him getting the job in January 2020 in controversial circumstances.
He explained through his Communications Adviser Collins Ughalaa the state Labour Party (LP) cannot talk of winning the governorship when it cannot put its house in order.
In his view, a party that imposes candidates would not be able to defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
“As of … March 10, 2023, the supposed leaders of the Labour Party in Imo State were still fighting over the imposition of a caretaker committee,” Ughalaa said in Owerri.
“While those who think the imposition favours them insist it must stand, those who believe that imposition has no place in a constitutional democracy like ours say it must not stand. We are just watching from a distance.
“Backed by some other leaders in the party, the erstwhile Publicity Secretary of the party, Comrade Alvan Opara, issued a disclaimer, saying that the deposed chairman of the party, Ambrose Onyekwere, was on his own.
“He said the State Working Committee of the party remains intact and not dissolved and that members of the party should not attend any meeting convened by Festus Onyekwulisi and his cohorts.
“In another bizarre development, 18 notable leaders of the party, including nine governorship aspirants, rejected the imposition of a caretaker committee, describing it as ill-timed and lacking in proper consultation.”
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A house divided
“A protest letter – signed by Senator Chris Anyanwu, Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie, Dr. Obinna Ibe, Hon. Nick Oparandudu, Hon. George Egu, Frank Nneji, Pascal Odibo, Hon. Mike Ndubuaku, Dr. Chinyere Okpara, Ike C. Ibe, Kelechi Nwagwu, David Mbamara, Charles Onyirimba, Humphrey Anumudu, TJ Ehirim, Martin Agbaso, Jack Ogunewe, and Chinedu Amadi, on Thursday, March 9, 2023 – said the imposed caretaker committee ‘has been causing much consternation among party faithful’ and causing damage to the party.
“They called for the immediate suspension of the imposed caretaker committee,” Ughalaa added, per reporting by Vanguard.
“The imposed caretaker committee chairman, Festus Onyekwulisi, to justify his imposition, boasted before journalists that the Labour Party would sack Governor Hope Uzodimma, during the next election, and such other mumbo-jumbo excited people could say.
“No doubt, Mr. Onyekwulisi sleepwalking and not in tune with reality. If he had asked those who imposed him, they would have told him he was embarking on a journey of the impossible.
“There is no democracy in the Labour Party in Imo. The morning shows the day. Those who imposed a caretaker committee on the party say they already know the governorship candidate and insist it’s him or no one else.
“The imposition of the caretaker committee is just one of the many strategies to impose a governorship candidate on the party. The primary election in the Labour Party will be just a formality – to pretend to be democratic.”
