.Says ex-governor is a bad loser
By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
The last may not have been heard on the ongoing feud between the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, and his predecessor, Senator Rochas Okorocha, over properties in the state.
In a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to Imo State government, Mr. Oguwike Nwachuku, the governor described Okorocha as a bad loser.
Reacting to an interview Okorocha granted a national newspaper on Sunday, the Imo State governor said that the Senator representing Imo West was frustrated because of his refusal to help him cover all the illegalities he was allegedly involved in as governor of Imo State for eight years.
He also alleged that Okorocha was abusing everybody including the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari and many others to remain relevant in the society.
He stated: “Former Governor of Imo State and now Senator representing Imo West, Rochas Okorocha, is yet to come to terms with what has hit him; that makes him a bad loser.
“He has just realised that he cannot eat his cake and have it, hence he is taking on everybody – the Presidency, APC leadership, the Supreme Court, the security agencies and of course, Governor Hope Uzodinma – in a fruitless wolf crying exercise.
“In an interview Okorocha granted a national newspaper on Sunday, he not only spoke like someone, who has quit the All Progressive Congress but confessed that his grouse with Governor Uzodimma 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.”
Besides, the governor accused Okorocha of disrespecting President Buhari by saying that the president does not have clue to the insecurity situation the country.
Recall that Okorocha also took a swipe at the leadership of the APC, alleging that it conspired to hold his result and certificate of return as well as outsourcing the party to members he called “outsiders.”
Governor Uzodimma had said severally that Okorocha was 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 Emeka Ihedioha’s government that were looking into Okorocha’s activities as governor.
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 “mandate”, claiming that Nwosu won the March 9, 2019 governorship poll in Imo State and that neither Governor Uzodimma nor Ihedioha did.