Imo APC Crisis Deepens As Okorocha’s Faction Loses Governorship, National Assembly Tickets

The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress in Imo State took another dimension on Wednesday night as it has been confirmed that the Governor Okorocha led Agburu Camp lost the Governorship and most National Assembly ticket to the Hope Uzodimma camp.

The National Working Committee NWC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has adopted Sen. Hope Uzodinma as the governorship candidate of the party for Imo state.

Newsflash247 gathered that Senator Hope Uzodimma was adopted as the final decision on the issue was taken during a meeting of the NWC held Wednesday in Abuja.

Accordingly, the party has concluded all arrangements to send the name of the senator to the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC ahead of the November 2 deadline for the submission of governorship candidates.

Newsflash247 also gathered that the leadership of the party also denied most of Governor Rochas Okorocha’s political associates tickets to State House of Assembly as the Uzodinma’s camp got almost all tickets.

Most of the governor’s Agburu candidates for the Imo State House of Assembly will not eventually emerge as the flag bearers, as the party’s eventual governorship candidate will be allowed to field his loyal and committed supporters who will not sabotage him at the election.

Anybody who thinks that a governorship candidate will work with strange bed-fellows is making a terrible mistake”.

Meanwhile, most of Okorocha’s supporters and Agburu House of Assembly candidates have decided to fight their battles on their own.

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They are now reaching out to the National leadership of the party, because “they believe that if they keep quiet, their fate will be like that of the National Assembly aspirants, who banked their hopes on the embattled governor, not knowing that he was only interested in his senatorial ambition and the governorship aspiration of his son-in-law.

For instance, he got a court order restraining INEC from subtitling Uche Nwosu’s name, without making a case for others”.

It was also gathered that those who lost in the race for National Assembly tickets are now seeking opportunities in other political parties.

Former Deputy Chief of Staff, (Operations) Engr Kingsley Uju, is reported to have expressed his disappointment with Governor Okorocha, who, in spite of all he did for him, could not guarantee him the Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta federal constituency ticket, hence, he and other members of the Governor’s kitchen cabinet, like Prof Obiareri and Dr. Pascal Obi, who also feel the same way are being mocked by those they fought for Okorocha’s sake.

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