By
Onyirioha Nnamdi
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Ugwumba Uche Nwosu, has made an effort to set the records straight with
reference to the saga between him and Governor Rochas Okorocha - The Action
Alliance (AA)'s governorship candidate said that the people of Imo wanted him
as the next governor of the state - He also revealed that Okorocha preferred
him as his successor because he believes in his ability to deliver positively
Ugwumba Uche Nwosu, the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), has
cleared the air on what agreement he has with Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo
state before he was endorsed as the preferred successor. Legit.ng gathered that
in his speech to a group of political stakeholders who visited him for
consultation in his campaign office in Owerri, the state capital, the AA's
gubernatorial candidate revealed that the governor is not imposing him on Imo
indigenes, the people are the ones who recommended him to Okorocha.
Nwosu
said: "My emergence as the governor's preferred candidate was not
discussed in a room between me and the governor and some close members of the
family or political structure, but in a hall, with the greater majority of
party members and Imo people. "The governor had some other people in mind
outside me, but he also wanted someone who can win election and someone who is
prepared enough for the task of governance. He didn't want to support someone
he likes so much, but someone who can work for Imo people. "If the
governor wanted someone he will have absolute control over, I would not have
been his choice. The governor knows I can be positively stubborn."
"The governor gave all of us, his political sons and daughters, the opportunity
to prove ourselves. He was looking for two things in the man who would succeed
him; one of them was electability; how popular are you among the people and how
strong is your natural support base? "He wanted to know those who have
used the opportunities they were given to empower the people and also keep
close touch with the people. Secondly, he wanted to know who has the best
temperament and mental preparedness to be governor. "He didn't want
someone who would be vindictive, someone who would become governor and get overwhelmed
with power. He wanted someone who would keep Imo people together and ensure
that there is peace. "He wanted a tolerant person, a workaholic and
someone who is not corrupt and selfish. He wanted someone who would not be
hijacked by the elite. He wanted someone who is in touch with the masses; the
ordinary keke riders, palm wine tappers, the youths, the downtrodden.
"When the cards were placed on the table, I came tops. I want to tell you
that there is no one among the people seeking to govern Imo today on different
platforms who did not come to seek the governor's blessings. "Some of them
sent people they think are close to the governor as emissaries, some of them
came on their own. Some of them the governor outrightly told them he wasn't going
to support them, some of them he told them what his ideas of a successor is
like. He told them to go out there and convince him. "Some of them he gave
them assignments to do. Some of them held more and even higher positions than I
have held in the government, but a number of them got carried away with small
positions, others began to open war fronts in every corner, while others began
to steal as much as they could, thereby sabotaging the government's efforts.
"The governor is my mentor but he will not run my government for me. He
has run his own government, and I am sure he will allow me to run my own
government. He will give me a space to operate. I can tell you that he has
already assured me on that and I know him well enough to know that I will be
the one disturbing him to come around, and not him looking for how to control
my government. "The philanthropist urged Imolites to ignore any report
that he is coming to cover up for the governor. "I have come to work for
Imo people and not to cover up for anybody. I have a name to make for myself
and not to hide under anyone's shadows." Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that
Okorocha had reportedly hinted that Nwosu, and all those aggrieved aspirants in
the aftermath of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election, might
join another party to realise their ambitions, saying that he will not stop
them. Nwosu, Governor Okorocha’s son-in-law, contested the party’s governorship
ticket but lost to Senator Hope Uzodinma in a controversial circumstance
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