The Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike
Ekweremadu has berated the Governor of Imo State,
Owelle Rochas Okorocha, over his reported claims
that he (Ekweremadu) relocated to Imo State during
the inconclusive Imo North Senatorial District re-run
election, in a bid to influence the outcome in favour
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Ekweremadu has berated the Governor of Imo State,
Owelle Rochas Okorocha, over his reported claims
that he (Ekweremadu) relocated to Imo State during
the inconclusive Imo North Senatorial District re-run
election, in a bid to influence the outcome in favour
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In a statement issued by the Special Adviser
(Media) to the Deputy President of the Senate, Mr.
Uche Anichukwu, he said the Ekweremadu would
have “allowed the governor to continue to wallow in
his delusions and wild claims, but, considering the
fact that this is the second consecutive statement
by the governor in one week wherein he attempted
to impugn the integrity and democratic credentials
of the Office and person of the Deputy President of
the Senate, we are being compelled to set the
record straight”.
Continuing, Mr. Anichukwu said: “The Deputy
President of the Senate visited Imo State for the last
time in 2015. It is also instructive that the
governor’s claim comes on the heels of another
statement by some All Progressives Congress
(APC) elements in Ezeagu Local Government Area
on Sunday where they whined bitterly over the huge
solidarity shown by the good people, stakeholders,
and traditional rulers of Enugu State to Senator
Ekweremadu during his annual Ikeoha Scholarship
and Bursary Awards/Adult Literacy Day at the
Council headquarters on the same Saturday, June
23, 2016.
“For the same party to also claim that the same
Ekweremadu who was empowering his people at
Ezeagu in a well reported event on the same
Saturday was also in Imo State at the same time to
influence election is just another showcase of the
buffet of lies, deceit, and confusion that has
become the order of the day in the ruling party”.
He advised Governor Okorocha and other APC
leaders in the South East zone to “preoccupy
themselves with ending the invasions and killings
by purported herdsmen, gross marginalization of
Ndigbo in the distribution of opportunities and the
blessings of democracy as well as the worrisome
trend of inconclusive elections”.
Mr. Anichukwu said Governor Okorocha’s statement
also showed poor understanding of the workings of
the legislature, noting that Ekweremadu was not
perturbed in any way by the wishful prospects of an
APC Senator of South-East extraction.
“The Senate has a ranking rule, and if Okorocha was
not able to secure a principal office, even Deputy
Majority Whip for the two House of Representatives
Members from Imo State, it is left to imagination
how he would be able to appoint a Deputy President
for the Senate. He is on a wild goose chase”.
