APC Flag Off Guber Campaign In Imo As Okorocha, APC Excos Absent

The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, was conspicuously missing on Friday as the governorship campaign of the All Progressives Congress, APC, kicked off in Owerri, the state capital.

The National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomole led other national officers of the party to the event.

Members of the party’s Executive Committee of the party in the state also shunned the event.

The event was scantily attended as only supporters of the governorship candidate, Hope Uzodinma gathered at his Campaign Headquarters along Okigwe road where the event held.

Okorocha allegedly did not allow the APC candidate to use the State’s stadium for the campaign.

Speaking on the occasion, the National Chairman of the APC, Comrade  Adams Oshiomhole, said that any Uzodinma governorship in Imo will end “familiocracy”

According to him, Uzodinma, would return Imo to the people and bring an end to government by a single family.

Oshiomhole said Uzodinma would represent hope for the people of the state, adding that non-payment of salaries would be a thing of the past.

He added that with Uzodinma appointment into government will be based on merit not on mediocrity or family affairs.

He said that Uzodinma will bring real happiness to Imo people, saying “When we talk of happiness, we will not domesticate it in the hands of a sister. The happiness of the great people of Imo State will be the primary purpose of government under Sen. Hope Uzodinma.”

The APC chairman also promised transparency and due process in government affairs.