The political rift between
the Imo state Governor Rochas Okorocha and an APC party leader Senator Ifeanyi Araraume has reached another dimension as the
governor indirectly accused the party chieftain of lobbying his appointees with ritual oath-taking.
In apparently reference to the Isiebu born senator, the
governor through his SSA media, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo accussed some “politicians in the state especially
those with governorship ambition against administering oath on Imo people who
are either members or officials of their political parties.”
“The
governor regretted that the aspirant in question has become synonymous with
oath administration on innocent Imo Citizens and contended that since this idea
of subjecting party members and officers to oath taking has never been able to
help the particular politician in the past, there is therefore no guarantee
that such diabolitical act would help him this time.” The statement enphaized.
He said the “the governor
decided to issue this warning vis-à-vis advice following the unfortunate
reports from certain party officers that a governorship aspirant from one of
the political zones in the state had
subjected them to oath taking and that, while most of them refused to take the
oath, few of them allowed themselves to be cajoled into taking such fetish
action.” The Governor warned.
Ifeanyicy.com recalls that there are ongoing fight between the
governor and the former senator
On who to control the APC party structure in the state as 2019
beckons.
The governor who is hell-bent in installing his son-in-law and
his present chief of staff, Mr. Uche Nwosu and the Former Senator also in
serious readiness for the state coveted office are not giving anything to
chances as the political season draws closer by the day.
Governor Rochas Okorocha fired the first shot when he withdrew
all political appointees perceived to be of the Araraume camp and replaced them
with Araraume’s political rivals to put the former senator once dubbed ‘The
Game Changer’ in check and the latest being making an indirect reference to him
of seducing his political appointees with huge monetary offers and at the same
time subjecting them to fetish oath-taking.
Even though the former Senator’s name were never mentioned in the said press statement but
political watchers in the already knew whom the governor was referring to.
As 2019 political drama unfolds, more political shots are
expected to be fired from all cylinders by the political actors.
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