Okorocha Refused To Register As APC Member In Imo, Says Uzodimma

Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma, said he desires to have every genuine All Progressives Congress (APC) member in the state registered, and identified post-power-syndrome as the problem of most political leaders in Nigeria today.

Governor Uzodimma, who spoke at the Sam Mbakwe Exco Chambers, Government House, Owerri, Thursday, while receiving APC Registration and Revalidation Appeal Committee noted that “the management of self-aggrandizement, self-esteem, and inability to reason that yesterday is gone and today is a new vista is the major problem of most past leaders who still think they can carry over the powers they held yesterday.”

Addressing the committee, whose members hinted that former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, and Senator Ifeanyi Araraume, complained that they and their supporters were barred from the recent registration and revalidation exercise, Governor Uzodimma informed that those who were complaining about the APC registration in the state were those who never drew near to get registered.

The governor did not mince words to say that the monitoring committee assigned to the National Registration Team was mandated to make sure that all members and even non-members of APC were registered in the exercise.

He restated his resolve to “uphold the APC manifesto to change things for the better for Imo people in particular and Nigeria in general,” saying in doing so he is “returning the power of APC to the people following the democratic process.”

Governor Uzodimma told the team led by Hon. Farouk Adamu Aliyu that his interest is the growth of the party in Imo State and beyond and not necessarily the interest of an individual or groups.

He showed the team members of his cabinet who served as commissioners in the government of Senator Rochas Okorocha which goes to show that his concern is APC and not the persons out there.

The governor regretted that some people find it difficult to manage life after power, noting that nothing will deter him from registering as many Imo people as would want to identify with the APC.