- Rochas Okorocha has called for an apology from his former deputy Eze Madumere and other ahead of the 2019 general elections
- Okorocha said it is important the Imo politicians apologise in order to save their political careers
- According to the governor, Madumere and others did not have money before joining his (Okorocha's) administration
The governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, has urged his impeached deputy, Eze Madumere, a former speaker of the state House of Assembly and serving senator, Benjamin Uwajumogu; his brother-in-law, Chuks Ololo; former secretaries to the state government, Jude Ejiogu and George Eche, to apologise to him to prevent misfortune in their political careers.
The governor while swearing in the new appointees in the state said the above listed politicians betrayed him.
Okorocha also queried the acquisition of N22.5 million All Progressives Congress nomination and expression of interest forms for governorship aspirants by Madumere, Ejiogu, Eche and Ololo.
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“Tell Madumere, Ejiogu, Ololo and Eche to come back and apologise to me before they crash. Tell them to come back so that I may bless them. They had no dime before they came into this government. How did they get the N22.5 million to buy APC governorship forms?” Okorocha asked.
He however, promised that his administration would finish very strong as it has already mapped out N3.5 billion to rebuild all the school blocks and roads across the 27 local government areas of the state.
“This administration will finish well. It is the end that matters. I urge you to support Imo government. I will work in my last seven months like I worked in the last seven years. I will rebuild all secondary schools and roads in Imo State. We are just waiting for the rains to stop," Okorocha said.
“We will complete all the road projects. Imo has too much money. Each community in Imo State will get N4 million in our community project that will commence very soon. It will gulp N3.2 billion.
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My desire is to reduce poverty in Imo state to a minimal level. Petty traders need support. It is called my people, my people empowerment. The empowerment will have six thousand beneficiaries. I have a covenant with God and that is to help poor people. Most people have misunderstood my administration. I didn’t come for the rich; my administration is for poor people.
Imo is our home. We have no other state than this. After politics, we will still have Imo as our state. I urge desperate politicians to stop causing disaffection in the polity. Stop using pulpits to discredit my government. Let us play politics like a beautiful game. Stop heating up the polity. I am available for abuses and insults. After politics, there is still Imo," the governor added.
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that Okorocha had asked a Federal High Court sitting in Owerri to uphold the impeachment of his deputy, Eze Madumere. Okorocha.
The governor made the prayer at the resumed hearing on Monday, September 3.
Also, the attorney general of the state, Justice Miletus Nlemadim, opposed the demand for hearing to commence into the matter as proposed by Madumere’s counsel, Ken Njemanze.
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Source: Naija.ng