The Senator representing Imo North Senatorial zone ,Benjamin Uwajumogu has threatened that members of the Coalition Group, a pressure group within the Imo All Progressives Congress, APC will physically challenge the state Governor, Rochas Okorocha anywhere they meet him in the state.
Sen. Uwajumogu said that members of the group, also known as the Imo Allied Forces which has been locked in a battle for the soul of the APC with Okorocha and are prepared to fight dirty with the Governor, whenever their part crosses.
According to him, “I know Governor Okorocha and once we stand up to him; he will run away and we are ready to fight him wherever we meet, be it along Wetheral or Okigwe roads, Government House or any other place within the state or outside.
We are ready for him. APC does not belong to one person, we are going to organize ourselves and fight them to finish, “he charged
APC, he noted does not belong to anybody. It is very wrong that one man will appropriate 42 positions to himself. We are going to organize ourselves properly and we will meet them anywhere.
According to him, “The party has declared that any state there is litigation that the state will conduct direct primaries. We have lots of litigations in Imo state. We are ready and I want to tell you, in life we only die once.”
Speaking, the Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Hope Uzodimma said during the meeting, “It’s my great pleasure to be with you today, noting that It is painful that we are being misrepresented in the state.
As leaders who you gave trust, we will inconvenience ourselves to recover Imo state, adding, “Imo state is the only state authorized to take their forms from Abuja and not Imo state. We have come here to move forward. Alot have happened in the state but we have come together to collect what belongs to us even at the detriment of anything.
“Don’t be afraid of any name dropping. You are aware of the concoction carried out two weeks ago. It does not represent the interest of the Imo APC stakeholders.
The NEC, has the final say. We stand by direct primaries. Those who did the charade called; indirect primaries are not members of Imo APC.
He asserted that, “The rule cannot be different from that obtainable in other States. We are not going to accept indirect primaries and we will continue this fight until we win it and give power back to Imo people.
This government is using what they called mad people to remove our posters, we will also use mad people to remove their own posters. Some of us are professional political engineers, he warned
Both senators spoke during a meeting of Imo APC coalition members held in Owerri, recently