Political stakeholders and key players in Imo State chapter of the All Progressive Congress, APC are now gearing up for the party’s congresses and national convention. The APC in Imo State has been polarized for a long time with Gov. Rochas Okorocha and his arch-rival Sen. Ifeanyi Arararume holding court in the two different factions. The national leadership of the APC had a released time table for congresses which will kick off on Wednesday 2nd May, 2019 when the ward congress will hold. LGA Congress comes up on May 5,…
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God’s time is best, Araraume advices Okorocha
An All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Imo State, Senator Ifeanyichukwu Araraume has reaffirmed that the antics of the Rescue Mission government led by Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha will never obstruct him from being the governor of the state if God Almighty established that his fourth attempt to become governor will materialize in 2019. Senator Araraume position on the forthcoming governorship contest in the state was contained in a release signed by the Chief press secretary, Mr. Ik Ogbonna in response to the statement credited to Gov. Rochas Okorocha…
Read More2019: End bad governance now in Imo-Okey Ezeh
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Imo State, Mr. OkeyEzeh has called on the mass media, civil society groups, cultural unions, faith-based organizations and academia in the state to get actively involved in enriching the discourse on a better Imo State and in the process of redeeming the people from the clutches of bad governance come 2019. Addressing newsmen in Owerri on Sunday, the investment expert maintained that the situation in the state has become intolerable, adding that it behoves all stakeholders…
Read MoreOnyeagucha accuses CP of conniving with Rochas to annihilate Imolites …Flays brutal attack on citizens
Hon Uche Onyeagucha ,the APGA frontline governorship aspirant in the state, has condemned in clear terms the unfortunate incidence of harassment, molestation, abuse and brutal attack on innocent Imolites by the outgoing Governor Rochas Okorocha through his recruited thugs and men of the Nigeria Police Force, Imo State command. The fomer federal law maker alleged that the despotic actions of Governor Ethelbert Okorocha can now be likened to that of Idi Amin Dada of Uganda and Saddam Hussein of Iraq. It is only a despot and ruthless Emperor who has…
Read MoreNneji to Imolites, develop leadership template for aspirants
The would-be governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Imo State chapter, Mr. Frank Nneji has advised Imolites to develop template to the Guber aspirants on the nature of socioeconomic and political sphere they would want to have come the next administration in order to know who is prepared to deliver the dividends of democracy to them. Mr. Nneji let this known during the inauguration of the 27 local government coordinators of the Rebuild Imo Campaign Organization he will be using to actualise his governorship ambition in the…
Read MoreI hope Nwosu ‘II not betray me like others-Okorocha …Moans: I never believed Madumere ‘II stand against me, in life
Imo State Gov Owelle Rochas Okorocha has let out his fears about the unknown in his relationship with his son in law, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu saying he is praying he doesn’t betray him in the future. Gov Okorocha who bared his mind in Owerri during a recent media parley with journalists in the state revealed that his fears stemmed from what is going on between him and some of his erstwhile close confidants. According to him he never believed that some of his aides and officials like the deputy governor…
Read MorePolitical Retirement: Okorocha needs urgent psychiatric test -Ohakim …Says; Gov. Is retiring and converting government properties to personal belonging , others …Challenges him to pay 4 yrs judges pensions
Reacting to a recent media report credited to Governor Rochas Okorocha to the effect that he (Governor) has retired some politicians in the state including His Excellency, Dr. Ikedi Ohakim, who was governor of Imo State between 2007 and 2011, the former governor says Rochas’ comments have confirmed that “he has completely run amok and requires an urgent psychiatric attention…” Ohakim who replied via a press release signed by his chief press secretary, Collins Ughalla, described governor Okorocha’s comments as senseless saying that governance requires decorum and that rather than…
Read MoreI’ve retired Iwuanyanwu, Udenwa, Nzeribe from Imo politics- Rochas
Imo State Governor, Owelle Anayo Rochas Okorocha has said that he would work and continue to inspect projects till May 29, 2019, when his Successor is expected to take over. The Governor also said that he has retired Politicians like Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Arthur Nzeribe, Chief Achike Udenwa, Chief Ikedi Ohakim and will by 2019, retire the likes of Senator Ifeanyi Araraume and Co, so that the young ones would come up. He made the claim when more than three thousand Ideato North people, including their Chiefs and leaders came…
Read MoreNgor Okpala Youths petition Rochas
Youths of Ngor Okpala LGA, operating under the ageis of Onyeaghalanwanneya Youth Movement OYM, Imo Airport Landlord Youths have cried to Gov Rochas Okorocha over the destabilizing activities of Okenze Sylvester Obinna, a chieftain of APC in the LGA, in the affairs of the body. The youths who called the attention of the governor to their problems in an open letter signed by their president Alvan Ahaotu Opara and Secretary Stephen made it categorically clear that the man has planted a seed of hatred and crisis in the area which…
Read MoreTwo wedding guests killed by policemen in Imo
There was pandemonium in Anara , in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State on Sunday as two policemen allegedly shot two persons during a traditional wedding. The development, our correspondent learnt, made guests to abandon the ceremony and run for dear life . The two policemen, whose identities had yet to be ascertained as of press time, were said to have escorted two prominent persons to the event . Our correspondent gathered that the trigger-policemen were whisked away by members of the bride ‘s family who prevented…
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