Barey 24 hours after failing to pick the All Progressives Congress
(APC) presidential ticket, Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha last
night picked the governorship ticket in the state.
Owelle, as he’s
called was nominated in absentia as he was in Lagos jostling for the
number one seat where he came fourth after polling 624 votes. It
was gathered that Okorocha’s son-in-law and Commissioner for Lands and
Urban Planning, Chief Uche Nwosu, who was said to have been adopted as
the governorship candidate, announced his withdrawal from the race.
Speaking
before the ratification of Okorocha’s candidature, the Chairman of the
Electoral Committee, Mr. John Alamba, said the party had the power to
substitute any candidate, who withdrew from the race. “A few days
ago, we gathered here to elect Chief Nwosu as the APC governorship
candidate, but I was in Lagos when I learnt that the candidate had
resigned on personal grounds.
We are gathered here today to ratify
Governor Okorocha as the party’s governorship candidate”, the panel
chair said. Nwosu said “party’s interest supersedes personal ambition”.
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