declare which office to seek for in 2015 election, Trumpeta can reveal
that Imo state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has APC governorship
ticket in his kitty, courtesy of the state arm of the party.
The Imo APC governorship primaries will therefore be a fait accompli
to confirm the one-way traffic of the exercise meant to favour the
incumbent.
Indications that the verbal expressions of governor Okorocha about
running for the Presidency in 2015 is a decoy to deceive unsuspecting
APC members about his next political destination emerged on Sunday
when he surreptitiously made intentions for running for governor.
While the governor goes about claiming to be interested in becoming
Nigeria's President next year, he is yet collect Presidential form
after collecting the expression of interest form. Ironically, Okorocha
is yet to return the national office of the party any from to run for
the number one position in the country as the likes of Retired Gen
Mohammed Buhari and Ababakar Atiku have done so.
A startling revelation again emerged on Sunday that Okorocha is deeply
interested in obtaining a second tenure as governor of Imo state. In a
party meeting with APC stakeholders from Owerri and Okigwe zones held
at the Imo International Convention Centre, IICC, Owerri, on Sunday
Okorocha asked if anybody is running under APC platform and all
members chorused "No" in response.
The governor in acknowledging their responses that nobody is running
for the governorship position, thanked them for finding him worthy as
a governor and promised not to disappoint them since he will offer
himself to serve them again in that capacity.
Even as the governor 24 hours later informed South East APC delegates
of his unquenchable desire to run for the presidency,
Trumpeta reports being informed that a top Aide of the governor has
secretly obtained the APC guber form for him for 2015 election. The
plot which has been earlier revealed by Trumpeta will act as plan B
option for Okorocha should he fail to get what he wants at the federal
level.
Authoritative party sources informed Trumpeta that Okorocha will run
for the governorship and has a reserved APC guber ticket kept by the
party in Imo.
It would be recalled that at the close of sale of forms for 2015
elections in Imo APC, no aspirant was publicly announced to have
picked the governorship form from the IMSU Roundabout office of the
state party office in Owerri.
This Newspaper gathered that to pull the wool over the eyes of the
people of the state especially APC people, Okorocha muted the idea of
mock primaries for the party in the state. The shadowy exercise
according to the party sources is to undermine the orthodox practice
of open primaries meant to select candidates. In the process of
observing the awkward mock primaries, there will be no governorship
primaries and he will be rail-rolled to pick the governorship ticket
of APC.
A top office holder in Imo state government is said to have secretly
obtained the APC form for the governor even as speculations have
continued to trail issues concerning the party's governorship ticket
in Imo.
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