Written by OSONDU Nwachukwu
It is now quite clear that Imo State and indeed all the other states
in the South East and South South regions are predominantly PDP. This
is so because the zone recorded an impressive turn out for the party
in the last presidential and national assembly elections. In Imo State
in particular, the PDP got eight out of the 10 federal constituencies
while it swept all the three senatorial seats in the state. That is,
PDP won 11 out of the available 13 federal seats in the state. No
matter how you look at it, the clear testimony is that Imo State is a
PDP enclave. Taking the stake higher, the people of Imo State made it
abundantly clear that we are governed by the APC by accident as,
despite the fact that the sitting governor is of APC stock, we still
voted massively for the PDP presidential candidate who polled over
half a million votes as against the APC candidate who garnered only
few votes above 130,000.
Based on the situation of political inclination, the APC is now
campaigning here that it will not do Imo State any good to vote for
the Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, candidate of the PDP in
this Saturday's election as it would expressly put the state on an
opposition to the APC led government at the centre. But, I must say
that this frankly, a needless propaganda because the APC government of
Governor Okorocha in Imo State was, first, APGA and later, APC, all
opposition parties to the then PDP national government in Abuja. Even
at that, states like Osun, Edo, Lagos and few others have been ruled
by APC, opposition party to the former PDP in Abuja and their people
were happy with them. Therefore, it is out place for Okorocha and his
group to now tell us that "it is not good to put Imo State in the
opposition".
Having secured an overwhelming majority in the National Assembly in
the last election, it is now evidently clear that Imo State is a PDP
zone and it is only normal and natural that we once more vote PDP's
candidate in this Saturday's governorship election. I equally urge our
people to cast their votes for PDP in the House of Assembly elections.
The reason for this is very simple. With Imo PDP members dominating
National Assembly seats in Abuja, it will be for the good of the state
to have a PDP governor and a state House of Assembly predominantly
dominated by PDP members. This will guarantee peace, harmony and
understanding and the state will grow and develop.
Lastly, among all those contesting for the governorship election, the
PDP candidate, Ihedioha is certainly the best qualified and the most
suitable. He has been consistent since 1992 he joined politics even as
he has been having a meteoric rise since 1998 when the current
democratic dispensation. He has since served two Senate presidents and
a Vice President. In 2003 he contested and won a seat to represent
Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala in the Federal House of Representatives where
he was Chairman, House Committee on Marine. Returning four years
after, he became the Chief Whip and, as his people retuned him for the
third time because of his effective representation, he was unanimously
elected the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly where he has
severally performed duty as a Presiding Officer. It is from this
standpoint that Ihedioha is seeking to be elected as the Imo governor.
From every indication, the road appears set for his victory this
Saturday and we, the PDP family in Imo State, are wishing him well.
Osondu, a PDP chieftain, writes from Umuhu in Aboh Mbaise
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