Ihedioha Lashes Back At Okorocha, Denies Asking To Join APC

Former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives and Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP governorship candi­date in Imo State, Rt. Hon. Emeka
Ihedioha yesterday described the statement credited to Governor
Ro­chas Okorocha that he had asked him to join All Pro­gressives
Congress, APC and become Senate Presi­dent as falsehood.

Governor Okorocha while giving account of his stewardship for past
four years on Monday has stat­ed that the former deputy speaker would
have still be relevant in politics today if he had accepted his plea
for him to contest the sena­torial seat of Owerri zone in order to
become the Sen­ate President.

Reacting in a statement by his Media Assistant, Chibuike Onyeukwu,
yes­terday, Ihedioha described the governor's statement as
diversionary and false­hood in its entirety and something that could
only come from a feeble mind.

"Although we find the Governor's acknowledge­ment of Rt. Hon.
Ihedio­ha's capacity to chair the National Assembly a well known fact
and therefore needless to emphasize, we however wish to state that the
statement is in its en­tirety, false, diversionary and indeed could
only have come from a man, very well known for his penchant for
falsehood."

Ihedioha stated categori­cally that Governor Okoro­cha did not visit
him before the elections to plead with him to jettison his ambition.
"The only time Governor Okorocha visited me was in 2013 in company of
Senator Osita Izunaso to condole me on the death of my younger
sister," adding that there was no way they could have discussed
politics in such solemn moment.

The statement further added: "Even if he did, Chief Ihedioha wouldn't
have yielded to his ill- in­formed advice because the entire Imo
citizens yearned, and still yearn for the former Deputy Speaker of the
House of Represen­tatives to address the un­told hardship that has
rav­aged the state based on his sterling qualities and track record of
achievements.

"It is unfortunate that the courts couldn't consid­er our petition
against the declaration of Governor Okorocha by INEC as the winner of
the polls, which would have exposed the fraud and massive rigging that
skewed the election in favour of...

-NationalMirror