The governorship candidate of the
Action Alliance, AA, and son-in-law to Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, Mr.
Uche Nwosu, has said he would not succumb to any form of blackmail in his
support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term bid.
Nwosu said this yesterday in
Owerri while re-stating his support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s
re-election in 2019.
He added that nobody would be
allowed to rig the forthcoming governorship election in the state.
Recall that Nwosu dumped the All
Progressives Congress, APC, for AA, after a guber parallel primaries in the
state at the end of which he lost the governorship ticket to Senator Hope
Uzodimma.
Nwosu said: “In fact, anybody
thinking of rigging the 2019 election is making a big mistake because we will
resist it. The youths of Imo state will resist it, the women and the leaders of
the state will resist it.
“If you are not popular, you are
not popular and INEC knows that it is not possible to write result in Imo
state. People should know that the era of sitting at home and writing results
is gone.
“We have made up our mind to
support President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 and nothing can change that.
“Whether they blackmail us or
not, the truth is that we have made up our mind to support President Buhari. If
I am not supporting President Buhari, I won’t be putting his pictures on my
billboards and campaign posters, otherwise who am I deceiving?
“In 2015, President Muhammadu
Buhari won with a wide margin in my Eziama-Obire Ward and in the 2019 election,
despite being the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance, I will deliver
President Buhari in my Ward but those running to Abuja to blackmail me cannot
convince a single person to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari.
“Those relying on rigging the
2019 governorship election will be disappointed as the people of the state will
resist any such attempt.”
It was his view that, “all those
involved in the blackmail should come out and show us their supporters that
will vote for President Buhari. All they are interested in is to use the
President’s name to compromise the election. They know that they don’t stand a
chance in a free and fair election but that will not work in Imo State. We have
implicit trust in the leadership of the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) under Mamoud Yakubu to deliver a credible election. So, those
relying on rigging and other malpractices will fail.
“Imolites will resist any attempt
to steal their mandate, the people’s vote must count.”
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