Senator representing Imo West
District in the National Assembly, Rochas Okorocha, has denied involvement in
the intrigues that denied Southeast the House of Representatives speakership.
Recall that Emeka Nwajiuba,
lawmaker for Ehime Mbano/Ihiteuboma/Obowo federal constituency, had accused the
former governor of working against Igbo lawmakers in the speakership race.
Reacting in a statement
yesterday, Okorocha’s Special Adviser on Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, not only denied
the allegation but queried how Nwajiuba arrived at the conclusion.
The statement read: “Hon. Emeka
Nwajiuba of the Accord Party (AP) has, for some days now, done a lot of
publications in the media accusing the former governor of the state and the
senator representing Imo West, Rochas Okorocha, of being responsible for the
loss of the speakership of the House of Representatives by the Southeast.
“Nwajiuba, however, did not state
how he arrived at that faulty conclusion, except his contention that the former
governor did not allow primaries to take place for the state chapter of All
Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2019 election.
“He did not also explain how,
because it was the national headquarters of the party that handled the primaries
of APC in the state, both the one Ahmed Gulak truncated and the second
exercise.”
The Senator said it was
unimaginable for him to have supported Nwajiuba for position of House of
Representatives’ Speaker.
“It would have been unimaginable
to believe that the president would adopt a member of Accord Party for such
position, no matter the relationship, and even when his matter is at the Appeal
Court.
“So, accusing Rochas Okorocha of
being behind his failure to succeed with his name-dropping strategy this time
was just a cover-up,” the statement added.
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