Foundation member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Osita Okechukwu, has urged the Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, to remove Imo State Governor, His Excellency, Hope Uzodimma as its chairman, before he wrecks the party.
He made the call while reacting to the bungling of the Edo
State Gubernatorial Primary, which Uzodinma chaired.
In a statement in Abuja, Wednesday, Okechukwu appealed to
the Progressive Governors Forum to as a matter of urgent national importance
remove Uzodinma as chairman “for the mismanagement of Edo State Gubernatorial
Primary election which regrettably produced three candidates, a sordid scenario
not befitting of a progressive party.”
Okechukwu wondered why “Uzodimma who bungled similar assignment in Edo 2020 should be given second assignment”, and asked “how many more malfeasance do we still expect from my big brother, before he is eased out of vital assignments?”
He posed critical questions among which are: “how can a sane
Chairman of APC Governors Forum deliberately breach the extant laws by
announcing result with impunity, albeit consigned to the dust bin his
elementary knowledge that it is the sole duty of the Returning Officer?
“Based on the foregoing, is it appropriate for chairman of
Progressive Governors Forum to abandon the more germane issue of advising Mr
President alongside with other progressive governors on how best to rescue
Nigeria from the dire economic doldrums, thus chasing rat while the house is
burning?
“For me, it is obvious that Uzodimma seems not to understand
the demands of his office as chairman Progressive Governors Forum, but chooses
to meddle with political assignments, which amounts to chasing rat while the
house is on fire.
“Moreover, our party should take serious steps to quickly
repair the monumental damage that Governor Hope Uzodimma has done to the image
of our national chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, whom he cajoled into
endorsement of his cancelled shambolic primary election.”
When reminded that he was one of the key early supporters of
Governor Uzodinma, he agreed and said he had apologised for the grievous error
and was warning the Progressive Governors Forum to avoid more grave wreckage as
chameleon never changed its antics.
Enumerating the serial misfortune harvested by the Imo State
Governor, Okechukwu narrated how APC’s misfortunes started with Anambra State
gubernatorial primary election which Uzodimma mangled and metastasised during
the party’s Congressional elections in the Southeast zone in 2022, which he
pocketed.
He stated: “Then, as if that ugly prelude to 2023 general
elections was not enough, Governor Uzodimma generated hatred, rancour,
malcontents and alienated APC membership long before Peter Obi’s factor.
“The summary of Uzodimma’s woeful leadership is the 2023
presidential election results in the Southeast, which posted dismal outcomes:
Abia- 8,914 against 85,058 in 2019, Anambra- 5,111 against 33,298 in 2019,
Ebonyi-42,402 against 90,726 in 2019, Enugu- 4,722 against 54,423 in 2019 and
Imo- 66,406 against 140,463 in 2019,” Okechukwu submitted.
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