{"id":25278,"date":"2014-04-10T17:32:33","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T16:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=25278"},"modified":"2014-04-10T17:32:33","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T16:32:33","slug":"okorocha-must-go-he-has-sold-imo-ihedioha-insists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/okorocha-must-go-he-has-sold-imo-ihedioha-insists\/","title":{"rendered":"Okorocha Must Go, he has sold Imo,  Ihedioha Insists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, yesterday insisted that the Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, must go in 2015. Ihedioha insisted that the process of sacking the governor from office was fully on course.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>The declaration was contained in a statement issued yesterday in Owerri by his media aide, Chibuike Onyeukwu, following Ihedioha\u2019s consultative visit to Okigwe Council Area of the state ahead of the 2015 governorship polls. Governor Okorocha had during the week, put a dent on Ihedioha\u2019s governorship ambition, saying that the Deputy Speaker lacked the credentials and competence to succeed him in office.<\/p>\n<p>But Ihedioha appealed to loyalists of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Okigwe Local Government Area of the state to remain steadfast in the party as \u201cthe process of reclaiming Imo and sacking Okorocha was fully on course and could not be altered.\u201d Promising to do everything to make Imo the best state in the country, Ihedioha reminded the party stalwarts that he was the only person that can show Okorocha the way out and recover the Government House for the people. Stressing that he has no encumbrances that will hinder him from putting the state back on track, the Deputy Speaker said: \u201cI will not use my position to enrich myself.<\/p>\n<p>I am not owing any bank anywhere in the country. I will put in place projects of high standards. \u201cI will restore democratic and relevant institutions in our state. Youths will receive very meaningful attention for sustainable empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>I will not sell our industries, but will reactivate and build new ones to employ and empower our people.\u201d Reacting to the statement yesterday, Imo State Commissioner for Information, Chief Theodore Ekechi, described Ihedioha\u2019s claims as products of hallucination.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIt\u2019s regrettable that a public officer of his status goes about standing truth on its head. Well, if indeed he made these assertions, then he is totally detached from reality and disconnected from the people he seeks to govern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe testimonies of the people are totally different from his claims. Right in his village, a few days ago, his kinsmen paid glowing tribute to the Okorocha administration, reeling out countless infrastructural needs met by this administration. \u201cAs for reclaiming Imo and removing Okorocha from office, he lacks the capacity to even make such wild claims as he has not yet secured his party\u2019s governorship ticket yet. He is merely an aspirant and clearly lacks the credentials to unseat Okorocha.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, yesterday insisted that the Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, must go in 2015. 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