{"id":30373,"date":"2014-08-19T19:51:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T18:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=30373"},"modified":"2014-08-19T19:51:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T18:51:19","slug":"orji-lambasts-okorocha-says-apc-already-failed-abia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/orji-lambasts-okorocha-says-apc-already-failed-abia\/","title":{"rendered":"Orji Lambasts Okorocha, Says APC Has Already Failed in Abia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has said the opposition All<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Progressive Congress ( APC) , cannot win a polling booth in the state in<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the 2015 general elections as the party &#8221; does not exist in Abia&#8221;.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Governor Orji who was reacting to a recent boasting by Governor Rochas<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Okorocha of Imo State who said APC would take over Abia in 2015, said<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Okorocha is suffering from acute malaria even as he advised him to seek<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">medical examination.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Okorocha who represented by his Deputy, Prince Eze Madumere, had while<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">addressing a stakeholders&#8217; meeting of the South East chapter of APC held<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">in Umuahia , said APC would sack PDP from the seat of power in the state<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">come 2015<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Charles Ajunwa, Governor<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Orji reminded the Imo State Governor that &#8220;Imo people\u00a0 are still<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">regretting their mistake of 2011 when he was voted into power under false<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">pretense as a political messiah which he has proved not to be&#8221;.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Governor Orji told Okorocha that most of his &#8220;policies and programmes<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">which are neither here nor there have rather taken Imo State backwards&#8221;<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">while he parades himself as a progressive leader.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8221; Your rescue mission has failed to rescue Imo and how do you think you<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">can deceive Abians with your political rhetoric\u00a0 and gimmicks? People are<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">now wiser, your tricks in 2011 cannot work for you again. Stop deceiving<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">yourself because\u00a0 South-east has no space for you and your APC in 2015&#8243;.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Governor also told Okorocha to &#8221; stop wasting Imo resources on his<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">imaginary Vice &#8211; Presidential ambition but instead deploy them on projects<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">that will benefit the ordinary man as exemplified in Abia &#8220;, adding that<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;very soon it will dawn on Okorocha that he has travelled deep into a<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">political wilderness accompanied by sycophants who will soon desert him.&#8221;<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He said that contrary to Okorocha&#8217;s propaganda, his PDP &#8211; led<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">administration in Abia has posted some undeniable legacy projects across<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the state which &#8220;the likes of Okorocha will never be able to achieve.&#8221;<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He therefore, advised the Imo Governor to fight for his political survival<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">as his abysmal performances so far in office has proved him to be a<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">disappointment rather than the messiah he claimed to be.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Governor Orji\u00a0 assured that in 2015 PDP would replicate the victory it<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">recorded in 2011 when it was overwhelming voted by the people of the state<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and South-east at large based on the antecedents of its candidates which<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">they have continued to\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\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>Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has said the opposition AllProgressive Congress ( APC) , cannot win a polling booth in the state inthe 2015 general elections as the party&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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