The internal crisis rocking the All progressives Congress (APC) took a dangerous turn on Sunday after the Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha described the National Chairman of the party as a failure, stressing that he left no meaningful legacy in Edo while serving as the state governor.
Gov. Okorocha who stated this in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo challenged Oshiomhole to publish his achievements in Edo State for the eight years he was governor.
“We won’t allow Oshiomhole to eat his cake and still have it. And we start this way: Adams Oshiomhole was governor in Edo State for eight years. Rochas Okorocha has been governor in Imo for less than eight years.
“And we challenge Oshiomhole to publish his achievements in Edo State for the eight years he was governor and let Rochas publish his own achievements in Imo in less than eight years. And let Nigerians judge between the two who failed as governor.
“If Oshiomhole fails to accept this challenge, we won’t have any other option than to conclude that he is just a noise maker. Mr. Oshiomhole has been talking and working to fulfill his own part of whatever deal he has with Chief Hope Uzodinma. He is acting his own part and in doing that, he has thrown caution to the wind.
“A national chairman of a party who came for the campaign of a governorship candidate of his party would have used the opportunity offered by that event to market the candidate.
“But in this case, Oshiomhole talked about Governor Okorocha and carefully skipped because he knows where the problem lies with the candidate. All the media reports on what Oshiomhole said at the rally were all about Okorocha. He consciously avoided telling Imo people why they should opt for Chief Uzodinma at the poll in 2019 or why he chose him as the guber candidate of the party in the state.”
Okorocha was reacting to the verbal attack on his administration by Oshiomhole when he flagged off Senator Hope Uzodinma's governorship campaign in Imo state.
