Imo State Government yesterday described the claim by leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra,
MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike that he single- handedly made Owelle Rochas Okorocha the Governor of Imo State in 2011 as untrue and calculated attempt to deceive Ndigbo particularly Imo citizens.
The state government in a statement signed by Sam Onwuemeodo , Senior Special Assistant to the governor on media, said that there was no truth in such claim.
“If this claim by the MASSOB leader was true or has any atom of truth, we would have left the claim unreplied, but the claim has no iota of truth hence, our desire to properly inform the general public and set the record straight on the claim,” the statement said.
It said that Uwazuruike did not work for Rochas Okorocha and the All Progressive Ground Alliance, APGA, in the governorship election in the state in 2011, adding that MASSOB leader only worked for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Chief Ikedi Ohakim who was the PDP candidate in that election.
“That was one of the reasons the PDP won in Chief Uwazuruike Onuimo Local Government in the gubernatorial election. The PDP also won the governorship election in 2011 in Ohakim’s Okigwe zone.
The statement stated that, if Chief Uwazuruike could not make Rochas Okorocha to win in his Onuimo Local Government and in his Okigwe zone, how then he delivered Okorocha in 2011 talk more single-handedly.
“You could not make a candidate to win in your ward, LGA, and in your zone, and you are claiming to have made him to win the governorship election single-handedly.How?’’ It recalled that before now, the former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Peter Obi and the embattled National Chairman of APGA, Chief Victor Umeh had also made similar claims individually that they delivered Okorocha in 2011 to become Governor in Imo State.
The statement advised them to stop making porous claims and allow the governor to concentrate on greater task ahead. It said if they were to share on the Okorocha’s victory in 2011, it should not be done by making claims that could not be substantiated.
“Only impression one could create out of all these claims on Okorocha’s victory in 2011 is that the man has done very well as governor and everybody wants to share in the glory of his success in Imo.
“And we are not against that. But it should not be done by making claims that are neither here nor there. Imo people elected Okorocha governor in 2011. And that is the basic fact,” the statement maintained.
