imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma says former Governor Rochas Okorocha is suffering from a post-power syndrome.
The Governor also confirmed that neither Okorocha nor former Senator Ifeanyi Ararume registered nor revalidated their membership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, during the Party’s recent exercise to update its membership register.
Uzodinma revealed that contrary to the allegations by both men that he, the Governor, instructed that they be not registered, Okorocha rebuffed his offer to accompany him to his (Okorocha’s) Ward so as to get registered.
Uzodimma said his desires remains to have every genuine All Progressive Congress member in the state registered. But he identified post-power-syndrome as the problem of most political leaders in Nigeria today.
Governor Uzodimma who spoke at the Sam Mbakwe Exco Chambers Government House Owerri, Thursday, while receiving APC Registration and Revalidation Appeal Committee noted that “the management of self aggrandizement, self esteem, and inability to reason that yesterday is gone and today is a new vista is the major problem of most past leaders who still think they can carry over the powers they held yesterday.”
Addressing the Committee whose members hinted that former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha and Senator Ifeanyi Araraume complained that they and their supporters were bared from the recent registration and revalidation exercise, Governor Uzodimma informed that those who are complaining about the APC registration in the State are those who never drew near to get registered.
The governor pointed out that he never as a person delegated anybody to intervene or obstruct anyone from registration.
The Governor did not mince words to say that the monitoring Committee assigned to the National Registration Team was mandated to make sure that all members and even non-members of APC were registered in the exercise.
He restated his resolve to “uphold the APC manifesto to change things for the better for Imo people in particular and Nigeria in general,” saying in doing so he is “returning the power of APC to the people following the democratic process.”
Governor Uzodimma told the team led by Hon. Farouk Adamu Aliyu that his interest is the growth of the party in Imo State and beyond and not necessarily the interest of an individual or groups.
Governor Uzodimma said he personally offered to accompany Senator Okorocha to his ward for the former governor to get registered or revalidate his APC membership but he threw away the offer and preferred to talk about structure.
He regretted that some people find it difficult to manage life after power, noting that nothing will deter him from registering as many Imo people as would want to identify with the APC.
Governor Uzodimma pointed out that soon the Party Congresses will be held in the State for people to choose who they want to preside over their affairs and that “if nothing different is done it will be a Direct Congress because as the Governor of Imo State I was a beneficiary of the process.
Briefing the Governor on why they came to see him, the leader of the APC Registration and Revalidation Appeal Committee, Hon. Farouk Adamu Aliyu explained that they have come to critically look at the complaints and petitions of members who claimed that they were not captured, and or were prevented from registering during the Party’s National Registration exercise.
