Ihedioha Joins ADC, Hope To Fly Its Governorship Flag Grows

By Charles Igbo

The declaration, on Thursday, by the Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, that he has joined the African Democratic Congress, ADC, was greeted by palpable excitement and jubilation by his loyalists.

Ihedioha made this declaration at his Owerri residence 24 hours after the very high profile Opposition Coalition adopted ADC as its launching pad in Abuja.

“My party, our party now is ADC”, Ihedioha roared as he

informed his excited teeming supporters and followers that he has moved to the ADC.

Specifically, the former Imo State Governor addressed leaders of his grasstoots – based Rebuild Imo Movement (RIM)

Brimming with confidence, he informed them: “My party, your party, our party is now ADC. That is the way to go. That is the party for all of us”.

He then proceeded to give the RIM leaders a task:

“I urge you, as leaders of our Rebuild Imo Movement (RIM), to go home to your respective chapters, wards, LGAs and zones, and take this gospel to the grasstoots, to the people. We are people oriented. Our strength is the people, the masses. We alreday have representation in all the boots in the 305 wards in the state, and our structure across the 27 LGAs and three geo-political zones are strong, viable and functional. Just go home and invigorate our RIM structure which is highly effective and superb”.

“I must thank all of you here and those who are not here, for your steadfastness, support and patience. I commend the DG (Director General) of our RIM structure for his administrative ingenuity. I appreciate all the state executive members of our structure, the zonal, LGA and ward leaders. You all have been wonderful. Equally I use the state women leader, Lady Ijeoma Domike in appteciating all our women. I also acknowledge our youths for their diligence and dedication. Together, we shall triumph”.

With this declaration, Ihedioha has not only returned to the centre stage of politics in Imo State, but expectations are high that he will fly the ADC Governorship flag in the off-circle November 2027 Election.

Ihedioha, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives was sworn in as the Governor of Imo State on May 29, 2019, after he was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. But his administration ended, abruptly, seven months into it when the Supreme Court declared Senator Hope Uzodimma the rightful winner.

His bid to stage a comeback in 2024 suffered a set-back when he resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in April 2O24.

Ihedioha’s resignation triggered an unprecedented run in the Imo Chapter of the Party, a run from which the Party is still to recover from in the State.

His entrance into the ADC has set the stage for a would-be tough “political-fight” between the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the ADC for the Imo Governorship seat in the next election. The battle, many say, will be between the two political parties.