A House of Representative
member, Okigwe North Federal
Constituency of Imo State, under
the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, Mr Obinna Onwubuariri, has
called on his party members to support Governor Rochas
Okorocha, to continue what he
described as “good works in Imo
State.” He made this open appeal while
addressing members of his party,
PDP, during his empowerment
programme for his constituency
at Isiala Mbano Local
Government, weekend. He also used the opportunity to criticise
some of his party members who
had opposed Governor Rochas
Okorocha “urban road expansion”
describing their stand as not
worthy of emulation.” According to him, “We saw when
Governor Rochas Okorocha was
breaking down illegal structures in
Owerri capital city, people start
crying and insulting him but today
they have started praising him to continue his good works.” He continued, ” What we need
now is to support Governor
Rochas Okorocha in his good
works to develop Imo State and
make Imo better for our people.” Onwubuariri also vowed that
nobody would stop his re-election
into the House of Representative
for his second term and that his
people had endorsed him ahead
of 2019 election. He said,”I must go for second term. I want to tell
you whoever is planning to stop
me is wasting his time. My people
want me and they want me to go
for second term.” Responding, the former Governor
of Imo state, Chief Ikedi Ohakim
who was at the event said the
event was not the appropriate
time to predict elections and
probably where one has decided to join politically but a time for
empowerment. In his brief remarks he said, “We
have gathered here not for
politics but to create jobs. For
politics, When we get their we talk
about it” adding that ” there is no
how you compare a child of 1year and some months with that child
of 16 years” He summed it up by
saying that, “APC is 1 year and
some months and PDP is 16
years.” But in what looks like a
confirmation of the possibility of
Obinna Onwubuariri, defecting to
the All Progressive Congress,
APC, came from the Chief of
Staff to Imo State Government, Hon Uche Nwosu, who equally in
a short remarks said, “Obinna
Onwubuariri is wearing cloth of
PDP but what is in him, is the
spirit of APC. I want to announce to you and I
have seen it that in no distance
time Obinna Onwubuariri will join
the APC.