'He was nowhere to be discovered' – Uzodinma's camp blasts Okorocha over Imo APC major

Enyinnaya Onuegbu, Chief of Staff to Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, has taken a swipe at former governor, Rochas Okorocha over the disaster rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, within the state.

Speaking on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’ on Friday, Onuegbu mentioned Okorocha was absent from all the important thing conferences and occasions resulting in the APC major within the state.

According to him, Okorocha can not declare to be a stakeholder within the occasion when he intentionally stayed away from occasion actions.

“Okorocha was absent from key events leading to Imo APC primary. He was nowhere to be found. He didn’t attend any reconciliation meeting, he didn’t show up for stakeholders’ meeting,” he mentioned.

Uzodinma’s Chief of Staff additional acknowledged that the previous governor solely resurfaced when it was time to share the end result of a course of he by no means participated in.

“He wants to reap where he did not sow. You cannot stay away and then come back to dictate who becomes candidate.

“Okorocha closely distorted the info. At what level earlier than the first elections did he deal with Imo APC members as an aspirant?

“The law requires oral evidence from witnesses, not just conflicting documents. He was not physically present at most of the events leading up to the primaries,” he mentioned.

He mentioned Governor Uzodimma tried to achieve out to Okorocha and different aggrieved leaders however they refused to select his calls.

The Chief of Staff mentioned the APC in Imo is united and prepared for the election, regardless of the noise from Okorocha’s camp.

Recall that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday rejected the candidacy of Uzodimma for Imo West Senatorial contest and declared Okorocha the winner.