Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has been described as a politician that lacks sincerity. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Oye, said it was because of this that the party rejected Okorocha who had shown interest in rejoining the party.
Speaking to some journalist on Thursday in his country home, Amawbia, Awka South Local Government area,Oye described Gov.Okorocha as a worst form of the biblical prodigal son.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has been described as a politician that lacks sincerity. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Oye, said it was because of this that the party rejected Okorocha who had shown interest in rejoining the party.
Speaking to some journalist on Thursday in his country home, Amawbia, Awka South Local Government area,Oye described Gov.Okorocha as a worst form of the biblical prodigal son.
He regretted the decision of the party to have given its governorship ticket to Okorocha in 2011 and also denied receiving N3 billion to pave Okorocha’s way back to the party.
According to Oye, “An Igbo proverb says a man who refused to join a ship cannot say he was chased away from the ship. Rochas chased himself away from the APGA ship, and I can tell you that he can never be a member of the party again.
“He won his governorship seat on the platform of APGA, but he took away our members and our mandate and joined APC. He started well in Imo, but immediately he left APGA, he lost vision.
“He is worse than the prodigal son, and that is why we refused to take him back. He was not sincere with his return. He is an unrepentant sinner and APGA cannot take such a man. He is only coming to APGA because his APC ship had left him.”
“He does not fit into APGA. He is not a team player, he acts like Lord of the manor. He is not charismatic, he is not credible either. That is why you see even his fellow governors rejoicing when he was sidetracked by his party men recently,” he said.
“As you can see, we are already working. We will hold a very credible primary election in Imo to ensure that the best candidate emerges. We had 20 aspirants there last month, but right now we have 14 aspirants. Six of them have dropped and we are confident that the best would become our candidate,” he said.
The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Okorocha, Mr Sam Onwuemedo, however denied that the governor made moves to join APGA.
IGBERE TV recalls that Gov.Okorocha was rumoured to be plotting to rejoin his former party, APGA after being played out by some chieftains of the APC in his state during the congresses of the party.
