2027 Guber : It’s time for Tony Chukwu to address Imolites – Ajumbe

Austin Okoro DDM NEWS

Professor Ajumbe

A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress APC, Prof Vitalis Orikeze Ajumbe has called on Chief Tony Chukwu to come out openly and address Imo people on his choice between Governorship and State capital.

Ajumbe stated this while addressing newsmen through a Phone chat on Tuesday July 1st.

Prof Ajumbe a former member of the Presidential Think Tank under Muhammadu Buhari’s regime said , if Imo people should adopt Charter of Equity then, it must go to Okigwe Zone.

But if not then any zone is qualified to occupy the governorship seat simply because we are in a democracy.

He said it is time for Chief Tony Chukwu who once vibrated that the Imo people should give Okigwe Zone the governorship seat or relocate the state capital to Okigwe to host Imo stakeholders and address them.

The former Commissioner for Information and Public Utilities in Imo state said he doesn’t believe in charter of equity.

He added that if Owerri people should believe in it, then they should give it to Okigwe Zone to run for one tenure.

The erudite scholar opined that Charter of equity started during the time of PDP leadership.

During which Orlu zone man governed for eight years and zoned it to Okigwe Zone who held sway for four years.

He said: “That they started from Orlu Zone and and gave it to Achike Udenwa who came fifth or fourth position during the primary elections to allow for equity.

“Achike then had taken the turn of Orlu zone and seamlessly handed over to Okigwe through Ikedi Ohakim who
was expecting to get the second
tenure.”

The national coordinator of all ANPP members in APC said Owerri people under the leadership of Chief P.C. Onuoha in collaboration with Professor Anthony Anwuka convinced Rochas Okorocha from Orlu Zone to run for governorship.

Who was aspiring to go to house of representatives and he eventually won and scuttled the equity arrangement.

Ajumbe noted that it was two people from Owerri zone and one person from Oguta LGA that started that move against former Governor Ikedi Ohakim..

“They turned it into religion..
Telling lies against ikedi, that he beat a Reverend Father, which was a blatant lie.

“I remember I went to one remote village in Ohaji where they hid the reverend father, Father Eustace.

I traced him, I went there, he said he didn’t even see Ohakim.that day.

It was orchestrated by the church and they started using ohakim’s name in derogatory manner.

How he beat a reverend father.And the thing continued and you know our people and their interest in religion.

Everybody believed it was true, when it was not true.

And that helped in bringing Ohakim down and made him to lose the electron”, he noted.

“Now the same Owerri people want charter of equity.

“We are all educated, we know in equity you take two, I take two, or you take one, I take one.

“And if you deny Okigwe from getting two, how do you want to get your own.

“Equity is like if you kill a cow, we are three, the first will take, the second will take and the third will be allowed to take.

“Any person who wants to come to equity must come with clean hand.

“Now you don’t want Okigwe zone, is it because they have only six LGAs, and you have nine.

“My zone, Owerri forgot that Okigwe is closer to Orlu zone than Owerri zone.

“Okigwe will simply go to Orlu. Orlu man will simply run for that governorship and win. What we are running is democracy.

“Now the governor recently has made it very clear and openly that he is interested in a capable person that will continue his legacy, not where the person comes from.

“That is, charter of equity has been shattered.We are now going back to true democracy.

“I’m calling on Chief Tony Chukwu because of what he said then in Lagos in an event.

“Chief Tony Chukwu said, give us capital and take governorship.

“That his request is impossible.And It shows that he wants the governor for Okigwe Zone.

“Now that he has heard from the governor.

“I’m calling on Chief Tony Chukwu to come out and tell us which one he wants.

“it is time for Tony Chukwu to make his choice now.

“Do you want capital or do you want governor?

“If you want governor this is the time for you to say I want governor and we will give you condition.

“Owerri zone will give you condition if you want governor and you must value Owerri zone,

“We will sit down and agree, and say Okigwe needs governor, Okigwe wants to complete it’s tenure of four years.

“Because what I will not accept is a situation where an Okigwe man will run for eight years.

“Any Okigwe man who wants to run must write an undertaking with Owerri zone that he will not go for second tenure.

“What Okigwe needs is only one term.

“And mathematically Okigwe Zone has six LGAs and Owerri zone nine and that gives us 15 LGAs.

“I know that OhajiEgbema and Oguta LGAs will join us. I also know that Nkwerre and Nwangele will follow us.

” If you think that Owerri zone will make it without Okigwe, I tell you it’s a mirage.

“Owerri zone will not enter into government house without agreement with Okigwe on the way it should go.

“Because for you to run for governorship you must emerge from party primaries.

“If you count the number of aspirants we heard are coming out from Owerri Zone, they are many.

“As far as they say is charter of equity, it must go to Okigwe Zone.

“But if it’s true democracy it can go to any zone, including Orlu,” Prof Ajumbe stated.

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