Imo Commissioner, Ugorji, hosts 1st Exco meeting, hails Uzodimma on reelection

The Imo State Commissioner for Homeland Security and Vigilante Affairs, Dr. Ugorji Okechukwu Ugorji, has made his first valedictorian remarks in first meeting of the year with the All Progressives Congress (APC) Lorji Ward in the state.

Dr. Ugorji made the remarks at the request of members of the APC EXCO at the Ward wherein he hosted the first meeting of the EXCO in 2024.

The meeting took place at the APC Ward office at Lorji.

Chaired by the Ward Vice Chairman, Mr. Hilary Ohaja (in the absence of the Chairman), the attendees took stock of the achievements of the party in 2023.

Chief among those achievements was the overwhelming victory of Governor Hope Uzodimma and the APC at Lorji and in the Mbaise Nation.

The party unanimously passed a motion congratulating Governor Uzodimma on his reelection as the people’s governor.

On the tenure of Ugorji as Commissioner, Mr. Ohaja said that the community is proud of his (Ugorji’s) representation of Aboh Mbaise LGA in the first term cabinet of the governor.

The party commended the Commissioner for his loyalty and service to the governor and the state.

“Your insistence on accountability and transparency at all levels has changed the politics of Aboh Mbaise,” said Barrister Alexander Chijioke Ugorji, the Ward’s Legal Adviser.

Speaking about Dr. Ugorji’s service and leadership, the Financial Secretary, Hon. Magnus Emenogu, told the Commissioner that he must stay involved in politics.

“You are a good and kind man; we want to continue learning from you; we want to continue riding on your coattails,” Hon. Emenogu said.

Mrs. Ngozi Agharanya, who serves as the Ward’s Assistant Woman Leader, thanked Dr. Ugorji for the resources and energy he brought to the party and to the Lorji communities.

In what resembled a valedictorian speech, Dr. Ugorji thanked Governor Uzodimma for the opportunity to serve him and the state as Commissioner.

“There are now two segments of my professional career – the period before Hope Uzodimma and the period with Hope Uzodimma.

“I have never felt more professionally fulfilled than I feel now as a Commissioner in Uzodimma’s cabinet,” Ugorji added.

Going further, Dr. Ugorji told his kinsmen that Governor Hope Uzodimma does not owe him anything in his second tenure, which starts with an inauguration on January 15, 2023.

“His Excellency will have a clean slate to choose his team for the second term.

“As a committed and loyal enthusiast of the governor, I will follow his lead and directives regarding what tomorrow portends,” he said to a standing ovation.

Below are the resolutions by the Exco and members of Lorji Ward, Aboh Mbaise LGA, Imo State of APC which was respectfully submitted by Comrade Ephraim C. Anokwuru, Acting Secretary, Lorji Ward APC, Aboh Mbaise:

At the meeting duly scheduled and announced, which took place on Saturday, January 6, 2024, the following resolutions were reached, with Mr. Hilary Ohaja (Vice Chairman) presiding, and Comrade Ephraim Anokwuru, recording.

The names of attendees and the names of those who made and seconded motions are available in
the formal minutes of the meeting.

1. On a Motion duly made and seconded, the party congratulated Senator Hope Uzodimma, CON for his
reelection as the people’s Governor of Imo State on November 11, 2024. The vote was UNANIMOUS.

2. On a Motion duly made and seconded, the party thanked the Imo State APC for appointing Mr. Ephraim Anokwuru as Acting Secretary of APC at the Lorji Ward. The vote was UNANIMOUS.

3. On a Motion duly made and seconded, the party members condemned the reported and admitted assault on the pioneer Ward Chairman of APC at Lorji, Mr. Ukanwa Onyekwere, by Mr. Udochukwu Iwuoha (Aka “AK-47”). The party further called for justice to be done for Mr. Onyekwere, including but not limited to the payment by Mr. Iwuoha of restitution for Mr. Onyekwere’s medical bills, pain, suffering and humiliation. The vote was UNANIMOUS.

4. On a Motion duly made and seconded, the party members called on Mr. Ukanwa Onyekwere to withdraw the complaint at the Police as soon as Mr. Iwuoha makes him (Onyekwere) whole. The vote was UNANIMOUS.

5. On a Motion duly made and seconded, the party members passed a “Vote of No Confidence” on the APC Ward Chairman, Mr. Udochukwu Iwuoha, in light of several pending criminal allegations by party members against him, and called on him to resign in the interest of the party and in the interest of the indigenous people of Lorji. The vote was UNANIMOUS.

6. On a Motion duly made and seconded, the party members resolved and authorized the Vice Chairman to serve as Acting Chairman until the next Congress of the party at the Ward level, by which time Mr. Iwuoha would have hopefully resolved his legal problems. The vote was UNANIMOUS.

7. On a Motion duly made and seconded, the party members called on Mr. Iwuoha to return all properties of the party in his possession to the Acting Chairman or to the Acting Secretary as soon as he (Mr. Iwuoha) returns from his reported trip to Abuja. The vote was UNANIMOUS.

8. On a Motion duly made and seconded, the party members condemned the alleged criminal
defamation, terroristic threats to life, extortion, cyberbullying, criminal defamation, etc. of Dr. Ugorji Okechukwu Ugorji by Mr. Iwuoha in at least two viral videos and several other means of communication. The party members called on law enforcement agencies to investigate the allegations thoroughly and accord Mr. Iwuoha his right to due process. The vote was UNANIMOUS.

9. On a Motion duly made and seconded, the party members called on Mr. Iwuoha and his sponsors, godfathers and/or godmothers to seek alternative mediation by begging the victim, Dr. Ugorji, to tamper justice with mercy.

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