The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, took his fight against the Imo Sate Governor, Rochas Okorocha, to the latter’s doorsteps on Friday when the party launched its campaign in the state.
At the event where it presented Sen. Hope Uzodinma as its governorship candidate, and whre Okorocha as well as the state Chairman of the APC, Mr Dan Nwafor, was absent, Oshiomhole threw jibes at Okorocha, suggesting that he made governance a family affair.
He said, “I’m assuring you that we have a governorship candidate, whose purpose is to develop and bring prosperity to the Igbo young man, the Owerri young woman, the carpenter, the mechanic and, above all, my own comrades, the civil servants of Imo State who don’t know any longer what a payday looks like.
“When we talk of happiness, we will not domesticate it in the hands of a sister. The happiness of the great people of Imo State will be the primary purpose of government under Sen. Hope Uzodinma.
“One contract will not be awarded to three people. If it must be awarded, it will not be awarded to in-laws. It will be awarded to the genuine businessmen and women of Imo State.
“Never again will any of your governors look at your (traditional) leaders and abuse them because democracy is about people. Never again shall we govern on the basis of family connections. Whether you know somebody or you don’t, whether you marry from me or I don’t marry from you, that shall not be the basis for winning the next election.”
