Billionaire business mogul and oil magnate, Dr
Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah (USO), on Tuesday,
June 17, 2014, ended the speculations about his
governorship ambition. On that bright, sunny
afternoon, the lanky chattered accountant and
President of Masters Energy took a bold step by
visiting the Abia State Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) secretariat on Finbarrs’ Road, Umuahia.
There, he informed members of the party
executive committee (EXCO) of his intention to
contest for the governorship position of the state
come 2015.
He was accompanied on the visit by notable Abia
political figures, including Chief Empire Kanu, a
former Nigerian Ambassador to Argentina, Chief
Emeka Atuma, a former member of House of
Representatives, Dr Maxwell Ndukwe Adindu, a
former Minority Leader of Abia State House of
Assembly and a former member of the state
executive council, amongst others. Also present
were teeming members of five Pro-Uche Ogah
groups.
As the crowd settled down, a man simply
introduced as Okosisi (Iroko tree) Obingwa, was
invited to address the audience. Ironically,
Obingwa, hypothetically, parades the highest
number of potential governorship hopefuls. Since
the state governor, Chief Theodore Orji, hinted
that it would be just to allow Abia South senatorial
zone (Ukwa/Ngwa political bloc) to produce the
next governor of the state, 98 per cent of those
being speculated to be interested in grabbing the
exalted seat come from Obingwa.
But Okosisi dismissed them, saying that Ogah,
who comes from Uturu in Isuikwuato local
government area -which is in Abia North Senatorilal
zone, was a better material than all the gladiators
from his home council. He said most of them have
held public and elective offices which they failed to
use to improve the welfare of their people, adding
that they would not do better if trusted with the
task of governing the state.
He posited that Ogah, a philanthropist of immense
proportions and dimensions, would take Abia to
greater heights. He said Abia PDP was lucky to
have Ogah in its fold, stressing that had he
declared his interest to vie for the exalted
governorship seat on the platform of another
party, PDP would have found him a hard nut to
crack. “Give power to Uche Ogah and it will be
well with Abia, it will be well with us,” he
submitted.
Next, Ambassador Empire Kanu, introduced as
leader of the Uche Ogah delegation, was invited to
address the gathering.
“We are here,” he said, “because of Dr
Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah. We have come to let
you know of his aspiration to contest for
governorship in 2015 in Abia state.”
Kanu continued “His name is divine because he
has not been entirely chosen by chance but by
epistemological origin. Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah has
a divine calling to take over the mantle of
leadership from our extra-ordinary performing
governor of our state, Dr. T.A.Orji.”
Inviting his principal to personally state their
mission himself, Kanu said “I will want to at this
point to invite our principal to speak for himself
and by himself. I have the singular honour to call
on the President of Masters Energy Group, with 13
subsidiary companies, a chartered accountant, an
acclaimed banker, an astute business mogul in the
class of Dangote, a philanthropist of the highest
order, a Christian, an Officer of the Order of the
Niger (OON), the sensational young man from
Uturu in Isuikwuato LGA, Dr. Uchechukwu
Sampson Ogah, to speak to you.”
Amidst a thunderous ovation, Ogah took it from
there, thrilling the crowd with his sonorous voice,
eloquence and thoughtful logic.
“I am most delighted, most humbled to be here
today,” he began. “Today is part of what we do;
we have been going around consulting. On the day
of our declaration, we will let you know. This is
just part of our routine consultation. And for the
fact that we are here, we have come to consult
with the members of the exco of PDP in Abia
state. And I want to say, thank you for the
opportunity you have given to us. Thank you for
receiving us. We are sorry for inconveniencing you
with a large crowd of people that are here but we
appreciate you because in your normal self as a
father, you will accommodate everybody. So, we
want to thank you so much and God bless you.”