The recent visit of the former Bayelsa State
Governor, Diepreye Alamesiegha to Governor
Rochas Okorocha in Owerri the Imo State
capital has sent jitters down the spine of the
members of the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, especially the party’s governorship
aspirants, 247ureports . com has learnt.
It should be noted that Alamesiegha is one of
the strongest henchmen of President Goodluck
Jonathan.
His visit has elicited some sort of confusion in
the political space of the State, with political
pundits speculating that the former governor
of Bayelsa State is in Owerri on the
promptings of the presidency.
Though, the Imo State Government is yet to
issue any press statement clarifying the
mission of President Jonathan’s kinsman to the
state, government house sources have it that
the president sent Alamesiegha to appeal to
Okorocha not to contest either for the APC
Presidential or Vice Presidential tickets.
According to the sources, despite the ugly
rumours of bad governace in Imo State,
President Jonathan has good information that
Rochas had endeared himself to the people of
Imo State and Igbos in general through his
work in the state and “he knows that the
governor is capable a lot of votes against the
president if he contest presidential election in
2015”
Alamaseigha is considered to President
Goodluck Jonathan’s key political strategist and
there has not been an official clarification
confirming or dispelling these speculations.
Innonews.com had quoted a source as saying
“We are suspecting that Owelle is being wooed
to shun the presidential or vice presidential
tickets of the APC and rather return as Imo
State Governor a second time.
He continued “This will surely give boost to
the presidential ambition of Mr. President in
the South East. Certainly, if Rochas gets the
APC VP ticket, it will split the votes of the
region for the PDP . So, I think the move is
aimed at ensuring that the entire Southern
region does not deviate from the PDP. This is
why you see the PDP coming strong in South
West because the North is not certain as it is
likely to vote APC”.
Speaking with 247ureports . com in cofidence
yesterday, a chieftain of the PDP said the news
of Alamesiegha’s visit to Okorocha stung the
party leadership and major stakeholders like
an angry wasp.
He said the visit had just confirmed the fears of
the party that the federal government had not
been supportive of the PDP’s effort to reclaim
power from Okorocha’s in 2015.
Immediate-past governor of Imo State, Chief
Ikedi Ohakim had raised alarm over what he
called lack of federal government assistance to
the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, saying nonchalant attitude may
cost the party the 2015 governorship seat.
Speaking at the party’s stakeholders’ meeting
in Owerri, Ohakim recalled that one of the
weapons which led to his defeat in 2011
elections was pernicious propaganda from the
opposition then, adding that those propaganda
tools used then were bought by all the media
houses in the country including the federal
government-owned Nigeria Television
Authority, NTA, and Federal Radio Corporation
of Nigeria.
He however lamented that the same thing was
no longer being tolerated even by the private
media houses as Governor Rochas Okorocha
has bought over all media houses including the
social media.


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The visit is highly political buh I dnt think is to woo d Gov.

K

All the aspirants in Imo State are what is called "achikota ekwe onu" in Igbo language. None of them has a good record but they are only busy paying people to come online and lie against reality in Imo State hoping on rigging with the help of FG in 2015. Alamiesigha's visit might be on personal note as he is Okorocha's friend or on the other hand he might have delivered a message from the Presidency free from politics of 2015.

PDP will not be stupid to allow Rochas run for second term on the platform of the party considering Rochas' high level of political prostitution.

One thing I am 100% sure of is that APC will never win in my state.
If we don't want PDP, there is always APGA (where Rochas won) and PPA under which Ohakim was elected.

C0llynzO2: One thing I am 100% sure of is that APC will never win in my state.
If we don't want PDP, there is always APGA (where Rochas won) and PPA under which Ohakim was elected.

. Who has the track record or god-like following enough to cause problem for Rochas? None is the answer. Rigging is the only hope left but I doubt if it will work going by the fact that Imo election holds same day as others unless they device a means of postponing it.

Abagworo: . Who has the track record or god-like following enough to cause problem for Rochas? None is the answer. Rigging is the only hope left but I doubt if it will work going by the fact that Imo election holds same day as others unless they device a means of postponing it.

God-like following?
Is that what Okorocha tells you in your meetings?
Anyway even if Angel Gabriel runs for Imo governor under APC, he will lose.

C0llynzO2:
God-like following?
Is that what Okorocha tells you in your meetings?
Anyway even if Angel Gabriel runs for Imo governor under APC, he will lose.

Wishful thinking...

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