Ghost Of 2007 Still Haunts Araraume….Nze Ihegbero
Texas, United states based politician Nze Goddy Ihegbero, has said that the Action Congress Of Nigeria(ACN) governorship candidate in Imo State, Senator Ifeanyi Araraume is still haunted by the ghost of 2007.
Nze Iheagbero who spoke exclusively to Nationwide at the launch of a book entitled “True Christian should support Governor Ikedi Ohakim” at the Concord Hotel, Owerri on Friday noted that the factors that rejected Senator Araraume in the 2007 governorship elections in the state are still around and will still reject him.
He insisted that the beauty of democracy is opposition and criticism. He said Chief Ohakim will emerge at the end of the day given what he saw on ground since his return recently. He said the governor’s political structure, New Face Organization, is ground in the United State and Europe and that more than one thousand coordinators have already hit Imo State to work for Chief Ohakim’s re-election and ensure that PDP wins convincingly in the state.
According to him, Imo people in the Diaspora took a resolution to support the governors second term bid, which is the reason for their home-coming to campaign from door to door and let the grassroots know why such a highly achieving governor should be given another term TO DO MORE for Imo people.
He noted that though rotation of the governorship position in Imo state is not in the constitution, the gentlemen’s agreement is not in the constitution, the gentlemen’s agreement still stands and has worked to this point and so, Okigwe zone should be allowed to complete their eight-year term and hand over to an Owerri man in 2015.
The Umudurunna, Nwangele local government born politician noted that his own Orlu senatorial zone has completed its own eight-year tenure and quality demands that Okigwe should complete its own while, Owerri zone takes its turn in 2015, pointing out that it will be an insult and lack of intelligence for an Owerri man to vote any governorship candidate from Orlu zone.
Nze ihegbero stressed that those in the Diaspora decided to back the incumbent governor having been convinced that he has the best programme for the state compared to all the other candidates in the race.
According to him, Imo people abroad want peace in the state and the only person who has shown the will to guarantee peace is Ikedi Ohakim who is ensuring that peace by insisting that Owerri zone should take over from him in 2015 and by which time Okigwe would have served out its tenure.
He stressed that governor Ohakim is the best bet for the hope of an Owerri man to be governor in 2015 insisting that there is nothing as good as being part of the team to return the governor to Douglas House in May.