Imo Deputy Governor dares Okorocha, rejects senatorial slot

The Imo State Deputy Governor, Eze Madumere, on Wednesday, rejected the offer of a senatorial seat made to him by Governor Rochas Okorocha.

The Governor had, on Monday, declared interest to run for the Imo West Senatorial seat. He also hinted that he would ask his deputy to jettison his governorship ambition and contest for the Imo East Senatorial election, which will pave the way for Okorocha’s son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, to emerge candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Okorocha had earlier endorsed Nwosu, who is married to his first daughter, Uloma, as the next governor of the state.

“If Uche Nwosu will be home for governor, I will tell the deputy governor to go to the Senate,” Okorocha had said.

But Madumere, who is from Owerri zone, which has not produced a governor since the return to democracy in 1999, rejected the offer in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Uche Onwuchekwa.

According to the statement, Madumere restated his resolve to contest for the office of the governor in 2019.

He said it is not just about his ambition, but about the entire Owerri zone which, he said, has been side-lined and marginalised.

He described the Senate position offered to him by Okorocha as an act of betrayal. He lamented that he has been “molested, betrayed and insulted” by those he nurtured to “become relevant in life.”

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