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  • 2027: APC Governors Reject Alliance With Wike’s Rainbow Coalition

    2027: APC Governors Reject Alliance With Wike’s Rainbow Coalition

    Precious Nwonu, Enugu

    Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have ruled out any political alliance with individuals or opposition groups ahead of the 2027 general elections.

    The governors said they remained committed to the APC and would support only candidates sponsored by the ruling party in the forthcoming elections.

    Chairman of the APC Governors Forum and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, disclosed this after the forum’s meeting in Abuja on Monday night.

    Uzodimma said the governors had not entered into any formal agreement with any individual or opposition party ahead of the elections.

    The position comes amid the growing activities of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and Peoples Democratic Party leader, Nyesom Wike, who has been promoting a political movement known as the Rainbow Coalition in Rivers State.

    Wike, who is serving in the APC-led Federal Government, has declared his support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027 while maintaining that his Rainbow Coalition is separate from the APC.

    The minister has also been at odds with some APC governors over political matters.

    During a recent media chat, Wike alleged that Uzodimma and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, were among those behind the political challenges he had faced.

    He attributed the alleged opposition to the growing influence of his Rainbow Coalition, which he said was attracting politicians interested in contesting against some APC governorship and senatorial candidates in 2027.

    However, the APC governors, in a communique read by Uzodimma after their meeting, said they would not support any political arrangement that could undermine the party or its candidates.

    The forum said its campaign efforts would be directed exclusively towards APC candidates at all levels.

    Uzodimma said, “The APC Governors Forum unanimously resolved that its members will not participate in, support or endorse any alliance or political arrangement capable of undermining the re-election of Mr President, weakening the APC or adversely affecting any candidate of the party at all levels.”

    He added that the governors would not support candidates outside the APC.

    “In other words, the forum has no intention to support any candidate at any level that is not an APC candidate because our candidates who are contesting the election are being sponsored by our party,” he said.

    According to the Imo governor, the forum’s campaign strategy would remain aligned with President Tinubu and the leadership of the APC.

    “The governors’ campaign commitment is exclusively to all APC candidates. All levels of the party campaign architecture will align with the expectations of Mr President and the strategic objectives of the party,” he said.

    The declaration effectively draws a line between the APC governors’ official political activities and Wike’s Rainbow Coalition, despite the minister’s support for Tinubu’s second-term bid.

    The 2027 elections are expected to produce further realignments as political parties and influential politicians intensify efforts to consolidate support ahead of the polls.

  • Obasanjo commends Gov Uzodimma for developmental strides in Imo state

     

    Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has lauded Governor Hope Uzodimma on the laudable developmental strides that Imo State is witnessing under his administration.

    The past President paid the compliment during his 85th birthday celebration, hosted by the first family of Imo State at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Imo State.

    Speaking on the sidelines of the celebration, the former President called for improved engagements with genuinely frustrated militant members of society to de-escalate conflict and promote peace.

     

    (Vanguard)

  • Hope Uzodimma plans Imo Stakeholders Meeting

     

    All is set for the Imo State Stakeholders meeting scheduled to hold on Tuesday, 4th January 2022 at Sam Mbakwe Exco Chambers, Government House, Owerri as all relevant stakeholders have been invited and Imolites expectant of the outcome.

     

    In running all-inclusive governance, His Excellency the Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma had upon resumption of office, announced a routine Stakeholders Meeting with Ndi Imo across the board.

     

    The meeting which is in series presents an opportunity for the Governor of Imo State to account to Ndi Imo the activities and direction of the Government in fast-tracking development to the State and as well, a discussion on the recent events in the State.

     

    The Governor has kept to his pledge of running an all-inclusive Government with transparency to the people. The meeting usually held periodically has greatly contributed to the policies and programs of the administration as reactions from the participants are usually taken into account afterwards by the Government.

     

    This Edition is filled with intrigues and suspense especially with the hint from His Excellency on the announcement, on that day, of the sponsors of insecurity in the State and subsequent prosecution. As preparations remain on top gear, Imolites home and abroad remain glued to the commencement of the event for revelations.

     

     

     

     

     

    Source: www.vanguardngr.com

  • I Sent Military to Prevent a Repeat of the End SARS Protest and not to Crush my People – Uzodimma

    Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma on Tuesday defended the airstrike in Orlu, saying it was not meant to “crush” his people but to prevent a repeat of last October’s #EndSARS protests in the state.

     

    Uzodimma explained that protests and the escalation of criminal activities that trailed the #EndSARS protests necessitated his invitation of the military.

     

    He particularly said the situation within Orlu axis had gone beyond what could be handled locally.

     

    The governor spoke with reporters after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.

     

    It was however unclear if the President summoned Uzodimma over his feud with the lawmaker representing Imo West Senatorial District, Owelle Rochas Okorocha as well as the military operation in Orlu or not.

     

    Read Also: Senator worried over hovering helicopters in Orlu

    Nigerian Air Force jets had last week raided parts of Orlu suspected to be hideouts of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the security arm of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

     

    Although IPOB denied the arrest of any of members in Orlu, The Nation gathered that nine ESN operatives were remanded last week at a correctional centre by Owerri Magistrate Court 16 for murder.

     

    Uzodimma, who fielded questions from the State House reporters said: “Well, the issue of bringing the military to Imo state is simple. You recall, during the #EndSARS protests that a lot of properties were damaged in Imo State; police stations were burnt down, soldiers were killed and their rifles removed from them.

     

    “And immediately after the #EndSARS, we thought it was over. Then, issues of kidnapping came. You know a Catholic bishop was kidnapped and killed. And these militants came out and began to shoot. We’ve lost lives, market women were killed, old women were raped in Orlu area and they visited this serious terror on the citizenry.

     

    “I came here (Presidential Villa), pleaded with Mr. President for his support and he sent additional police support. The military also came in.

     

    “It was on my invitation that the military came. And I did that because I know the situation was beyond the local arrangement. We needed help and it was given to us.

     

    “I speak to you, the situation has come down to normal. People are now going about their businesses. And those caught will soon be charged to court. And all those military riffles, AK 47 and so on were recovered by the people that came.

     

    “As a government, it is our responsibility to protect lives. We had security challenges and we invited the military.”

     

    The governor also rejected insinuations that he used the military to pound his people, unlike some of his colleagues negotiating with bandits to solve their security problem.

     

    According to him, he did not use the military to ‘crush’ people in Orlu, but to restore normalcy.

     

    He added: “It is not about crushing anybody and those that came didn’t do any crushing. Those that came through their intelligence identified where these people were and I can tell you, all the people arrested, all the rifles recovered are intact. The people are under interrogation, not even one, not even one soldier, or one of those militants died in the process.

     

    Let nobody politicise it. I have a responsibility to protect the lives of my people.”

     

    The governor said he informed “Mr. President that our government was already making progress.

     

    “Some people may be negotiating with Boko Haram but God knows if I have the opportunity to see any man who is taking lives, I will confront the person head-on. That is why we are government.”

     

     

     

    Source: www.thenationonline