Okorocha Lambasts Udenwa, Archbishop Obinna, Says They Hate APC And Buhari

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, had on Monday lambasted the Catholic Archbishop of the Owerri Diocese, Most Reverend Anthony Obinna, along with former Imo governor Achike Udenwa; his kinsman, Ezekiel Izuogu; and a former chairman of the state Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, for having what he termed a uncontrolled hatred for President Buhari and the All Progressives Congress.

According to Okorocha he said, the Archbishop has never hidden his  love and sympathy for the All Progressives Grand Alliance, which hinted that he made it public in 2015.

Speaking through a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, he said that in 2015, the cleric openly threw his full weight behind the APGA governorship candidate, Captain Emma Iheanacho, and the then presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Goodluck Jonathan.

“In 2015, Governor Rochas Okorocha took President Muhammadu Buhari to Archbishop Obinna when he came on a campaign. They met privately for hours but two days after, his newspaper (The Leader) came up with the caption. “The Alhaji in Government House” and told the false story of how Okorocha was taking Igbo youths to the north to be Islamised. The medium up till today has never seen any reason to give the APC and President Buhari a chance.”

According to Onwuemeodo, he branded the Udenwa’s government as a a set back to the state, even as he also alleged that Dr Izuogu made fruitless efforts to govern the state and attributed this to his gimmick and the lack of sincerity of purpose, while said that the dethronement of Ilomuanya as both a traditional ruler and chairman state council of traditional rulers was in the right direction.

“So they are working together now in support of Hope Uzodinma, whose claim of being a member of the APC is not up to six months. And the PDP chieftains like Udenwa also supporting the senator. These people cannot love APC or President Buhari.”