Why 22 Members Of Imo Assembly, Including Speaker Dumped APC And PDP And Defected To AA

Dan Opara

A new twist emerged in Imo State politics on Thursday, as 22 State House of Assembly members officially left the APC and the PDP for Action Alliance, AA, including the Speaker, Rt.Hon.Acho Ihim.

The development came as planned and hatched by the Executive Arm of the State Govt. under Gov. Rochas Okorocha, who got disappointed with the outcome of the Oct.2nd /Oct.6th primaries of the APC held respectively in Imo State where undercurrents swept away the APC party structure from the grip of the governor who was allegedly accused of holding tenaciously the soul of APC in the State.

It would be recalled that many of the State House of  Assembly members who have defected were accused of not representing the interests of their constituents hence were denied a second term chance in their respective State Constituencies, for example, the Ahiazu Mbaise Member, Hon. Ken Agbim, of the PDP who was denied second term ticket by PDP. Equally Hon.Mike Iheanetu, of PDP Aboh-Mbaise State who allegedly flouted the directives of his leaders and constituents to allow Ngor-Okpala LGA present Hon. Bede Ekeh, go back to National Assembly for second term bid.

Basically, the 18 APC members lost the confidence of their people making their constituents reject them for another term.

It is also being speculated that most of the decampees entered into an agreement with the drivers and political pilots of Ugwumba Movement as a way to extract their own cut of the Imo Treasury from Governor Rochas.

Universalreportersng.com learnt that this is the reason why the assembly seating began late on Thursday 6th Dec.2018 as it began from 10 am to 5 pm when the House of Imo State Assembly members insisted the get bank alert before coming into the plenary.

Now that this development has emerged, Imo politics is bound to be more interesting this campaign period as opposition parties would be on their toes.