The rift between the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha over the result of party’s governorship primaries in the state is far from over as the governor on Monday dismissed Oshiomhole’s apology to the Roman Catholic Church in the state as a badly tailored blackmail.
The APC National Chairman was recently reported in the media to have apologized to the Roman Catholic Church in the state and the Archbishop of the Owerri Catholic Diocese Anthony Obinna for whatever sin governor Okorocha must have committed against them.
However, responding to the apology which he dismissed as a deliberate blackmail, the governor challenged the APC National Chairman to mention the sins he allegedly committed and which warranted his apology, insisting that Oshiomhole is only trying to justify the blunder he contracted and dispatched Ahmed Gulak to commit in Owerri.
“In responding to that deliberate blackmail, we won’t tow the path of Comrade Oshiomhole. We recognize the fact that he is the National Chairman of a ruling party which President Muhammadu Buhari is the leader, and we would not therefore throw caution to the wind like he did when he was abusing or attacking governors in his party as if he is the Publicity Secretary of any of the political parties in opposition.
“If he had asked question, he would have discovered that members of the Catholic Church in the state constitute the bulk of Governor Okorocha’s supporters especially at the grassroots.
“They voted for him overwhelmingly in 2011 and 2015 respectively. And he has never taken their support for granted. He has shown gratitude in several ways which cannot be catalogued in this response, including making them majority in his cabinet.
“The man has put himself on trial and that is the reason since that woeful and awful outing, he has made more than nine claims to see how he could recover but all to no avail. He murdered sleep and would remain awake.”
The governor, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, reminded Oshiomhole that as the National Chairman of a ruling party, his actions and utterances should reflect the dignity which his office carries.
Onwuemeodo also reminded Oshiomhole that when Okorocha spoke to the media after meeting with the President, he demonstrated maturity and did not start calling him (Oshiomhole) names, stressing that calling names is meant for touts.
“As a matter of fact, the National Chairman did not treat the concerned governors well no matter his reasons. He should not expect them to go home celebrating. In the circumstances, his utterances and actions should be responsive and reconciliatory to a very large extent and not declaration of war.”
The governor, while professing his respect and high regard for Archbishop Obinna as an outstanding man of God, cautioned the cleric not expect the perfect leadership expected in heaven to be established in Imo, saying that that could have been the reason he had issues with past governors in the state.
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