… says Owerri zone has the numbers to win If…
From George Onyejiuwa, Owerri
A former member of the House of representatives, Hon Greg Egu has warned that the people of Owerri zone should rely on what he describes as Imo political charter of Equity being promoted by Gamblers and people with ulterior motives, if they wish to produce the next governor in 2027 .
He said that the Owerri zone should decide exactly what they want in 2027 and go for it as the zone has the numerical strength to elect any person governor from the zone if they are united and focused and not through the purported charter of equity which may leave them with the short end of the political stick.
Recall that prior to the 2023 Imo governorship polls, Governor Hope Uzodimma had endorsed the new charter of equity produced by the Imo council of Elders and political stakeholders in the state which stipulated that Owerri ( Imo East) senatorial zone will produce the next governor of the state in 2027.
However, Hon Egu who represented Ngor Okpala/ Aboh Mbaise federal constituency between 1999 and 2003 and the Imo state Director General of Atiku/ Okowa presidential campaigns in 2023, has said that he does not support any Imo charter of equity been promoted by a people with ulterior motives as it is in the current scanario in the state.
The Ex- federal lawmaker who stated this Wednesday during an interactive session with members of Ngor Okpala Journalists Forum at his country home at Umuohiagu community in Ngor Okpala council,noted that the purported charter of equity which he said is being promoted with people with ulterior motives will not make the Owerri zone to produce the next governor of the state in 2027.
According to him , ” Our state is currently in the hands of gamblers and nobody is certain about anything anymore . As for the charter of equity , it will be a political suicide for the people of the zone to bank on a purported charter of equity being promoted by people with political ulterior motives . The Owerri senatorial zone has the numerical strength to make an Owerri zone man or woman governor in 2027. But we have to be united and focused and go for it . But if the people are decieved by what the governor is saying about making an Owerri zone man or woman governor based on this their charter of equity, then they are not serious. Right now , both Senator Osita Izunaso and Chief Charles Orie both from Orlu zone are warming up for the governorship contest in 2027 because they know that the so called charter of equity is not binding, even when governor Hope Uzodimma has endorsed the charter of equity?
Continuing, ” So, we as the people of Owerri zone should decide what we want to do .We have the numbers and if we band togther there is no way we will not win the governorship election because we will get votes from Orlu ,the same goes for Okigwe, and, therefore, we should not be decieved that somebody else will do our jobs for us. Nobody will do our jobs for us . We have to do it ourselves by having a united front .But if the politicians from Owerri zone continued with the way they have been acting in the past 25 years with their crab menatlity then the Orlu zone may retain the governorship seat regardless of their new so called charter of equity that says it is the turn of Owerri zone. The ball is already in our court “. He submitted.