Former national chairman of the
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Senator representing Anambra Central
senatorial district, Chief Victor Umeh has fired back at the Imo state
governor, Rochas Okorocha, for describing him as a non-performing lawmaker.
Briefing the Senate press corps
on Wednesday, the lawmaker expressed regrets for supporting Rochas Okorocha
when he was the chairman of APGA ten years ago.
According to him, the Imo
governor’s attempt to impeach his current deputy, Chief Eze Madumere, who might
be the second to be impeached was an indication that Okorocha is a bad leader.
Umeh revealed that Okorocha began
attacking him because he advised him not to instigate the impeachment of
Madumere having allegedly seen to the impeachment of his first deputy, Chief
Jude Agbaso during his first tenure.
“Rochas Okorocha is about making
history in Nigeria as the only Governor that impeached two deputies and because
I advised him against impeaching the current one, he started attacking me.
“I regret supporting him to
become a governor of Imo state against all odds.
“I didn’t know he is a trickster
and a ‘419” who found his way into office through fraud and deception,” he
said.
Recalling how the Imo governor
declined honouring agreements with other party stalwarts from the state who
ensured his success, Umeh held that Okorocha turned himself into a tiger and
attacked all of them.
He said that he personally signed
agreement that brought Okorocha to power, but later saw that the governor was a
trickster, adding that he then had to leave him.
The lawmaker accused Okorocha of
attacking religious leaders and elder statesmen, threatening that he will
publish the governor’s “fraudulent” transactions if he continued vituperation
against him.
“Here is a man who was answering
‘yes sir’, ‘yes sir’ to me, even in the presence of my Police orderly who has
been working with me in the last thirteen years.
“On getting to office, he
suddenly changed, became a tiger and was attacking every body. I have documents
of some of his fraudulent practices and if he continues to attack on me, I will
publish them,” Umeh warned.
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