Imo State Governor, Rochas
Okorocha, Tuesday, lampooned the former National Chairman of the All
Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Senator representing Anambra Central,
Chief Victor Umeh.
Okorocha described Umeh as a
failed legislator who could not find his feet in the Senate.
The Imo governor noted that
Umeh’s recent attack against him was a ploy to get cheap popularity, which he
said had eluded him since he was admitted into the Senate.
According to Okorocha, in a
statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, “Chief Umeh
has turned himself into an interesting Spectator in a Senate he should be a key
player or participant. And he has come to realize that being a Party Chairman
is a different ball game when compared with being a Senator.
“Nigerians have seen that Chief
Victor Umeh has not been able to find his feet in the Senate since he was
elected into that upper Chamber of the National Assembly. He has been
staggering, thinking about which leg to put forward first.
“And for this reason, he has not
been getting the kind of media attention he was enjoying free of any charge
when he held sway as the National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance,
(APGA).
“Having been starved of media
Publicity as a result of his abysmal outing in the Senate, Umeh felt that the
only way he could get the needed attention from the media was by attacking
Governor Rochas Okorocha and unwarranted too, leveraging on the impeachment
moves against the Deputy Governor of the State, Prince Eze Madumere by the
State House of Assembly.
“In his recent attack against the
Imo governor, he concluded by alluding that ‘God would impeach Governor
Okorocha’. And you begin to wonder where Chief Umeh was coming from especially
when one remembers that he has never been heard on the floor of the Senate even
for a day, either for his constituents or for Anambra people or for the
Nigerian people.
“As a Party Chairman like that of
APGA, he was getting media patronage for certain reasons or on certain issues,
but in the Senate, one must be eloquent and articulate on issues to be heard.
You need some qualities to prepare motions or bills or contribute meaningfully
to debates, unlike his kind of Party Chairmanship.
“He has continued to talk about
how he made Rochas Okorocha governor in Imo in 2011 when he could not do that
before 2011 and could not also do that after Rochas had left APGA. And he could
not do that in any other State in the South-East even Enugu that is closer to
him. And in his Senatorial Zone, PDP had produced the Senators until he came up
recently.
“Chief Umeh should justify his
trip to the Senate. Attacking Rochas Okorocha won’t be an acceptable
justification for his inaction. His zone is being ravaged by erosion. He can
begin with a motion on that. And nothing stops him from engaging a Consultant
since one does not give what he does not have. Finally, we want to ask Chief
Umeh to face his Challenges in the Senate and leave Rochas Okorocha alone”.
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