Samuel Anyanwu, national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the party’s alignment with the rainbow coalition will unseat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 Imo governorship election.
Anyanwu was reacting to remarks by Hope Uzodimma, Imo
governor, who on Tuesday warned APC members against working with political
coalitions outside the party.
Uzodimma issued the warning during the inauguration of the
Imo chapter of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, which is mobilising support for
President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid.
“There is no rainbow coalition in Imo state,” Uzodimma said,
warning members of the movement against working outside the ruling party.
In a statement issued on Tuesday by Ikenna Onuoha, his media
adviser, Anyanwu described the political alignment between the PDP and the
rainbow coalition as the only way to end the APC’s control of Imo.
He also said persons opposed to the coalition are scared of
losing their ability to manipulate elections.
Anyanwu said the APC’s rejection of the rainbow coalition
during the unveiling of the door-to-door initiative in Owerri shows that the
party’s leaders are frustrated by the emerging opposition alliance.
“The APC in Imo State and its leaders are afraid of PDP and
the Rainbow Coalition,” he said.
“Their statement during the unveiling of the Door-to-Door
initiative on Tuesday, in Owerri that Rainbow coalition has no basis in the
state is a testament that the party and its drivers are frustrated and
confused.
“Imo people are aware that APC leaders in the state have
been rejected and jilted. The party is currently seen as ‘Ebola’ disease that
has no cure even after being quarantined.”
The PDP chieftain also criticised the Uzodimma
administration over what he described as its failure to address infrastructure,
healthcare, education and economic challenges in the state.
He said the government should have repaired rural roads,
equipped hospitals with modern technology, improved the economy and raised
educational standards.
Anyanwu also called on the state government to engage
lecturers at the Imo State University (IMSU) who he said have been on strike
for three months.
He accused the administration of making empty promises and
worsening residents’ hardship instead of apologising for its alleged
shortcomings.
“Imo people are weary of the 3R government and their
tricks,” he said.
“It is embarrassing that instead of the administration in
the state to apologize to Imo people for failing abysmally, the administration
is busy insulting and provoking Imo people, making empty promises and creating
unnecessary hunger.”
The PDP national secretary urged the APC-led government to
accept that residents are seeking an alternative through the PDP and rainbow
coalition.
A former senator and PDP candidate in the November 11, 2023
Imo governorship election, Anyanwu lost to Uzodimma, who secured 540,308 votes
against his 71,503, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC).
Uzodimma won in all 27 local government areas of the state.
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