My Current Travail Unjust, Says Okorocha

Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has described his current political travail in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has both unwarranted and unjust.

The politician who had earlier been declared winner of the Senatorial contest has since been denied issuance of Certificate of Return.

Recall also that he failed to install a successor in the last governorship election.

The governor who spoke yesterday in Abuja has however accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Adams Oshiomhole and the party of conniving with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to frustrate him politically.

According to Okorocha, the gang up will never succeed, just as he asked INEC to right the wrong by giving him the certificate of return, adding that the Electoral umpire has no such powers having announced the results and him being declared the winner.

He noted that the evil he feared in his former political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has befallen him ten times in the APC, even as he described the party as that which is bedevilled with crisis, problems and not having the strength to fight as a party.

He said, “ I have written to INEC on my Certificate of Return, the commission should give me the certificate, it cannot just withhold the cet6 based on mere allegations,there was no fair hearing, what INEC did is illegal; INEC has no power to withhold my certificate of return.

“INEC chairman, APC National Chairman are frustrating my coming to the Senate, Oshiomhole, APC, conniving to frustrate me they will surely fail.

“The evil I feared in PDP has befallen me ten times in the APC
The governor who noted that he has no personal fight with the APC National Chairman, however alleged that the war is simply political and attempts by Oshiomhole to bring him down,even as he stressed that what was taking place, was high level conspiracy, adding that they will surely fail.

On whether he has reported his ordeal to President Muhammadu Buhari, governor Okorocha who noted that he did not want to bother the President with such an issue especially as it concerns INEC, said that with the President he knows, he will never intervene as he would only keep mute, adding that “ whether President Buhari speaks or not, INEC Should do the right thing by giving me my Certificate of Return.”