.... As Ihedioha consults Ngor Okpala PDP leaders
Chioma Ogazi
Owerri_ ousted Imo state governor, Chief Emeka Ihedioha on Friday met with select leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ngor Okpala LGA at the residence of Okenze Ken Agbiriogu in Obiangwu Community.
The meeting which had in attendance pro Ihedioha's supporters as well as members of Ihedioha Re-election Movement of PDP extraction recorded inflammatory remarks from immediate kinsmen of Greg Egu who verbally insulted Ihedioha for attempting to shortchanged their son, Greg Egu.
Ihedioha had on Wednesday visited select party leaders at the Ngor Okpala residence of Okenze Ken Agbiriogu.
Though he is yet to declare his intention to contest the Imo Governorship election in 2022, but there have been reports and veiled indications that he will contest the exalted seat of power in Imo state.
Our Correspondent who monitored the consultative meeting gathered that Ihedioha's visit was an opportunity to appease the leaders of the party in Ngor Okpala LGA emanating from report of his involvement in the Purported removal of Hon Greg Egu as the Imo state Director of Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council.
It was learnt that Ihedioha made several efforts to substitute Hon Greg Egu and replace him with one of his loyalists but failed in the process.
According to an impeccable source, ' Ihedioha's visit to the United States of America even though he was not captured in the list of delegation accompanying the presidential candidate for the foreign trip but he took care of his traveling expenses in order for him to actualise his desperate bid to substitute Hon Greg Egu as well as replace him with his choice nominee for the directorate Campaign leadership but met his waterloo when close associates of Atiku Abubakar resisted several attempts by Ihedioha.
Ihedioha who was advised by Atiku's associates to return back home and reconcile with kinsmen of Greg Egu quickly contacted his foot soldiers ( Ihedioha Re-election Movement) to make it look like a solidarity reception in his honor on arrival from his oversea trip.
Also, it was gathered that same Ihedioha in his desperation had instructed the Imo state working committee of PDP to convene a stakeholders meeting where his purported position as Chairman of Imo state PDP Presidential Campaign Council will be ratified and communicated to the National Executive Committee of the party.
Ihedioha while addressing selecting leaders of Ngor Okpala PDP gave reasons why he opposed Greg Egu's appointment as Director, Atiku/Okowa Campaign Council on grounds that Egu's appointment might affect his chances of clinching the party's governorship ticket on grounds that Egu do not support his governorship reelection ambition and pleaded with leaders from the area to appeal to Greg Egu not to hunt him for his political miscalculation adding that his visit was to appease them to assist in reconciling him and Greg Egu. He assured Ngor Okpala leaders that if elected he will retain all political appointees who served in his short-lived seven months administration.
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