Rochas Okorocha, the governor of Imo state, has endorsed and vowed to support Uche Nwosu, his son-in-law, to win the 2019 Governorship election in the state.
Okorocha, on Monday, February, 12, 2018, while receiving leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from Owerri municipal council, Okorocha said Nwosu, who is married to his first daughter, has all it takes to be a good governor.
Okorocha said; “Uche Nwosu is hardworking, and never gets tired. I have checked him in and out, I have not found him wanting,” Sam Onwuemeodo, the governor’s chief press secretary, quoted him as saying.
He is a very humble young man. Not proud. Not arrogant. So, power won’t enter his head.
“In spite of the position he occupies, you can’t see him quarrelling with anybody or maltreating anybody. He does not segregate anybody, whether from Orlu or Owerri or Okigwe zone. He relates with people enviously.”
“Zoning does not put food on the table of anybody. What the state wants is Imo governor and not Owerri zone or Orlu zone or Okigwe zone governor.
“The young man is a team player who does not use his office to molest anybody. He has the qualities of a good leader. If he says he will run for governor, I will support him.”
Speaking on President Muhammadu Buhari’s return bid in 2019, the Governor called on the Igbos to vote massively in support because “the Igbos need the North for Political survival”.
In their speech earlier, Hon Barr Obinna Mbata who spoke on behalf of the Party and Political leaders from Owerri Municipal said their desire is to see a person with a sense of leadership no matter where the person comes from to succeed Governor Okorocha, and a person who believes in development, saying they have seen Chief Nwosu as the man with those qualities.
Barr Mbata’s words
“The question is what happens to the amazing achievements of the governor after he must have left. The achievements of the governor have exceeded the expectations of so many people. And who succeeds him should be the concern of all patriotic Citizens of the State. That is why we are here, to tell you that Uche Nwosu has all it takes to measure up well”.
Among the dignitaries in attendance is the member representing Owerri Municipal Constituency in the State House of Assembly, Hon Lugard Osuji.
