LP’s Athan Achonu gets Imo diaspora endorsement for guber race
By Chidi Onyede, South East
The governorship ambition of Senator Athan Achonu in the November governorship election in Imo State, Wednesday, received a major boost following the endorsement of a diaspora group known as Imo Technocratic Elite in Australia.
This is coming less than 24 hours the presidential candidate of LP, Mr Peter Obi issued a quit notice to the incumbent Gov. Hope Uzodinma during a rally to flag off Senator Achonu’s campaigns.
The endorsement was contained in a statement issued by the diaspora group and made available to Wawa News Global.
Recall that Labour Party has continued to gain popularity since Obi joined the party late last year and eventually flew its flag during the February 25 presidential poll.
Obi who came third at the poll according to the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is currently challenging the outcome of the election which he strongly argued was manipulated in favour of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC.
According to a statement jointly signed by Professor Samson Ibekwe, and Dr Jude Nnabuikem, Chairman and Secretary of the group respectively, “Imo State is in coma and requires urgent resuscitation to avoid total decimation”.
The statement said that after a careful perusal of the antecedents and resume of the various governorship candidates, the group which is apolitical, settled for Senator Achonu “based on his track records.”
“Senator Achonu has the capacity, exposure, experience and competence to re-launch Imo to the path of peace, stability and prosperity, the statement said “.
The group decried the soaring wave of bloodletting in the state, warning that if nothing urgent is done to halt the dangerous trend, the state might not bear it for too long.
” We don’t need any soothsayer to tell us that Imo has become a theatre of war since APC took over power through the backdoor in 2020. Ever since then, Imo has known no peace.
” Blood flows on Imo streets and villages with no end in sight. Nobody is taking responsibilities yet we have a Government in power. Non state actors have taken over the land of our birth. Pain and anguish have been unleashed on our people.
” Imolites have become refugees in their own land. Our communities are now deserted as unknown gunmen have turned them into slaughter ground. This is not the Imo of our patriarchs! Something urgent has to be done to liberate Imo from political hijackers behind our ordeals”.
Imo Technocratic Elite in Australia also decried infrastructural decay in the state.
Similarly, it lamented the plights of workers and pensioners in the state, accusing Government to insensitivity over the welfare of workers.
According to the group, Imo has become an embarrassment in the South East geo-political zone due to maladministration.
” Imo has become the laughing stock of the South East due to misgovernance and lack of visionary leadership. There is near-collapse of infrastructure. Workers and pensioners in Imo are treated as prisoners of war.
” Criminality has been on the increase, and this must not be allowed to fester. Time has come for Imolites irrespective of their political differences to jettison party affiliations and unite for our liberation. We must come together as a people and rescue Imo from anti-democratic forces holding us down.”
The group said that besides the personal antecedents of Senator Achonu who had demonstrated preparedness for service while at the Senate, the massive transformation in the neighbouring Abia State which is the only LP-controlled state in the country, “convinced us that Imo will advance under Labour Party”.
It, therefore, urged the people of Imo particularly youths to reject monetary inducements at the forthcoming poll and vote for competence and capacity.
” We appeal to our people in Imo irrespective of their political parties, to unite against political oppression and slavery. We must, like Abia State, take over our state from the hijackers for the good of all. Now is the to place the future of Imo above other considerations”.
The group vowed to mobilise support for Senator Achonu’s governorship bid which it said would give birth to a new Imo.
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