Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma is said to be unhappy with Speaker Tajjudeen Abbas for allegedly encouraging and promoting Ugochinyere, who is a member of the main opposition PDP by appointing him as the chairman of House Committee on Petroleum (Downstream).
PDP’s governorship candidate in the November election, Senator Samuel Anyawu, announced Ugochinyere as the director general of his campaign council.
A sources said, “The governor of Imo state, Senator Hope Uzodinma and the Speaker of the House of the House of Representatives, Mr. Tajudeen Abbas are in for a serious fight, which has been brought to the attention of the Presidency. The governor is unhappy that Mr Speaker appointed a cantankerous politician from his state, Ugochinyere as chairman, House Committee on Petroleum (Downstream).
“To the governor, this is not a wise decision to take by the Speaker. How can an astute opposition element in Imo State like Ikenga be given such a strategic appointment in the House? This is an election period and the House is patronising the opposition politicians from the state so that they can have the impetus and resources to fight us.
“This is the same Ikenga, who has been rubbishing the governor and saying all kinds of nonsense about our party, APC and he is the same person they are patronising with this juicy job by a top ranking official of an APC’s government. This is unfair and insensitive. How do we grow a party this way?
“They are giving positions, meant for APC members to the opposition lawmakers. To worsen the situation, the person Mr. Speaker is patronising in Imo state has now been appointed as DG of the governorship election campaign council of the main opposition party, PDP.”
“The governor has been appealing to the Speaker to withdraw the appointment of Imo Ugochinyere as chairman of the petroleum committee since it was made public on July 27 but he called the governor’s bluff. How can Mr. Speaker humiliate the chairman of PGF this way?
“This situation has compelled the governor to bring this development to the attention of Mr. President. We expected the President to call the Speaker to order when he returned from his foreign trip. Ugochinyere must be removed and his ego must be deflated. Continuous patronage of the opposition elements by our leaders at the national level is an attempt to kill the party,”
