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| Capt. Emmanuel Iheanacho |
It has been noticed that each time
some members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Imo State are not
happy with the way the leadership of the party in Imo State is being
re-structured, they resort to blackmailing the former Minister of Interior Capt
Emmanuel Ihenacho.
We have at various press releases
unequivocally debunked this malicious lies peddled by some misinformed members
of APGA in the state.
In our last press
release dated the 14th August, 2014 with the caption ‘Capt.
Ihenacho Is Not Instrumental To Dissolution Of Apga Executives In Imo State’, we
among other things, made it clear that Capt Ihenacho had’… at no time
engineered, interfered, instigated or influenced any restructuring of APGA
executives at any level…’.
In that press release, we also
called on APGA members, stakeholders and the general public to disregard any of
such rumours or propaganda as they were only intended to smear the image of an
innocent man.
It is still surprising that
afterwards, some persons have continued to instigate some sections of
Owerri-based print media to continue peddling this false, callous and malicious
blackmail and media hype only to run down a man whom many people have testified
for his goodness. The irony in this devilish propaganda is that none of the
stories contain facts that show how the former minister is destroying Imo APGA.
Regrettably, it could be recalled
that when Governor Rochas Okorocha dumped APGA, he ‘passed a death sentence on
it’.
Interestingly, Captain Ihenacho’s
membership of APGA was a clarion call by many members of the public and APGA
faithful. He did not join the party out of selfish interest. His decampment to
APGA is a rare one because when others who rode to power under the platform of
the party were dumping the party, Capt Ihenacho left the party that made him a
minister to come over to APGA.
Nevertheless, we are not surprised
at this blackmail because we are aware of those fueling it. The sponsors are
doing it without any good objective but only to run an innocent man with an
intimidating track record down. The irony is that while the blackmail is
exposing the callosity and desperation of the sponsors, it is invariably
eliciting the maturity and ingenuity of the former minister making him more
popular.
Since 2007, the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) has continued to lose governorship elections in Imo State because
of internal crisis. This should be very instructive to Imo APGA. Therefore, if
Imo APGA exhausts its arsenal and inflicts itself with devastating ‘injuries’
in in-fighting, it will be left with a situation of helplessness and
hopelessness when the main ‘battle’ starts. The party should remember that the
Imo electorate is now more sensitive, sophisticated and enlightened and will
hardly identify with a party that is engulfed with crisis, indiscipline and
disorder.
However, we are happy that the party
which was ‘a rejected stone before now’ has once again regained its pride of
place in the state and this could not have been possible if not that persons of
integrity like Capt Ihenacho have joined the party.
Be that as it may, the task ahead of
APGA is enormous. In 2015 elections, APGA is going to political battle against
two incumbent powers; one in the state and some others who are controlling the power
in the center.
Therefore, in the spirit of the
motto of the party, which is ‘Onye Aghala Nwanne Ya’, let APGA members in Imo
State desist from all acts that are counter productive because the electorates
are watching.
Finally, if members of Imo APGA want
the party to win elections in 2015, it must stop this act of callosity because
the Igbos are known to be their brother’s keeper and not their brother’s
destroyer. Therefore if APGA is truly an Igbo party, then, members of the party
should bury their hatched now, save it for the real ‘fight’ and show the world that they are indeed
their brothers’ keeper.
‘A word they say is enough for the
wise’.
Barr. Emperor N. Iwuala (Ksc.)
Director
Media and Publicity
Capt
Ihenacho Campaign Organisation
08037247295
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