Ihedioha, PDP should prepare for 2023 – Uzodinma

Chidiebube Okeoma , Owerri

The governor of Imo State , Senator Hope Uzodinma , on Saturday asked Emeka Ihedioha and the Peoples Democratic Party to forget about the 2019 governorship election in the state .

Uzodinma asked Ihedioha and the PDP to rather prepare for the 2023 governorship election and stop disturbing the peace of the state .

The governor who addressed a crowd of All Progressives Congress faithful who were on a solidarity match at the government house in Owerri said that his victory at the supreme court had been affirmed by the judiciary , the people of the state and God .

Uzodinma who was represented by his deputy , Prof . Placid Njoku , boasted that he would defeat Ihedioha again at the next election .

He said that the judgment declaring him the duly elected governor of the state by the whole seven jurists of the supreme court was in tandem with the country ‘ s electoral act .

The governor wondered why Ihedioha who he said did not get one dissenting judgment would still be laying claims to the governorship of the state .

Uzodinma said that he was the true winner of the 2019 governorship election .

He said, ” Tell our friends on the other side to prepare for the next election in 2023 if need be where they will fail again . The 2019 Imo governorship election has been decided by the apex court in our country . It has been decided by Imo people and it has been decided by God .

” Seven supreme court justices ruled that senator Hope Uzodinma was the duly elected governor of Imo state without any minority judgment . Our governor , senator Hope Uzodinma has asked me to thank you for standing for truth and justice . Look at how you have been under this scorching sun to protect justice . Senator Hope Uzodinma appreciates all these and he is not distracted . “

The APC caretaker committee chairman in the state , Marconi Nlemigbo , said that the South East was happy to have an APC governor .

He said that the Igbo are now closer to the 2023 political arrangements, nationally .