Governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in Imo state, Uche
Nwosu, has said that he is ready to form a fresh alliance with his
former party, All Progressives Congress (APC) in a bid to reclaim his
alleged stolen mandate.
According to him, he has put aside the purported injustice the APC
meted on him since the party has realized its mistakes after its poor
showing in the governorship and House of Assembly elections.
Nwosu, who stated this on Tuesday in a chat with journalists,
disclosed that he has petitioned the Tribunal against the declaration of
Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as governor-elect.
He added that he is confident that the election will be upturned.
He said, “The national leadership of the APC made a mistake by not
giving the party’s ticket to me, we warned them against giving the
ticket to Hope Uzodinma but the leadership of the party ignored our
warnings, but the outcome of the elections has justified us.
“We joined the AA two months to the election and I won the
governorship election if not for the manipulations, we also got two
Federal House Representatives seats and eight seats in the State
Assembly but now that they have realized their mistakes we are ready to
form alliance with APC to reclaim our mandate.
He pointed out that the declaration of the PDP candidate as the
governor-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
was an aberration to the Constitution and will not stand.
“I have petitioned the Tribunal and I am sure that the issues raised
which bother on constitution cannot be swept away, I am certain that I
will reclaim my mandate in no distant time”.
He stated that power has temporarily left the masses, stating that,
“what is happening is an interim setback, it will soon be over and power
will once more return to the people.”
Nwosu also commended President Muhammadu Buhari for presenting level
playing ground for all political parties during the elections.