Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, says he will back his
son-in-law, Uche Nwosu if he ever shows interest to run in the 2019
governorship election in the state.
Okorocha who has been rumored to be
grooming Nwosu, the husband of his first daughter Uloma, stated this
when he received leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from
Owerri municipal counci yesterday February 12th.
“Uche Nwosu is hardworking, and never gets tired. I have checked
him in and out, I have not found him wanting. He is a very humble young
man. Not proud. Not arrogant. So, power won’t enter his head. In spite
of the position he occupies, you can’t see him quarrelling with anybody
or maltreating anybody. He does not segregate anybody, whether from Orlu
or Owerri or Okigwe zone. He relates with people enviously’‘ Sam Onwuemeodo, who is governor Okorocha’s chief press secretary, quoted him as saying.
On whether Nwosu who is currently his chief of staff is from the zone
that ought to produce the next governor, Governor Okorocha said “Zoning
does not put food on the table of anybody.
What the state wants is Imo
governor and not Owerri zone or Orlu zone or Okigwe zone governor. The
young man is a team player who does not use his office to molest
anybody. He has the qualities of a good leader. If he says he will run
for governor, I will support him.”
Nwosu is yet to declare his intention to run for office of the governor.