The battle over who represents Orlu zone (Imo West) in the Senate is having a devastating effects on the political structure left behind by the deceased member who represented Ideato North State Constituency in Imo State Hon Eudora Igwe (Okwesilieze).
In the meantime, while a group led by the husband Chief Christian Ihudike Igwe reportedly led the wife’s structure from APGA to PDP, another arm said to be piloted by the aide of the late lawmaker, Barr Calistus Ihejiagwa remained in APGA but transferred the services of the structure to a fresh candidate ThankGod Ezeani.
Trumpeta learnt that at the death of Okwesilieze, several interest groups and politicians sought to have her APGA ticket by making several entreaties to the Igwe family at both in Owerri and Akokwa homes. It was gathered that first to seek Okwesilieze’s APGA ticket was Chief Felix Idiga, otherwise known as JAFAC. Idiga who lost PDP primaries was said to have approached the family but no tangible agreement was reached leading to the collapse of the initial romance.
Next on the line was Ezeani, who is now the standard bearer of APGA for the Senate position. The manner Ezeani secured the ticket from APGA without recourse to the family was said to have irked the Igwes who thought otherwise and dumped the party for PDP.
To show their new move, Igwe moved en masse into PDP with her late wife’s political structure at an elaborate event in Orlu. The beneficiary is the PDP candidate, Uzodimma who received Igwe and armada of decampees at Orlu last week.
However, the newspaper learnt all is not well with the solid foundation laid by the late Okwesilieze especially his pet project, Adaoma Foundation. The captains and foot soldiers of the campaign team are said to be at crossroads following divergent views shared by the stakeholders in the political machinery.
The centre, it is said can no longer hold in the fold following the separate ways of Igwe and Ihejiagwa as 2015 election approaches. It was learnt that the camp of Uzodimma was not comfortable with the inability of the entire Okwesilieze political structure joining him. It was learnt that both Igwe and the erstwhile personal assistant to the wife are witnessing a cold war over the division in the structure.
