The Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Benjamin Uwajumogu is said to be very angry with the Governor of the State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha.
Reason: The number one Lawmaker is said to have felt “used and dumped” by Okorocha who was alleged to have promised to appoint him the Deputy Governor, the moment his former Deputy, Sir Jude Agbaso was impeached from Office. However, Uwajumogu was shocked, pained and sad that after the exercise, he was dumped, and another person appointed.
According to impeccable sources to this Newspaper, immediately the plot to remove Jude Agbaso was hatched, the first person to be contacted by the powers that be about the conspiracy was the Speaker, Hon Uwajumogu, who asked what would be his reward, and was assured the Deputy Governorship position.
It was learnt that, Uwajumogu who was and is still facing the risk of losing his seat through cross-carpeting accusation, was implored to finish the assignment, and he would be Deputy Governor, and be free of the issue of his decamping to APGA from PDP.
Following this promise, Uwajumogu was said to have given the impeachment project of Jude Agbaso everything, including lobbying his colleagues to expedite action on the plot.
Uwajumogu got more elated when his name was continuously bandied about by the press as a possible candidate to replace Agbaso. This development spurred on the Ihitte Uboma born Politician, who started seeing himself as a prospective Deputy Governor.
Therefore, with the speed of light, the matter when it got to the Assembly went so fast, from the Simeon Iwunze Committee, to the indictment of Agbaso, without even penalizing the contractor who agreed openly of giving out a bribe running into millions of naira.
Eventually, Jude Agbaso was impeached, and Uwajumogu was very excited that minutes shortly after Agbaso’s removal, the Governor presented an envelop to the Assembly containing the name of Agbaso’s successor.
However, believing that the name in the envelop was his, Uwajumogu immediately convened a meeting in his office, where he told members that they must finish the exercise in order not to create a vacuum, which may give room for chaos in the state.
But Uwajumogu nearly fainted when he opened the letter in the presence of the members only to discover the name of Prince Eze Madumere, and was confused, but the members who were already “settled” for the whole exercise went on to clear the name of Madumere pronto.
Since then, Uwajumogu has not recovered from the shock, and been scarce in circulation, even as sources said he is “warming up” to have his own pound of flesh from Okorocha whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Unfortunately for the ambitious Uwajumogu, Trumpeta learnt that Okorocha is no more comfortable with Uwajumogu, as he senses that the Speaker may “retaliate”, and therefore has penciled Uwajumogu as the next target to kiss the dust, after deposing Jude Agbaso.
Trumpeta reliably learnt that very soon, Uwajumogu will face the greatest challenge in his political career, as the Speaker of the State Assembly as the grand plot to remove him will commence soon.
“The fund, available allegations and mechanisms to remove Uwajumogu are already in place. He will not last June this month” a reliable source told Trumpeta.
