“Undo politics, misleading and cheap blackmail against the revered institution.”
ceased to be a senator, has earnestly begun. He represented Imo North Senatorial District under All Progressives Congress . He was Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly between 2011 through 2015. He was elected first in 2017 before his re-election in 2019.
Those nursing political ambition to occupy the position include the deceased’s wife, Aileen and elder sister, Chidinma Uwajumogu, a former Imo State Governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, a former two-term senator who represented the zone, Senator Ifeanyi Ararume , and Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, among others. The worrisome aspect is the alleged squabble between Aileen and Chidinma, the deceased wife and sister for the seat. Many Imo personalities are also worried.
As a mark of recognition for his invaluable contributions to the growth of the state and Nigeria, the Imo State governor, Uzodinma also of All Progressives Congress , renamed the state-owned Ihitteuboma College of Education, located in Ihitteuboma Local Government Area, where late Uwajimogu hailed to immortalise him as Benjamin Uwajimogu College of Education, Ihitteuboma. The gesture has already attracted varied interpretations from the opposition camp.
In the same vein, a former commissioner for information in the state, former aspirant for the seat in 2019, and professor of law, Nnamdi Obiaraeri, urged those who were canvasing his name for nursing the ambition when the body of Uwajomogu was in the morgue to desist. After Obiaraeri’s submission, another group known as Okigwe Patriots, in a statement signed by Dr. Fabian Ihekweme, said: “We make bold to warn any son or daughter of Okigwe aspiring to replace the late senator into the red chambers to stop henceforth from heating up the political atmosphere of Okigwe. We are mourning Ben for 21 days and we will not tolerate or allow any political desperado/s to desecrate this period of mourning in the name of politics.
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