Former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has joined the Rainbow Coalition the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu has disclosed.
Anyanwu who described Okorocha’s decision to embrace the coalition as a welcome development urged Imo people to join the political movement which he said was formed to change the political narrative in the state.
He made the disclosure at the weekend while addressing supporters in Ikeduru Local Government Area during the reception organised for the PDP Imo East Senatorial candidate Prince Eze Madumere.
Anyanwu who identified himself as the Imo State Coordinator of the Rainbow Coalition said the platform brought together political stakeholders across party lines including members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to pool their political structures towards what he described as rescuing the state.
He said: ‘The Rainbow Coalition has come to stay in Imo State. There is nothing anyone can do. Those causing disaffection and fanning the embers of discord do so at their own detriment.
‘For us in the PDP the aim is not to cause political disharmony or heighten tension in Imo State. The coalition was formed to rescue the people from the grip of selfishness greed and insensitive administration that has inflicted pains on our people.’
The PDP national secretary said the increasing number of people expressing interest in joining the coalition reflected growing dissatisfaction with the current administration in the state.
He added that the coalition was managing the influx of interested members from different political parties insisting that its activities would remain within the ambit of the law.
‘The number of people interested in joining the coalition is increasing daily and we are tactically managing the surge. This is evidence that Imo people are set to be liberated from the shackles of maladministration and inhuman governance’ he said.
Anyanwu further alleged that the state was sliding under the three-R administration of Governor Hope Uzodimma urging residents to take their destinies into their hands by speaking out against what he described as injustice insecurity and poor governance.
He called on political stakeholders and residents to work collectively towards changing the political direction of the state warning against actions capable of causing further hardship and instability.
The PDP chieftain maintained that the coalition’s objective was to bring together opposition figures and other political interests to challenge the APC-led government in Imo State.
Efforts to obtain Okorocha’s reaction to Anyanwu’s claim were unsuccessful as his media adviser Sam Onwuemeodo had yet to respond to a message sent to him as at the time of filing this report.