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By Chinonso Alozie 

OWERRI—SECRETARY of the committee responsible for conducting the botched Imo State All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary, Henry Idahagbon, yesterday claimed he didn’t have an idea that Ahmed Gulak planned to escape after the primary, adding that he was with him (Gulak) till 1am

He told Vanguard through the telephone that he was also called to escape, that his life was under threat  but he refused to escape so as not to “endanger the lives of  other members of the committee” and that he “wanted to do consultations before taking any decision.”

This came as the brother in-law to Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, Mr. Chuks Ololo and another APC governorship aspirant, Chima Anozie laid claim to winning the primary conducted October 2, 2018, despite having been cancelled by the party’s leadership. 

Gulak, who was the chairman of the primary election committee, had alleged that he ran away from Owerri to Abuja in a bid to escape a kidnap attempt by loyalists of the government. The committee’s secretary, Idahagbon, however  narrated: “I was with Gulak in his hotel room 701 at the Rockview Hotel until 1am, when I went to my room. 

There was no inkling that he was going to escape. “When we didn’t see him, we went down to take our breakfast. It was at that point that another member whispered to me that Gulak has disappeared from the hotel and from Owerri. “He said that I should get my own bag so that we can escape also. I  felt that it was unconscionable for me to escape and endanger the lives of other members of the committee. “I went up and called other members. 

I got a call from a man I don’t want to name and if they push me to the wall, I will name him. He said I should pick my bag together with other members of the committee and depart from the hotel room. “Two policemen came and said secretary, you have to leave, there is threat  to your life and I said no, I have to make consultations first. 

While we were having that conversation, the governor came to the hotel and told us that Gulak has absconded.” Okorocha’s brother-in-law, Anozie claims victory Meanwhile, the brother in-law to Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, Mr. Chuks Ololo, yesterday said that he won the controversial governorship primaries of the APC in the state. Ololo stated this to newsmen in Owerri after the National Working Committee, NWC, of APC disbanded the Ahmed Gulak committee that conducted the primaries.

 Recall that  Senator Hope Uzodimma was declared winner by Gulak after which the secretary of the committee, Henry Idahagbon also declared Uche Nwosu winner. But another APC  governorship aspirant, Chima Anozie, while condemning the APC  governorship primaries   said that before the exercise, he had emerged a consensus candidate of APC from Owerri zone. Ololo said: “Where we are today is a state of confusion. I believe in due process. 

 What we know is that there was election. I won that election and I want them to prove me wrong. “I know what  is going on. The truth is that my opponents do not have what it takes to win the ticket.” According to Anozie,  “These are people that don’t know the law. I am a lawyer. I can’t bend the law. The chairman told us on Monday that the primaries would be held on Tuesday. I am very surprised at  hearing and seeing results from different places.”

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Imo APC primary: Okorocha calls for arrest of Gulak

The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, on Wednesday called for the arrest of the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, primary election committee in the state, Ahmed Gulak.

A serving Senator, Hope Uzondima and Okorocha’s son-in-law, Uche Nwosu were announced as winners in the primary election in the state.

Against this backdrop, APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole had described the results as fake. Prior to the commencement of the election, Gulak had left the state under controversial circumstances.

Gulak later claimed that Uzondinma won by a landslide, adding that Okorocha attempted to kidnap him.

Reacting, Okorocha in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo denied the allegations by Gulak. Okorocha insisted that Gulak should be arrested and punished for anti-democratic actions.

The statement reads, “We call for the arrest and prosecution of Alhaji Gulak because there is punishment for his anti-democratic action and his false claim of kidnap attempt. We must begin to tell men like Gulak and Senator Hope Uzodinma that it cannot be business as usual.

“Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, former Political Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan and of course, the Chairman of the disbanded Imo State Governorship Primary Election Committee had told the media on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 that he fled Owerri by 4am because agents of Governor Rochas Okorocha had attempted to kidnap him and three other members of the 12-member Committee. The media had reported what he told them.

“If you ask me, men like Alhaji Gulak can’t build a nation. They not only constitute serious threat to our promising democracy but also danger to this great nation. Giving men like him national assignment like the one he was sent to Imo State to do was just licensing him to blackmail the nation and put our democracy to ridicule. And there are certain lies or actions a man who had been the Political Adviser to a former President of the nation should have overgrown, no matter the temptation.”

“The childish tale of his attempted kidnap was just an afterthought. He knew he didn’t act well his part and was only trying to see how he could come out from the tight corner he had boxed himself into.

“The man called Alhaji Ahmed Gulak flew into Owerri by 12:45pm on Monday, October 1, 2018, being the day slated for the guber primary. And let him publish his flight documents to prove us right or wrong. They went straight to the Police Headquarters where they deposited all the materials for the governorship primary.

“After that, the committee members entered into a lengthy meeting with the candidates, stakeholders, and Heads of Security Agencies in the State. The meeting lingered till 6:30pm.At the end of the meeting, he announced that the primary would now hold on Tuesday, October 2, 2018.

“And reporters who were at the Police Headquarters waiting for the outcome of the meeting went and reported that the Imo primary would now hold on Tuesday, October 2, 2018. At the end, they went to their hotel to clean up and eat.

“With all these activities, the courtesy call he was to pay on the governor with members of his committee could not take place till. 8:45pm that Monday. The courtesy call lasted for about an hour. All said and done, they left the Government House for their hotel at about 9:55pm.

“They lodged at Rockview Hotel Owerri that shares fence with the Police Headquarters and the other end of the hotel, the Owerri Prison, with Soldiers on guard. The hotel is also close to the Government House Owerri with a team of Mobile Policemen on twenty-four hours duty.

“So, the question patriotic Nigerians should ask Alhaji Gulak is that, if you left Government House by 9:55pm and you claimed you fled Owerri by 4am, and considering the location of Rockview Hotel where they lodged, then, when and where did the kidnap attempt take place?

“And why should he be kidnapped when the materials for the primary were kept at Police Headquarters. And of what value would have his kidnap served anybody since he didn’t have any material and the primary hadn’t been conducted.

“It is now left for Nigerians to ask him where he got the results for which he declared Senator Hope Uzodinma winner. In fact, we do not subscribe to people talking about PDP when men like Gulak who left the party just few months ago act funny. It is a personal thing. It has nothing to do with PDP. Some people live. Some others exist. Those who just exist do not have souls, and for them, anything goes.

“Ahmed Gulak and Hope Uzodinma had belonged to Alhaji Modu Sheriff’s faction of the PDP. That is the relationship between him and Hope Uzodinma. We also believe that those who sent him didn’t have this information. But even at that, a former Political Adviser to a Former President should have lived above board.

“Do not also forget that a day before the Primary, Chief Hope Uzodinma who the Court had issued warrant of arrest against him for issuing billions of naira Dud cheque to a business partner had also claimed kidnap attempt against his person also by agents of the State Governor. They must be spirits to be escaping from these imaginary kidnap attempts. In fact, show me your friend, and I tell you who you are.

“Finally, Hope Uzodinma is not a member APC in Imo State. He claimed to have joined the party six months ago. Even at that, he does not have any support in any Local Government in Imo State. We shall be shocked to see him stand in his Local Government, Oru East, and we see twenty APC members queuing behind him. He does not believe in the ballot box.

“He was one of those who in 2015 labeled Okorocha Alhaji in Government House, Okoro-Hausa and that he was planning with President Muhammadu Buhari to Islamise Igboland, all because of APC. And few years after, he has come to cause trouble in the Party and to reap where he didn’t sow. We do not think it is the right thing. No landlord vacates his house for an unfaithful and unreliable tenant.”

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