The member representing Imo West Senatorial District in Nigerian Senate, Senator Hope Uzodinma has denied nursing governorship ambition in Imo State for 2015.
The senator, who is also a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, had been rumoured to be eyeing the governorship seat of the state on the party’s platform.
The rumours became rife three weeks ago at the Orlu Zonal PDP statkeholders meeting in Orlu where he said that he might not return to the senate come 2015, but warned that his decision not to re-contest for the senate does not imply that he would not actively be involved in selecting his successor.
But speaking with journalists in his Omuma country home in Oru East Local Government Area of the state, Uzodinma said that there had never been a time he nursed the ambition of governing the state in 2015.
He said the rumour of his gubernatorial ambition was a big distraction.
He said: “I’m a distinguished senator of the Federal Republic. If I’m running for any position, I shouldn’t be playing hide and seek about it. I should come out boldly to do so”.
