Barely five weeks after they fought dirty at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, state secretariat, Owerri, former governor of Imo State, and top contender in the December 8 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primary election in Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim had a secret meeting with Senator Ifeanyi Araraume at his Prefab residence, Owerri, the Imo state capital Thursday morning.
The duo were on November 1, 2014 during the PDP held its ward congress, were involved in fisticuff over who to control the party machinery in their home LGA(Isiala Mbano) and Okigwe zone in general.
Ohakim, who arrived Sam Mbakwe International Cargo, Airport, Owerri around 8pm Wednesday aboard a presidential jet with fleet number: Nigerian Air Force: NAF 202, drove straight to the House a prominentMbaise Leader, Chief Austin Papa, at Aboh Mbaise LGA, where it was learnt, he was also endorsed by the politician and a former speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Godfrey Dikeocha.
247ureports.com gathered that the former governor’s convoy moved from Mbaise to the residence of Senator Hope Uzodinma, behind Government House where majority of Orlu zone leaders waited to receive him and robbed minds with him ahead the 2015 governorship election.
Loading ...It was gathered that the meeting between Ohakim and Araraume took place between 8am and 11am Thursday morning and that it was the senator who drove to the ex-governor’s house.
Our correspondent gathered that the visit might not be unconnected with the next Monday’s governorship primary election, where Araraume is rumoured to have been technically knocked out.
This, it was learnt, followed Araraume’s inability to get his associates to be among the PDP delegates who are the people voting in the primaries. So far, the delegates are reported to have been shared between Ohakim and Chief Emeka Ihedioha, deputy speaker of the House of Representatives.
When contacted, however, the media aide to Senator Araraume, Dr. James Okoroma told our reporter that he was not aware of any such meeting, directing our correspondent to get the agenda of the meeting from his source of information.
