Nigeria: Okorocha's Membership of APC Good for S'east - Uzoma

In the political landscape of Imo State, Ezediaro Uzoma, is a force to reckon with and he has proven it whenever occasion demanded. The business mogul has in no small measure impacted positively on the lives of the people of Oguta, in Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. A former leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last dispensation, Uzoma who is now a chieftain in the All Progressives Congress (APC) maintains that the governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, is the most powerful and influential presidential material from the South-East and South-South whose candidacy will rain in votes for the APC, should he decide to contest for the presidency. This is his position in this interview with ASST EDITOR, SAM ANOKAM. Excerpts...

Why did you decide to venture into politics that many view as violent?

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