By Ismaila Jimoh, Abuja
Senior Special Assistant to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka has said that Ugochinyere Ikeagwuonu is only cashing out through his well known political hustling.
He described the House of Representatives member, from Ideato North and South Federal Constituency of Imo State as a “Political hushpuppi” a product of aberrations in the Peoples Democratic Party that need to be stop.
Ugochinyere while featuring on Channels TV’s Politics Today had said that the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike and other G5 like Governors such as Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Ifeanyi Ugwuani of Enugu State, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and former governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom were determined to destroy the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Saturday,Olayinka said; “This is one of the things you get when people who joined the PDP today are awarded the ticket of the party tomorrow morning. If not for the aberration in the PDP that produced a character like Ugochinyere, someone who only joined the party in 2022 won’t be the one to lecture us about who is loyal to the party and who’s not.
“If PDP had functioned properly, would a ‘political hushpuppi’ like Ugochinyere have gotten the party’s ticket while still in another party? Even till today, as a PDP Rep member, Ugochinyere is still holding on to his Action Peoples Party (APP), using it to cash-out in Rivers State.
“Therefore, we on this side are not bothered because we understand why Ugochinyere must now mount the podium and accuse Wike of playing childish and kindergarten politics. He must satisfy those feeding him from the resources of Rivers State.”
While mocking Ugochinyere for always having an organization to speak for to carry out his political hustle, Olayinka said; “In saner climes, such character would have been arrested, tried and jailed for impersonation.
“When he got to the House of Representatives and there was no title under which his political hushpuppism would continue, he awarded to himself a non-existing title of ‘Spokesperson of Opposition Lawmakers Coalition in the 10th National Assembly,’ claiming to have been so appointed by the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP).
“But the questions are, is CUPP a political party with members in the House of Representatives? Where and when was CUPP registered? Apart from the positions of Minority Leader, Deputy Minority Leader, Minority Whip and Deputy Minority Whip, is there anything like spokesperson of opposition lawmakers in the National Assembly?
“Being a political hustler that he has always been, Ugochinyere, knew that he will be contravening the rules of the National Assembly by allocating to himself, a non-existing position, but he just must have a title to keep his hustle going, and indeed, it has been booming.
“Impersonating as spokesperson of opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives, Ugochinyere has been cashing out in Rivers State in particular. If he is not using his former party, APP, to cash-out, he will be using his amorphous opposition lawmakers to chop from inside the Rivers.”
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