Ohaneze Ndi Igbo: Ex-Deputy President, DIG Hillary Opara, rtd. joins APC
The ongoing registration and revalidation exercise of the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) nationwide got a major boost, on Tuesday, with the entry of the immediate past deputy president of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, and retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Hillary Opara to the party.
A clan chief, DIG Opara (Rtd), who goes with the title, ‘Idinotu Mbaise gburugburu,’ registered in his booth 2, (Oboama) Nguru Nwenkwo Ward in Aboh Mbaise LGA of Imo State, and joined the party with his wife and entire family, an exercise witnessed by the Chairman of the Imo State Registeration Committee, Mr. Goddy Aghaghuwe and his members.
In an elaborate and well attended ceremony organized by the Aboh Mbaise LGA Registration officer, Sir Tony Awusaku and another party Chieftain, Chief Christogonus Okoro (Agbara), to welcome the ‘big fish’ into their party, the State Caretaker Chairman, Chief Barr. Marcellinus Nlemigbo, who also represented the state governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma, said he was excited that “such an accomplished personality is the type of material needed to reposition the Mbaise Nation for electoral success for our great party.”
He congratulated the new entrant for making a very wonderful decision to join the APC.
The member representing Aboh Mbaise State Constituency, in the Imo State House of Assembly and Deputy Whip, Hon. Eddy Obinna, who chaired the event, emphasized that, APC and the leader, Governor Uzodinma was a far better party to trust than the discredited and self-centred PDP, noting that it was why he joined the train much earlier.
Similarly, the Apex leader of the party in the LGA and current commissioner for environment and Petroleum, Hon. Ikay Njoku, Ph.D, welcomed DIG Hillary Opara, rtd and asked him to help to strengthen the party and support the impact-felt 3R government of Sen. Hope Uzodinma.
Besides the state party chairman and his entire EXCO, other dignitaries who attended the event include the Chairman of Aboh Mbaise LGA, Barr. Sir Emma Njoku and his councillors, the SA to the Governor on NGOs and Grants, Barr. Mrs. Ogechi Njoku-Ehirim, Other SA’s to the govenor; Women Affairs, Chief Mrs. Josephine Nnoha; Political, Batho Nwadike and High Chief Canice Omeogo N’Orlu, Ngurunwenkwo Eze-in-council led by Okenze Ephraim Opara, High Chief Chimezie Njoku, Chief Charles Njoku, Engr. CMC Opara among others.
In his vote of appreciation, the DIG regretted that the Mbaise Nation has lost a lot politically in the past to ‘one-man show’ and self-centeredness of a privileged few, promising to end that, as he has joined APC for the people’s interest and good.
