It has been learnt that the deal which got Imo State decampees from PDP to APC was the pledge by the Governor, Rochas Okorocha, to cede some political appointments to them. Daily Times reports that the Governor has ceded four slots for his inlaws and family members. The people he nominated includes; his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, for ministerial appointment. His brother-in-law, Chuks Ololo, The son of the current Secretary to the State Governor Professor Anthony Anwuka, and his younger brother, Jude Okorocha for choice of federal boards and Director General of agencies. Nwosu is currently the state Commissioner for Lands and Urban Planning, while Ololo contested the House of Representatives, Owerri Federal Constituency under the APC.
Gov. Okorocha has been widely criticised for allegedly turning his state into a family party.
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