I won’t dump my Governorship Ambition for Senate-Eze Madumere.
Eze Madumere, Imo State deputy governor has rejected his principal, Governor Rochas Okorocha’s offer to contest for the Imo East Senatorial election in 2019.
Governor Okorocha had asked his deputy to contest for Senate instead of the governorship election to pave way for the Chief of Staff and his son in-law, Uche Nwosu, who he has endorsed as his successor.
But Madumere who is from Owerri zone which has not produced a governor since the return to democracy in 1999, insisted that he has made up his mind to contest for the office of the governor in 2019.
He vowed that there is no going back on the decision, adding that the ambition is not just about him, but the entire Owerri zone that has been sidelined and marginalized.
The Deputy Governor in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Uche Onwuchekwa, he has chosen his path towards realizing “God’s given vision to better the lot of Imolites”, adding that his fate “is in no man’s hands”.
Describing the Okorocha’s offer as an act of betrayal, the deputy governor, argued that “if Jesus Christ could be ill-treated by those he called his friends and was later betrayed by Judas, how much more a mere mortal like me”.
He said that he has been “molested, betrayed and insulted” by those he nurtured to “become relevant in life”.
Madumere was born in Port Harcourt, Rivers State with family roots in Mbaitoli, Imo State, Nigeria.
He is the third among seven children of his parents HRH Eze Henry Anoruo Madumere and Ugoeze Malinda Madumere.
He attended Primary and Secondary Education in Owerri and Lagos state respectively after which he travelled to the United States of America where he studied Management in San Jacinto college, University of Houston and Texas Southern University to study business management and played American college football as outside linebacker for the University of Houston.
He is a holder of Masters Degree in History and International Studies from Imo State University, while currently pursuing his Doctorate Degree in History and International Studies also in Imo State University, Owerri, Imo State.