OHAKIM IN SECRET MEETING WITH ARARAUME OVER PDP GUBER PRIMARIES

Ikedi Ohakim

Barely five weeks after they fought dirty at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, state secretariat, Owerri, former governor of Imo State, and top contender in the December 8 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primary election in Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim had a secret meeting with Senator Ifeanyi Araraume at his Prefab residence, Owerri, the Imo state capital Thursday morning.
The duo were . It will be recalled that on November 1, 2014, during the PDP Ward Congress, the duo was involved in fisticuff over who control the party machinery in their zones- Isiala Mbano and Okigwe zone in general.
Ohakim, who arrived Sam Mbakwe International Cargo, Airport, Owerri around 8pm Wednesday aboard a presidential jet with fleet number: Nigerian Air Force: NAF 202, drove straight to the house of prominent Mbaise Leader, Chief Austin Papa. Sources revealed that he was also endorsed by the politician and a former speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Godfrey Dikeocha.

Senator Araraume

It was gathered that the former governor’s convoy moved from Mbaise to the residence of Senator Hope Uzodinma, where majority of Orlu zone leaders waited to receive him and robbed minds with him ahead the 2015 governorship election.

It was gathered that the meeting between Ohakim and Araraume took place between 8am and 11am Thursday morning and that it was the senator who drove to the ex-governor’s house. 
Insiders disclosed that the visit might not be unconnected with next Monday’s governorship primary election, where Araraume is rumoured to have been technically knocked out. This, it was learnt, followed Araraume’s inability to get his associates to be among the PDP delegates who are the people voting in the primaries. So far, the delegates are reported to have been shared between Ohakim and Chief Emeka Ihedioha, deputy speaker of the House of Representatives.