Unknown to many, wealthy businessman, Clement Annie Okonkwo, already spent and tired of physically representing members of his constituency in the National Assembly, set up a succession plan and who best to continue from where he stopped than his 32-year-old son, Uche Harris, whom he propped and groomed on how to navigate the murky waters of politics.
The senior Okonkwo’s efforts paid off as Uche will be representing Idemili North and South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives at the 10th National Assembly on the platform of Labour Party. The young man defeated heavy weights like the Peoples Democratic Party’s incumbent, Hon. Obinna Chidoka, the younger brother of Osita Chidoka, a former Minister of Aviation and a chieftain of PDP.
Uche who had planned to run on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, resigned his membership of the party, following the irregularities that marred the primary election. Rather than take the party to court, he chose to chart a new course by joining the Labour Party. A youth empowerment campaigner, this isn’t Uche’s first rodeo. In 2019, at only 28 years, he tried to contest for a seat in the House of Representatives on the platform of Social Democratic Party, SDP, but his ambition did not fly. He went back to the drawing board to re-strategise and today he is happier for it. A double honors graduate with Ivy league credentials, Uche possesses a calm mien and has a lovable personality which also worked in his favour on February 25.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
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