Chief Uche Nwosu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) leading governorship aspirant in Imo State has made a shocking revelation… “Uche Nwosu is an indigene of Eziama Obiere in Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State. I was born in a family of nine; we lost three, remaining six. My father was a clergyman in the Anglican Church and my mother is a trader. I grew up in the Church.”

Chief Uche Nwosu

“From my birth till my father died, we lived inside the Church and when my father died, I moved down to Maiduguri with my uncle where I continued my education. I did my Primary School at Shehu Sandi Karemi Primary School, Maiduguri. I started my secondary school at the Government Secondary School, Gubiou in Bornu State.”

“When I came back, I continued with my secondary school, first of all at Obazu Secondary School, Umuna, then I went to Sacred Heart College Ugwuagba then finally came back again to Comprehensive Secondary School, Eziama.”

“But when I was in Aba, there is something that I will never forget; when I was in Aba things were very hard for my family. Our first son, a Customs Officer, who was the breadwinner of the family died, my sister who is the most senior, earned little money and we were six in number, as little as we were.”

“I remember that whenever I came back from school, boiled corn and coconut is waiting for us in our hawking tray to go and sell; we did this believing that it will get better one day. At a time we had to sell pure water, not this type they have now but the ones they tie with white cellophane.”

“That saw me through my secondary school before I got admission into the Imo State University. As a student of Imo State University, I was not looking solely on my mother to pay my school fees.”

“One particular thing I did during my university days was that during the weekends, I will go back to my village and go to building sites and carry blocks for the mason men. I did that not minding that I was a university student. I did that because I had a goal; I did not mind where I was coming from, I was only determined on getting to where I was going to. Once I get back to the university, I will dress very well and put on my shoe and look very clean and you will not know.”

“So when the issue of Student Union Government election came, I contested for the Director of Transport and I won. As a Director of Transport, I was able to acquire more knowledge in student unionism, in administration and leadership and it was during this time that I met the man called Owelle Rochas Okorocha.”

“So, you can see from my growing up that I was not born with a silver spoon. Although my father belonged to the middle class, immediately he died things went down, coupled with the death of my senior brother. My mum was a very strong woman, when we come back from school, she goes to the market and we will be waiting for her to come back but she will send somebody from the market with garri and some other items to make soup.”

“So my growing up was not an easy one but what I believed while I was growing up was that life does not end at the background where you come from; there is a future and I used to tell people that it is not written on your face that you will fail. For you to succeed in life, you must be the driver of your destiny.”