Imo State Governor, Owella Rochas Okorocha, has insisted that his participation in the just concluded APC presidential contest was to disabuse the notion that the presidency is only reserved for a particular zone in the country.
With his participation in the race in which he came third, the governor added, the Igbo has become a force to reckon with in national politics.
He argued, “By participating in the contest, I have been able to prove that the president can come from any part of the country. It is the understanding of APC that the president should come from the North ever since. I knew about that, but I don’t like those facts, so I have come to distort those facts which are not the truth.”
Okorocha made this clarification while addressing a mammoth crowd that came to receive him at the Sam Mbakwe Airport on his return from the APC Presidential Convention.
While commending the party for organising a free and fair primary, the governor also congratulated Gen. Muhammadu Buhari for emerging the presidential flag bearer of APC.
Okorocha thanked Imo people for their support and assured that his Rescue Mission programme is still on course, promising that the state will experience accelerated socio-infrastructural development in the next four years.
Commenting on the return of the governor to the Imo State governorship race, The speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Benjamin Uwajimogu, said Okorocha’s acceptance by the people of the state is a clear indication that they want him back as governor in 2015, insisting that there is no vacancy in the Imo government house until 2019.
The Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Urban Planning, Chief Uche Nwosu and the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Sir Jude Ejiogu, also commended their boss for giving the Igbo race a voice in national politics.
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Can somebody just shut this idiot mouth? The Igbos cannot play second fidil. You are so naive to learn from history. You and Amaechi are just bunch of selfish people, seeking your ego.
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