Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo
state, says governors in the All Progressives Congress (APC) are yet to decide
whether or not to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid.
He said this on Friday while
addressing journalists after the governors met with Buhari at his residence in
Daura, Katsina state.
Okorocha dismissed reports that
their mission to Daura was aimed at convincing the president to seek
re-election in 2019.
He said the governors visited
Buhari to condole with him over the death of two members of his extended
family.
He added that they also used the
opportunity to commend the president for appointing Bola Tinubu, APC national
leader, to lead reconciliation efforts within the party.
“We are yet to discuss that (2019
elections). That would be in the next meeting where we will discuss whether we
want to support him to run (for re-election) or not,” the governor said.
“But for now we came to condole
with him over the death of his two relatives and to commend him for action
taken on Tinubu as a reconciliator.”
The governor’s comment
contradicts his earlier claim in January that governors in the APC have
endorsed the president’s second tenure.
Okorocha, who is the chairman of
the APC governors’ forum, had said the governors endorsed the president for
re-election because “four years is not enough to show what the president can
offer”.
“First among the very important
issues that we discussed, was the issue of Mr President’s second term bid and
it has the endorsement of all the governors of APC,” he had said.
“There is need for him to
complete his second term as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and he
should go ahead to declare.”
In 2017, Okorocha said 34 out of
the 36 governors have endorsed the president for a second tenure, but later
said the president will not get an automatic ticket from the party.
Buhari is yet to publicly declare
his interest in seeking re-election but there are indications that he would
run.
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