Rochas Okorocha,
governor of Imo state, says the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) might
have serious setback in 2023 due to the leadership style of Adams Oshiomhole,
its national chairman.
Speaking on Monday after
meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja, the
governor said the national chairman has reduced the APC to a regional minority
party in the south-east.
Okorocha also said any
attempt to south-east in the election of principal officers in the 9th national
assembly will worsen the party’s chances in the region.
“I have been watching
carefully what is happening in the national assembly, it’s a very interesting
drama. But all I ask of them is that they should consider the south-east in
their calculations,” the governor said.
“This nation will not be
properly balanced if south-east is not carried along properly in the affairs of
the national assembly. Nobody seems to be talking about the south-east; it
looks like the south-east doesn’t have a place anymore. That is wrong,
politically speaking and that will not be good for APC. Because there is going
to be a bigger APC after President Muhammadu Buhari must have left the seat.
“My fear now is that APC
might have a serious set back in 2023 because the Oshiomhole-led executive is
actually turning APC into a regional minority party which shouldn’t be because
of his mistakes.
“Right now in the whole
of south-east, we don’t have an APC governor. So if there is any discussion in
Nigeria now within the APC governors and President Muhammadu Buhari, there
would be nobody from the south-east. This is what the APC chairman has done in
the south-east.
“I think it’s a capital
attempt to frustrate the efforts of the south-east but I appeal to every
Nigerian to support the cause of the south-east – their cause is germane and it
should be supported in whatever position that is due them. They shouldn’t think
about giving south-east, whatever position for giving sake. You can’t just wake
up and give them any position. South-east is a key primary zone in this country
and if we don’t get the number one seat, we should get the number two seat.”
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