Gov Okorocha
Following
the reported adoption of the Presidential Candidate of the People’s
Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar by Igbo leaders led by
Prof. Ben Nwabueze, Governor Rochas Okorocha has advised the leaders
and other relevant groups in Igbo land to toe the path of wisdom and
avoid the indiscriminate adoption of Candidates, adding that
President Muhammadu Buhari will emerge Victorious in the 2019 general
election.
The
governor also said that as a firm believer in APC and founder of the
Party, he will work hard with other committed party members to ensure
his own Victory and the Victory of other Candidates of the party they
believe can win the 2019 election, Stating that he remains in APC and
the Candidate of the Party for Orlu Zone Senatorial election.
Governor
Okorocha also asked INEC to verify the Court Order brought by Chief
Hope Uzodinma for which he was listed as the governorship Candidate
of APC for Imo State to find out the authenticity or otherwise of the
Court Order, contending that the Court Order in question might have
been forged.
His
words “On the adoption of a Presidential Candidate by Igbo leaders
and their playing partisan politics, my advise is that Igbo leaders
should toe the path of wisdom and should not come again adopting a
Candidate. Mine is an advise that the Igbos should be careful not to
play the same type of very bad politics we played in the past which
most of the times, kept us in political wilderness. As a people, we
must be wise now and never foreclose the possibility of any
presidential Candidate becoming the president tomorrow”.
He
said “For that reason, I will advise that Igbos should be wise and
most organizations in Igbo land should play wise politics rather than
playing politics of sentiments which hunts us in the past. You
may recall that I stood out when nobody believed that Buhari was
going to be president and made my point clear that Buhari would be
President of this Country and the prophesy came to be”.
He
continued “If I had not emerged as the Governor from the
South-East, probably today, Igbos would have been looked at as people
who are not in national politics and
APC
would have been branded a sectional party or religious party, but my
presence helped to build the bridge. I want Igbos to build this
bridge proper and make it stronger rather than weakening the bridge”.
The
governor further Stated “I am here also to inform the whole world
that I am still in APC and the Candidate of APC for Orlu Zone
Senatorial election. Nothing has changed towards that. This is to
correct some misinformation and rumours that might be going on from
time to time in some quarters. I believe in this APC and I founded
APC and will remain in APC to ensure Victory for the Party in the
forthcoming elections. I support President Buhari’s presidential
ambition one hundred percent and I am convinced that he will emerge
victorious in the 2019 general election”.
On
the recent publication of the names of Candidates by INEC, Governor
Okorocha stated “Information reaching me shows that actually a fake
Court Order was used in removing the name of the Candidate of APC in
Imo State which is Uche Nwosu. That report seems to be very authentic
and that is what INEC may have relied on to do what they did, because
that day the name of Uche Nwosu was still there with INEC in line
with the two Court Orders supporting his Candidature and restraining
INEC and APC from removing his name, but his name was changed with
the name of the other Candidate”.
He
added “When we inquired to know what happened, we were told that
there was a Court Order and digging deep, we found out that the Court
Order might not exist anywhere in any Court of Competent
jurisdiction. This is a test of integrity on INEC to really tell the
world the reasons behind disregarding the Court Orders by publishing
the name of a Candidate who did not win the Primary. As it is now, we
demand to know what INEC really relied on to publish a name against
the Order of the Court”.
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