Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has warned that lack of vision on
the part of political leaders from the South-East may deny the region the opportunity
to produce the next President of the Senate.
While addressing leaders of the APC and party supporters at the Imo
International Convention Centre in Owerri, Okorocha lamented that despite the
contributions of the Igbo to national development since Independence, they had
continued to lag behind in Nigerian politics due to their leaders’ selfishness.
He blamed the present situation on members of the Peoples Democratic
Party, whom he accused of stealing the mandate given to the candidates of the
All Progressives Congress in the 2015 National Assembly election by the
electorate.
The governor said, “It is very painful for the Igbo to lose the position
of the Senate President after they have been denied leading positions in the
country for a long time. We saw it coming and we told our political leaders why
Ndigbo should embrace the APC, but they did not believe us.
“Now
the story has changed. The PDP, which they have been following all these years
with nothing to show for it, is now an opposition party.”
Some
Ibos on facebook have called out former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi
whom they accused of being the architect of the calamity that is presently
staring the Ibos on the face. In a bid
to be a Federal Minister at all cost, Obi is said to have blindly followed the
PDP even while some of the older Ibo politicians advised that they should
spread their eggs instead of putting everything into one basket.
As it
is now, the APC did not produce any Senator or House of Representative member
in the East. The position of the Senate
President zoned to that section of the country might most likely go back again
to the middle belt.
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