Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, has faulted the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, over his comments on the decision of the APC Governors to throw their weight behind the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari, in 2019.
Okorocha said it was wrong for Tinubu to fault the decision of the Governors to support Buhari, saying: “This does not translate that there will be no party primaries, or any other interested aspirant cannot contest.”
Okorocha who stated this in Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, after being conferred with the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters, by the Senate of the Adekunle Ajasin University, wondered why Tinubu was “crying more than the bereaved”, when Governors alone cannot determine Buhari’s re-election as the party flag bearer.
He said: “The statement credited to our National Leader came to me as a surprise; come to think of it, I never referred to him. I referred to the Governors of Nigeria, including the PDP, and I said only one or two of them have not joined yet.
“Since I made the statement, no Governor has said something contrary to what I said. I am surprised that Asiwaju will now be speaking for the Governors.
“He looks like somebody crying more than the bereaved. I did not see the reason for the statement actually. But he commands my respect, and I do not want to join issues with the National Leader of my party.”
The Imo State Governor explained: “What I mentioned was for the Governors, and secondly, what I said is support. The word I used is support, and that does not mean there will not be primaries.
“Governors can only contribute only 37 votes, we still have over 5,000 votes up there. What I was talking about were Governors. I was not talking about other party members. Governors alone do not determine the flag bearer of a party.”
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