The Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha has stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors and the party’s national leader, Bola Tinubu are in support of Rotimi Akeredolu.Akeredolu is the APC guber candidate in the upcoming Ondo state governorship election slated to hold on November 28, 2016.According to Punch, Okorocha said the party leaders are united in their support for the APC candidate.
He said “We are not jittery, but we are
concerned. We are not happy that we are losing some of our illustrious
members of the APC. I will call on them to please make haste and come
back.
“Those who are aggrieved
by any means should please come back. Sometimes, it is about
communication, if the right communication was dispatched, I don’t think
this would have happened. Everybody is still with him (Akeredolu), Bola
Tinubu is still with him, the Ogun, Osun, Lagos, Oyo governors are with
him. The problem is that, like in all families, we have a communication
gap. We are all together and by the grace of God, Ondo State will be
APC-compliant.
“The Igbo people
will support him not because he is our in-law, but because he is a good
man. The PDP and the AD candidates are strong but I know we will win.”
The Imo Governor also told the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, in his palace that all the APC governors have resolved to work for Akeredolu’s success.
Okorocha said “Your
majesty, just to announce to you that I am here on behalf of all the
APC governors in Nigeria, we are now 23 in number, all of us are
together.
“We are just here to
support our in-coming colleague. Let me correct one impression, all the
APC governors met and have resolved to support our candidate, there is
no division in our family, and the APC is still one.
“That
is why the father of the APC, President Muhammadu Buhari, will be
coming on Saturday, and will address the people of the state to clear
the air to those who doubt the unity of our party. We are united.”
“What
brought us together is not interest to acquire power but the interest
to bring the necessary change for the economic emancipation of our great
nation.
“So, I am here to
inform you that I came and Aketi has been chosen by all of us and we are
solidly behind him, we are unshakably behind him.”
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Eyitayo Jegede has accused Akeredolu of sharing poisonous loaves to bread to indigenes of Ondo state.
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