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President
Muhammadu Buhari with National Security Adviser Babagana Monguno before
the commencement of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on
Thursday, October 26, 2017(Twitter/@NGRPresident) Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo disclosed this on Thursday after a closed door meeting with Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“The
South East before now was not measuring in APC. But we have worked out
strategies and modalities on how to improve relationship between the
people of South East and APC government.
“That
was top on the agenda and the need for Mr President to come to South
East as quickly as possible, to begin to show his presence.
“Luckily,
the President will be coming to Ebonyi state very soon and he will pass
through Imo state to Anambra state. So, covering three states within
this short time will be right step in the right direction.
“We
have come to realise in the south east that we are better off in APC
than any other party in the federal republic of Nigeria.’’
He
said that membership of the APC in the south east would continue to
increase as many politicians had been joining the party in recent times.
On
the 2019 presidential election, Okorocha stated that Buhari was
democratically qualified to re-contest the presidential election.
He, however, stated that the President must go through party primaries so as to avoid imposition of candidates.
“We
don’t allow imposition of candidates. It must be democratically done.
If President Buhari will lead the ship in 2019, it must be
democratically done.
“I said,
democratically and transparently done to the amazement of the whole
world, the way we do our things in APC and people will be happy,’’ he added.
The
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that some APC Governors have
advocated for automatic ticket for Buhari to enable him seek re-election
in 2019.
The governors included Abdul aziz Yari of Zamfara; Samuel Ortom of Benue; Simon Lalong of Plateau and Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa.
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