The South-East chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha of not truly campaigning for President Muhammadu Buhari or the party in the build up to the March 28 presidential/National Assembly elections.
The party also said Okorocha should be held responsible for the region’s exclusion in appointments made by President Buhari, This Day reports.
This was disclosed in a statement by the party’s spokesman in the South-East, Osita Okechukwu, and made available to journalists in Enugu.
Okechukwu was reacting to an interview granted to a national daily by Okorocha, published on yesterday, where he said Ndigbo were responsible for their inability to secure any appointments so far in in appointments Buhari’s administration.
Okorocha had said: “Some of the appointments we lost were of the doings of our people.”
Reacting to this, the APC spokesman challenged the governor to take responsibility for Igbo exclusion in the appointments, rather than passing the buck to Ndigbo.
Okechukwu said: “Methinks that while we blame Ndigbo for putting all our eggs in one basket, we should blame our leaders who genuinely didn’t campaign for President Buhari nor APC candidates in their domain.
“I challenge Governor Okorocha to tell the world how far he assisted Senator Osita Izunaso on his bid for Orlu senatorial district, his own constituency and that of Hon. Uche Onyeguocha and Uwajimogu of Owerri and Okigwe districts respectively.”
According to Okechukwu, the APC could have gotten APC two senatorial seats, and other legislative seats, with a little assistance from Okorocha.
He stated that if the governor had really cried like a lonely voice in the wilderness for Ndigbo to vote for Buhari as he claims, Buhari would have gotten at least 30 per cent of the votes cast in Imo State and not 18 per cent.
“If Okorocha worked for APC in the South-east, how come we did not even win a single senatorial seat in Imo and the entire zone?” he queried.
The APC spokesman therefore, advised Okorocha to stop playing the blame game and accept responsibility for the fate of Ndigbo in Buhari’s appointments.
Okorocha is the only governor from the South-east geopolitical zone, who is a member of the APC and supported President Buhari during the 2015 polls and he prides himself as the leader of the APC in the South-east.
About a week ago, there were reports that Bola Tinubu, the national chairman of the ruling APC, had a clash with Okorocha over one of the ministerial appointments of President Buhari.
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