- Imo gov asks Igbo to wait for Buhari to complete his two terms
Tobi Soniyi in Abuja
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, monday in Abuja met behind closed doors with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum and Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha.
The meeting, which lasted for about 30 minutes, was held inside Osinbajo’s office at the Presidential Villa. At the end of the meeting, Dogara said he only accompanied Okorochar, to visit Osinbajo.
He would not volunteer further questions from journalists.
Speaking on the call for Igbo to produce the next president, Okoroha told State House correspondents that Igbo should wait until the end of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
He said: “What I do know is that Ndigbo should talk about presidency after President Buhari. I think we should support this government.
“President Buhari has a tenure to work for, four or eight years.
“According to the zoning arrangement everybody should follow it, although I am not an advocate of zoning.”
He also spoke on the state of the APC in the South-east saying, efforts were ongoing to reposition the party in the zone.
Okorocha maintained that some governors in the zone would be joining APC soon.
He said: “The APC as a party is strong in the South-east. We are trying to rebuild the party and redefine leadership so there will be no confusion.
“As to whether the APC in the South-east is in disarray as the case has always been, we want to have a united party in the zone. “We are hopeful from all discussions that about two governors will be joining us in the South-east to strengthen the party.
“Right now, we have agreed that Senator Ken Nnamani should take a lead of the party in the South-east to enable us have a common understanding, along with other leaders like Chief Jim Nwobodo.”
However, when told that some governors had denied his claim, Okorocha said: “I don’t think it is true, but if it is true it is probably because it is not time. It could be because I spoke when they were not yet ready.”
