he governor of Imo State and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Rochas Okorocha, has said that the former leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, would have joined the APC if he were still alive.

Governor Okorocha stated this on Friday while speaking in Awka, the Anambra State capital, at a rally to formally present Senator Chris Ngige as the governorship candidate of the APC in the coming Anambra governorship election.

Okorocha told the gathering at Emmaus House in Awka that he believed that APC was “a truly national party that has the interest of the Igbo as one of its cardinal pursuits,” saying “that is why I want all of you to support the party because its symbol, the broom, is a sign of Igbo identity.”

He said: “Our reverred leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, would have been the first to join APC. I say this because APC is synonymous with the welfare of the Igbo and Ojukwu was always seeking the welfare of the Igbo people.”

Okorocha, who won his governorship on the ticket of APGA, contended that “APGA is dead and what we have now is APGA-PDP and they want to extend their slavery of the Igbo people which we are out to fight against.”

According to him, numerous people from the South-East held “good national offices in the APC, including the Deputy National Chairman position occupied by Senator Annie Okonkwo.”

He said he was sure that if APC wins the presidency in 2015, “if an Igbo man does not become the vice president, he would become the Senate President or the national chairman of the APC.”

Speaking earlier, Okonkwo expressed his desire to see a president of Igbo origin in 2015, saying “the only way we can achieve that is through APC.”

“Oh, I wish our leader, the Ikemba Ndigbo, were still alive to see the formation of APC. He should have asked Ndigbo to embrace it in their interest,” Okorocha said.

Donchyke39:
Okorocha, who could not hold back tears, said he was crying over the death of the late Igbo leader, Chief Emeka Ojukwu, whose loss had left the Igbo without a direction.

chukwudi44: This okorocha is a real comedian.

gramci: @REHOZIBAH, Anambarians are not fooooools, we know traitor when we see one

Da chriz: Just passing

holyvirgin: OWELLE ROCHAS MOCKS OUR OWN IKEMBA!
By shedding crocodile tears at that APC imposition rally in Awka,Rochas Okorocha makes mockery of the sacred tears shed by the Late Ikemba Nnewi at the re-election campaigns of Mr. Peter Obi in 2010. He insinuates that every 'eedota' can cry.
By suggesting at that same rally of impostors that our own Ikemba would have been part of the charade called APC, he tortures the spirit of that great Igbo leader.
Rochas keeps confirming my suspicion that he sees the Igbos as helpless people who can be easily deceived, the Hausas as his beloved siblings who must be respected and the Yorubas as valuable friends whose wishes must be upheld.
Rochas lies, and lies don't stand forever.

Source: From FCC on facebook(odinma igbo)

mikeansy: I will not speculate on what political affiliations Ojukwu will have if he was alive. But Ojukwu laid down everything he got in defence of security of Ndigbo so really not sure why he will join a party that tacitly condones terrorists whose main victims are igbos

REHOZIBAH:

I have always tried to follow your comments on this forum but I guess you have to purge yourself of deliberate and stoically assumed negativities

Which party condones Terrorists or Victimises Igbos? Can u look at yourself in the mirror and say that you are sure of what u just said there except that u are only engaging in dangerous propaganda to destroy the other person or group