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Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, yesterday, lamented that except the All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial candidates regain their mandates that was stolen by the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the Igbo might have lost their chance of producing the next Senate President.

The Governor, who blamed Igbo leaders in the South-east zone for the unfortunate situation, regretted that their selfishness and lack of vision have kept Ndigbo in the backseat of the nation’s politics, despite their contributions to the overall development of the country.

Speaking while addressing South-east APC leaders and supporters at the Imo International Convention Centre, in Owerri, the Imo state capital, Okorocha said, “It is very painful for the Igbo to lose the position of the Senate President after been denied any leading position in the country for a long time because our political leaders and office holders used their position to rig out APC candidates in the election.

“We saw it coming and we told the political leaders why Ndigbo should embrace the APC but they could not believe us but today the story has changed and the PDP they have been following all these years with nothing to show for it is now an opposition party.”

The Governor however assured the APC supporters that the hope of Igbo man becoming the Senate President was not totally lost, as he vowed that the party would reclaim its mandates that were freely given to it by those who were desirous of change.

His words, “There was no election in the entire South-east on March 28. The PDP leaders with the aid of the military and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) intimidated and harassed our people and thereafter wrote the results in their homes but I assure you that all hope is not lost because we are going to recover our stolen mandate.”

Okorocha further accused security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of influencing the outcome of the just concluded presidential and National Assembly elections results in favour of the PDP in the state.

While insisting that the APC won the March 28 presidential and National Assembly polls in the state, he categorically accused the military of intimidating the voters, stating that the people of the state are battle ready to confront the security agencies if the alleged harassment is repeated again.

The opposition Governor, however commended President Goodluck Jonathan for conceding victory to the APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari and advised him not to kowtow to the advice of some members of his party to contest the outcome of the elections in court.

Also speaking at the event, Chief Ogbonnaya Onu, noted that the way politics is played will change considerably with the emergence of the APC in 2015.

Observing that for the first time in the history of Nigeria, power would be transferred from one political party to another, adding that “Nigeria is moving forward and the South-east must not be left behind.”

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Onu went on to emphasize that “for too long in the past, the people of the South-east put all their political eggs in one basket. They were taken for granted. The things that were of great importance to them were left undone. They gave their very best to the PDP but got little or nothing to show for it. The people of the Southeast should embrace the APC and make it the number one party in the zone.”

ijustdey:
if care is not taken....... the might loose the speaker of the house of representative seat too because they are in the opposition in the house.

okosodo:
What will be the benefit if an ibo man becomes a senate president