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Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has described the All Progressives Grand Alliance as a regional association of Ndigbo in politics because it is “not a political party.” In an interview with The Sun , Okorocha said “APGA is not a political party, it’s a regional association for Ndigbo in politics. I am not condemning APGA but APGA cannot give to us what we need nationally and locally and I saw that coming. Okorocha who also explained why he joined APGA said “I wouldn’t have been in APGA if PDP had given me a ticket. All my efforts to become governor, to become Senator, to become president in the PDP were not satiated and not that I was never qualified. Even when I won the election they denied me. I could have been a governor since 1979 but it was denied me. “I could have been a senator, but they denied me. I ran for president, I came second but they wouldn’t even consider me for vice president. So, I left PDP because of injustice and when I came into APGA, I thought APGA was a platform on which to win that particular election, but I did make it clear to them that APGA is not a national party and we cannot still remain in our myopic world thinking that we can do it alone without others. “It’s not a good image for Ndigbo and when I saw that the Yoruba who were running the ACN who even had five states went for a national party, then what was I waiting for? It’s better to own a 10% equity in a billion Naira business than to be a 100% owner of a N5,000 business. All of them are MDs but one MD is as useless as nothing. So, that was my point and you see today, it has paid off. If I had not decamped to APC and this election had taken place, the Igbo would have no identity at all in Nigeria. Can you imagine that?”
http://yesreport..nl/2015/09/apga-is-not-political-party-it-is.html?m=1 lalasticlala

You are right about APGA.

And you are absolutely sensible for joining the APC.

...and where is their identity now?

DoroOkoro! u sound reasonable! no insults, just facts!!

Okorochange

Very soon, u will testify against APC.... **Opens a bottle of LIMCA**

greatness22:
Very soon, u will testify against APC.... **Opens a bottle of LIMCA**

Definitely,
Because all what he seeks is power.

BrightEye:
Definitely, Because all what he seeks is power.

**Gives him a bottle of LIMCA**

Thats the next Nigerian president. Okorocha/fashola after PMB

Rochas anumanu

Wise man..unlikesome myopic bigots..it is better to look ahead than to hold on to the past!!!

great politician great mind set great thinking

Your reasons, your opinion, your life. The public is less concerned!

Wise talk from a wise man

Igbos should know they cannot do it alone, no matter how much hatred there is for the yoruba folks you still need them to achieve your aim, you must swallow your pride and focus on your goal

We igbos are known for our smartness but the same can't be said of our politics. A wise igbo man will stop ranting about a failed GEJ and support the current government, be friends with them and have your own share which in the long run could give you enough support to finally become president

PMB would have failed again if he hadn't liased with the yorubas, sometimes you got to fight the devil with the demon

This man don't know what he is saying though partially right but the end shall justify the. .....

temitemi1:
Okorochange

you can say that again boy

How can you call a party that has a reputable man from the North central as its National publicity secretary a regional party.



When did this scarf carrying governor became a runner-up in a presidential election when the likes of PMB, IBB et al were vying for the post abi did he contested with shagari and co?


All i see is a self centered politiian who'll settle for any post at the executive or legislature just to embezzle.


This is what you get when you break bread with lie muhammed.

I'll start taking APGA serious when a Yoruba man leads the party.

As for now, it's a Biafra party; dead man living.

Only a Yoruba man can make a "regional amala ewedu party" into a powerhouse.

Still waiting for Toyin Ahimaku to die for GEJ and for Bode George to go on a permanent exile.

Okorocha is the hallmark of failed Igbo/Eastern leadership. This is what happens when there are no institutions in the East to basically slap his muslim attire wearing as.s down to the ground.

He says he could have been this and that, even in 1979, yet all the while running for President (including in 2015) non-Easterners told him he was not their choice. The only party controlled and supported by his people gave him a mandate he could not get from the "Billion Naira" business aka PDP/APC and he defeated an incumbent, Ohakim, in a Nigerian election. (How often does that happen?)

When beginning, he started with reforms left and right, and APGA went from a party just in Anambra to Imo and could have gone farther and fought riggings (like Ikpeazu's in Abia 2015) but Okorocha chose money over values, and now, his people who were initially the most staunch members of the zoo are not even allowed to be fed by visitors to the zoo.

In Nigeria, regional parties hold sway, get concessions, form alliances, and usually get their interest protected or guaranteed, and if not, boot out the HOS (aka GEJ). For someone who is supposedly savvy in 9ja politics, he actually is nothing but a loud fool that is desperate to be heard like a barking toothless dog.

It is always better to be a majority in a minority party than a minority in a majority party because that 10% in the billion naira company can and will be stripped from you when the time comes.

Ilekeh:
I'll start taking APGA serious when a Yoruba man leads the party.

As for now, it's a Biafra party; dead man living.

Only a Yoruba man can make a "regional amala ewedu party" into a powerhouse.

Still waiting for Toyin Ahimaku to die for GEJ and for Bode George to go on a permanent exile.

Sharaaap there. What has Yoruba parties done to develop Yoruba areas? Only to get all those contracts so that wives of state assembly members can got o London abi

mensdept:
Sharaaap there. What has Yoruba parties done to develop Yoruba areas? Only to get all those contracts so that wives of state assembly members can got o London abi

Cute. I'm sure you'll get likes for this myopic view.
The simple fact that APC woke up sleeping politicians, ended a politics of compliance, made stealing corruption and......da da dummm...... kicked out PDP gladdens my heart.

APC politians developed Lagos and the SW woke up the SW. I.e icing state is taking advice of its investment and business potentials.

Says the northern asss-licker!

Well, tie yourself to a pole, ure abt to be executed with bullets of saliva from the wailers!