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Okorocha Fights Tinubu

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has lash out at Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC)…

Governor Rochas Okorocha and Bola Ahmed Tinubu

“The statement credited to our National Leader that APC governors have no right to endorse President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term came to me as a surprise, come to think of it, I never referred to him.”

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“I referred to the governors of Nigeria including the PDP and I said only one or two of them have not joined yet. Since I made the statement, no governor has said something contrary to what I said. I am surprised that Asiwaju will now be speaking for the governors.”

“He looks like somebody crying more than the bereaved. I do not see the reason for the statement actually. But he commands my respect and I don’t want to join issues with the National Leader of my party.  What I mentioned was for the governors and secondly what I said is support.”

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“The word I used is the support, that does not mean there will not be a primary election. Governors can only contribute only 37 votes; we still have over 5,000 votes up there. What I was talking about was governors; I was not talking about other party members. Governors alone do not determine the flag-bearer of a party.”