Okorocha Picks Imo APC Governorship Ticket After Losing Presidential

The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has picked the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in absentia as he was still in Lagos for the party’s National Convention which ended on Thursday evening.Okorocha’s emergence as the party’s governorship flag bearer in the state came barely few hours after coming fourth in the just concluded APC presidential primary elections at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.During the Owerri event, which took place at the Imo International Conference Centre, the Commissioner for Lands and Urban Planning, Uche Nwosu, who was secretly adopted as the APC governorship candidate by the party’s delegates, announced his withdrawal from the race.Speaking before the ratification of the Governor’s candidature, the Chairman of the Electoral Committee, Mr. John Alamba, said that the party had the power to substitute any candidate that withdraws from the race.Nwosu, in his brief speech said that his withdrawal from the race was based on personal and family reasons, adding that the interest of the party supersedes his personal ambition.He enjoined the party members to give same support and solidarity to the new candidate, Governor Okorocha.Apart from the delegates, also present at the event were all the state executive of the Imo State All Progressives Congress, except the Chairman who was still in Lagos, members of the Okorocha’s cabinet and other state appointees.

For those who thought that "one can't be here and be there at the same time", what do you think now?

Dis guy no wan lose out at all..
Okorocha playin chess wiv ndi Imo since 2011...

with this development okorochas will win again convincely in IMO state Cos' he has done well waooooo this is good oooooo APC change.

Johnnyessence:
with this development okorochas will win again convincely in IMO state Cos' he has done well waooooo this is good oooooo APC change.

No doubt Rochas is doing well in Imo, I think it's his personal effort and not any APC hullabaloo. That notwithstanding, this action is sort of greedy...just thinking out loud

amunkita:
Dis guy no wan lose out at all..
Okorocha playin chess wiv ndi Imo since 2011...

lol... no be small chess my brother. I sympathise with my people ndidi Imo, especially my brother Mike Ihedioha...I pray God sees him through. He has done well so far.

[quote author=Johnnyessence post=28803350]with this development okorochas will win again convincely in IMO state Cos' he has done well waooooo this is good oooooo APC change.[/quote

pls have u ever being to imo state before??

before u open ur mouth to poooohhh nonsense

[quote author=imanuel5959 post=28803984][/quote] sorry bro, Johnnyessence is right in the sense that Rochas is doing well in Imo but for the winning, with Mike Ihedioha contesting under PDP, I cant imagine Owelle Rochas winning unless the election won't be free and fair. I am originally from Imo and I go there like tomorrow no dey ,so don't ask me if I have been to Imo.