Three govs to join APC

Frontline leaders and politicians yesterday agreed to back President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term come 2019.

They said they will only gun for the plum office after expiration of the president’s second term.

These were the highpoints after a brainstorming session in Owerri, the Imo State capital.

The decisions came on the heels of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s clamour for Igbo Presidency in 2019.



At the well attended meeting, a former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, emerged leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Southeast.

It was also disclosed that three current governors in the zone will be joining the APC soon.

Those in attendance at the meeting held at the Imo International Convention Centre (IICC) were: Ken Nnamani, Emeka Offor, Ifeanyi Araraume, George Moughalu, Tony Eze, Ebuka Onunkwo, Jombo Offor, Eze Madumere, members of the National Working Committee of APC, as well as other prominent politicians from the zone.

Speaking after a closed door meeting, the host governor, Rochas Okorocha, said: “Now that Igbo leaders are together in APC, Nigerians will hear us.

“There is a vaccum of leadership in the South-East APC. I am a Governor. My brothers Chris Ngige and Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu are ministers.

“Hence the importance of Ken Nnamani coming at this time. I declined leadership of Ndi-Igbo in APC.

“With Ken Nnamani, the question of who is the leader of APC in the Southeast has been answered. Ken Nnamani is the leader of APC in the South-East.”



He went on: “Senator Nnamani should then work with other leaders like Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Jim Nwobodo and a host of others to give Ndi-Igbo Political direction.

“Those who have joined the Party or who want to join should do so to build the Party and not to cause Confusion. APC is the right Party for the Igbo and the only Party that can guarantee Igbo Presidency”.

He went: “We are going to support President Muhammadu Buhari for the eight years he is going to lead the nation.

“This is the time for Ndi-Igbo to come and work together. We are also going to use the Anambra election to show that APC has arrived Southeast.

“The Igbo played bad politics in 2015. Today we have lost a lot. We are not anywhere because of our bad politics.”

Okorocha also disclosed three governors in the zone were in touch with him to join the APC soon.

He added that being the only APC governor in the Southeast does not give him joy and advised that other political leaders in the geopolitical zone should take “advantage of the moment and come into APC.”

Nnamani said the Igbo need more of their leaders at the National leadership of the APC where decisions are taken and at the National Assembly and other strategic areas.

The former Senate President stressed: “Some of us going into APC are not doing so because of hunger but in the interest of the Igbos.

“We should play politics of ideas and avoid abusive words. Ndi-Igbo do not have the ingredients for opposition politics.

“We do not have the media or business or money to play opposition politics but we won’t ask for handouts.”

He continued: “How the Yorubas voted in 2015 should be an eye-opener. They voted both sides but the South-East put their eggs in one basket.

“I am not of the view that everybody should be in APC but those have seen the need should do so.

“If Governor Okorocha has realised that he needs more hands in APC, he should be commended. We are worst enemies of ourselves.

“If we work together we will go very very far. This is the time to play national politics.”

Nnamani said: “Some people could say we have the Deputy Senate President but he does not attend the meeting of APC caucus where important decisions are taken.

“We must think ahead. The benefit of that office is therefore personal and does not enhance the political fortunes of the South-East people”

dplordx:
This is my problem with these people. You are never strong or united or bold enough to create your own political movement. Years ago, PDP was Obasanjo party, and immediately the same party turned GEJ to president, you abandoned your wretched party and all became PDP, starving your Ojuwku party to death. Today, your shameless lots are stampeding to APC, a once Amala party. What is wrong with turning Apga to a national party that could compete against APC? Well, you can't. All you do is hate, and then when those you hate gain the higher hand, you start forming familiarity. The same way you hate the Yorubas whose land you live. The same way you hate the Amala party that all your shameless political elites are decamping into. I see Nnamdi Kanu becoming an APC member once he's released.

See painment...
Igbos are about to troop into apc and fill their own vacuum...
Haters should deal with it...

Eastactivist:


See painment...
Igbos are about to troop into apc and fill their own vacuum...
Haters should deal with it...

NgeneUkwenu:
I pity IPOB Vagabonds!

dplordx:


Lol. Wetin pain me. It shows how useless your leaders are. Bunch of tired brains begging APC for admission. Ojukwu is so proud of you useless peeps

LOL see painment again...
Abeg where did you see they beg to join apc??
It is their right besides is apc your father's party??
When apc was formed even few Apga members joined most are Igbos too... Lol
You go wail and frustrate to death if you are not careful...
Bunch of losers.

Awolowo will be ashamed of you'all...

Eastactivist:
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LOL, afonjas are the one confused...
OUK and Co knows what NK is capable of doing and for that they will better fight for the Igbo's interest...
Igbos about to take over apc, representing in PDP and having a foothold on APGA.

NwabekeyiSimeon:


You dont have any shame at all. Very unstable fellow, people like you are a disgrace to your people.