Igbo should talk about Presidency after Buhari – Okorocha

Igbo should talk about Presidency after Buhari – Okorocha

The Acting President , Yemi Osinbajo,
on Monday met behind closed doors with the Speaker of the House of Representatives , Yakubu Dogara ; and the Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum , Rochas Okorocha.
The meeting which lasted about 30 minutes was held inside Osinbajo’ s office at the Presidential Villa , Abuja .
At the end of the meeting, Dogara did not speak with journalists .
He said he only accompanied Okorocha who is the Imo State Governor to visit Osinbajo.
Speaking on the call for Igbo President , the governor told State House correspondents that that could only come up at the end of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari .
He said , “ What I do know is that Ndigbo should talk about Presidency after President Muhammadu Buhari . I think we should support this government .
“ President Muhammadu Buhari has a tenure to work for : four or eight years .
“ According to the zoning arrangement and everybody should follow the zoning although I am not an advocate of zoning . ”
Okorocha said efforts were ongoing to reposition the ruling All Progressives Congress in the South East .
He reiterated his position that some governors in the zone would be joining APC soon .
He said , “ The APC as a party is strong in the South East . We are trying to rebuild the party and redefine leadership so there will be no confusion .
“ As to whether the APC in the South East is in disarray as the case has always been , we want to have a united party in the South East .
“ We are hopeful from all discussions that about two governors will be joining us in the South East to strengthen the party .
“ Right now , we have agreed that Senator Ken Nnamani should take a lead of the party in the South East to enable us have a common understanding , along with other leaders like Chief Jim Nwobodo. ”
When confronted with the fact that some governors had denied his claim , Okorocha said , “I don ’ t think it is true, but if it is true it is probably because it is not time . It could be because I spoke when they were not yet ready. ”

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