Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has lamented over what he sees as the turning of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) into a regional party by its National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.
Mr. Okorocha said this on Monday, saying the APC could lose its bearing completely by 2023 if Oshiomhole is allowed to continue to run its affairs.
He blamed the APC chairman for the party’s failure to capture or retain some states during the February and March general elections.
The Imo State governor also expressed his concern over the complete exclusion of the South-East in the sharing of political offices, noting that, in view of the zoning of the principal offices of the 9th National Assembly, it would appear the ruling party has decided to ignore that part of the country
According to him, ignoring the South-East will come at a political cost.
It might be the beginning of real trouble for the APC ahead of 2023, stated.
“I have been watching carefully what is happening in the National Assembly; it is a very interesting drama. But, all I ask of them is that they should consider the South-East in their calculations.
“This nation will not be properly balanced if the South-East is not carried along properly in the affairs of the National Assembly. Nobody seems to be talking about the South-East; it looks like the South-East doesn’t have a place anymore. That is wrong, politically speaking and that will not be good for APC. Because there is going to be a bigger APC after President Muhammadu Buhari must have left the seat.
“My fear now is that APC may have a serious set back in 2023 because the Oshiomhole-led executive is actually turning APC into a regional minority party, which shouldn’t be. Right now in the whole of South-East, we don’t have an APC governor. So, if there is any discussion in Nigeria now within the APC governors and President Muhammadu Buhari, there will be nobody from the Sout- East. This is what the APC chairman has done in the South-East,” okrocha said.
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