Ahead of the 2019 general elections and following the crisis rocking the Imo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress over the party’s rightful flag bearers, the state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has posited that if President Muhammadu Buhari can be the Nigerian president today then his (Okorocha) Son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, should be allowed to be the next governor of Imo State, IGBERE TV has learnt.
Owelle stated this on Thursday after meeting with the President at AsoRock Villa, Abuja.
The governor whose tenure winds down next year has been leading a front-line battle to ensure Mr Nwosu succeeds him in office.
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The move has thrown the state chapter of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) into chaos with the national leadership of the party.
It has also led to several governorship primaries of the APC being conducted in the state, pitching Mr Okorocha against Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of the party.
The governor said two gubernatorial primaries conducted in the state was won by Nwosu and other candidates of the party but the national leadership have shortchanged the winners with their preferred candidates.
“The truth is that APC holds it as a point of duty and honour to declare winners of election and anything short of that will not go down well with the people and the history of APC in Nigeria and I beg to disagree with those who try to change the issue from what it is,” Okorocha said.
“So people are trying to change the truth but that is not going to work.
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