Rochas Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha has said the defection of some governors from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is painful.
Three governors: Samuel Ortom of Benue State; Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State; and Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State recently defected to the opposition party.
Speaking in Daura, Katsina State, when APC governors paid a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari, Okorocha stated that the governors related as brothers.
He said: “We had wished that none of them, especially the governors, had left the part. We had wished, and it pains us so much.
“The pain is because they had associated and related together as brothers.
“All of a sudden, you don’t see one of your own; we feel it.”
He,however, noted that despite their painful exit, he believes it had no further effect on the APC.
“The governors defection had no negative effect whatsoever on the APC. Within one week, people had forgotten and we have forged ahead,” Okorocha said