Buhari and Okorocha met in Daura on Sunday. Photo: Femi Adesina
Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has said President Muhammadu Buhari will win the South East in the 2019 elections.
Okorocha said this at a dinner over the weekend in Owerri, the state capital where he said it is in the best interest of the Igbos to vote Buhari in 2019
“On the home front, there is no goalkeeper. All our leaders live in Abuja, even former governors. All our leaders are in Abuja and there is no one to fall back on at home unlike our contemporaries in the North and West,” Okorocha said.
“Muhammadu Buhari is the President but Shehu Shagari is in Sokoto. Ibrahim Babangida is in Minna, Abdulsalami Abubakar is also in Minna.
“Obasanjo is in Ota, Ogun State. Bola Tinubu is in Lagos. They are goalkeepers and elder statesmen to their younger ones and giving support to their future generation.
“But for us, our case is different. Our old politicians keep rocking back and front, usurping the political future of our younger generation.”
He added that “we should have a new and virile Igbo nation so that the younger ones can begin to take their rightful positions. That’s what we mean by emerging leaders and not that you are not leaders in your own rights.
“The Igbos must change their style in politics. This is a period for us to have a rethink. I have seen the problem. It is possible that Igbos can get there, and because we are not together, it seems to be an uphill task.
“And there is no better time for Ndigbo to work with singleness of heart than now. We must destroy the fabrics of the Amalekites in Igboland.
“We have made advanced preparations for the mega-rallies for Buhari to go round the Eastern states beginning with Ebonyi State. We are poised to position our people for national politics.
“South East for Buhari is on a rescue mission and we shall be in Ebonyi, Abia, Enugu, and Anambra. We have come to correct history. By 2019, the Igbo history will be re-written.”