Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, who is a
presidential aspirant on the platform of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), has said Boko Haram
insurgency would not end if President Goodluck Jonathan
gets returned as Nigeria's leader in the 2015 elections.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State
Mr. Okorocha made the declaration in Akure, the Ondo State
capital, during a visit to the state's secretariat of the APC with
his team to woo delegates to back him for the party's
presidential ticket.
The party has scheduled its presidential primaries for
December 10 in Lagos.
Mr. Okorocha said President Goodluck Jonathan had proved
incapable of handling the Boko Haram insurgency, adding
that the Islamist group's threat was becoming worse than
the Nigerian civil war. He accused officials of the Jonathan
administration of using the anti-insurgency campaign as a
"commercial business like buying and selling." He said the
officials benefiting did not want the insurgency to stop
because they were making money through the supplies of
arms and other gadgets.
The governor maintained that it would be difficult for the
present administration to fight if its still holdup to power in
2015 stressing that some people have already been making
millions out of the opportunity created by the PDP led
administration.
"If President Jonathan wins the forthcoming election Boko
Haram would never stop and if PDP has what it takes to stop
this carnage they would have done it a long time ago," the
governor said.
Governor Okorocha also blamed the PDP for the continued
existence of the dreaded Islamist group whose attacks have
claimed more than 30,000 lives. The APC presidential
candidate accused the PDP of being "corrupt and incapable"
of leading the country.
The governor added that Nigeria is in a turbulent period as a
result of poverty, greed, injustice and impunity orchestrated
by Mr. Jonathan's administration. He said Nigeria was
already in a state of war and that things might become
worse in 2015 if Mr. Jonathan emerges as the president. He
stressed that Northerners would not take it easy with
Southerners in the country.
The governor accused the top leaders of the PDP of using
Abuja as a center for spreading woes in the country, adding
that Nigeria has become deeply polarized.
"I think it's a wrong perception for people to be talking that
the next president must come from the north or the south
and should be a Muslim or Christian. This has further
divided us and made the country a polarized nation," said
Governor Okorocha.
He said Nigeria needs a dynamic leader with unbeatable
foresight and vision, adding that he was ready to defeat
President Goodluck Jonathan if given the party's ticket. He
urged Nigerians to give APC a chance to govern the country.
"If you put Jonathan and me together in the election, I will
defeat him in all the states of the federation," he said.
He also appealed to APC delegates not to sell their future at
the primaries, adding that they should rally around anyone
who emerges as the party's candidate in the 2015
presidential election.
"If [the] APC should lose the forthcoming election, there will
never be [a] strong opposition again in the history of Nigeria
and APC will die the way ANPP died because the party is the
last hope of opposition in the country. And if we didn't
succeed now then forget about it in the history of the
country," Mr. Okorocha said.
presidential aspirant on the platform of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), has said Boko Haram
insurgency would not end if President Goodluck Jonathan
gets returned as Nigeria's leader in the 2015 elections.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State
Mr. Okorocha made the declaration in Akure, the Ondo State
capital, during a visit to the state's secretariat of the APC with
his team to woo delegates to back him for the party's
presidential ticket.
The party has scheduled its presidential primaries for
December 10 in Lagos.
Mr. Okorocha said President Goodluck Jonathan had proved
incapable of handling the Boko Haram insurgency, adding
that the Islamist group's threat was becoming worse than
the Nigerian civil war. He accused officials of the Jonathan
administration of using the anti-insurgency campaign as a
"commercial business like buying and selling." He said the
officials benefiting did not want the insurgency to stop
because they were making money through the supplies of
arms and other gadgets.
The governor maintained that it would be difficult for the
present administration to fight if its still holdup to power in
2015 stressing that some people have already been making
millions out of the opportunity created by the PDP led
administration.
"If President Jonathan wins the forthcoming election Boko
Haram would never stop and if PDP has what it takes to stop
this carnage they would have done it a long time ago," the
governor said.
Governor Okorocha also blamed the PDP for the continued
existence of the dreaded Islamist group whose attacks have
claimed more than 30,000 lives. The APC presidential
candidate accused the PDP of being "corrupt and incapable"
of leading the country.
The governor added that Nigeria is in a turbulent period as a
result of poverty, greed, injustice and impunity orchestrated
by Mr. Jonathan's administration. He said Nigeria was
already in a state of war and that things might become
worse in 2015 if Mr. Jonathan emerges as the president. He
stressed that Northerners would not take it easy with
Southerners in the country.
The governor accused the top leaders of the PDP of using
Abuja as a center for spreading woes in the country, adding
that Nigeria has become deeply polarized.
"I think it's a wrong perception for people to be talking that
the next president must come from the north or the south
and should be a Muslim or Christian. This has further
divided us and made the country a polarized nation," said
Governor Okorocha.
He said Nigeria needs a dynamic leader with unbeatable
foresight and vision, adding that he was ready to defeat
President Goodluck Jonathan if given the party's ticket. He
urged Nigerians to give APC a chance to govern the country.
"If you put Jonathan and me together in the election, I will
defeat him in all the states of the federation," he said.
He also appealed to APC delegates not to sell their future at
the primaries, adding that they should rally around anyone
who emerges as the party's candidate in the 2015
presidential election.
"If [the] APC should lose the forthcoming election, there will
never be [a] strong opposition again in the history of Nigeria
and APC will die the way ANPP died because the party is the
last hope of opposition in the country. And if we didn't
succeed now then forget about it in the history of the
country," Mr. Okorocha said.
