Political future of Igbo rests in APC —Okorocha

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has stated that the political future of the Igbo could only be guaranteed in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Okorocha, the Chairman of the APC Governors Forum, said that South-East could not afford to be in the opposition party, and urged all Igbos outside the zone to join the APC.

The governor, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Sam Onwuemeodo, stated this in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Saturday.

“All indigenes of the South-East geopolitical zone should seize the opportunity offered to them by the ongoing registration of APC across the nation and register en masse in the party,” the governor said.

He said the Igbos had no better option at the moment than to join the APC, adding that any form of opposition to the centre would result to political setback.

Okorocha, who solicited peaceful registration in the zone, warned party leaders to avoid rancour and utterances that could bring the party into disrepute.

“APC is at the centre and in most states of the federation and what the south easterners should do is to wake up and identify with the government that has come to stay,” he said.

“Very soon we will be confronted with Anambra governorship election and we must maintain the peace and unity this party has enjoyed since inception in other to make wave in the election,” he said.

The governor said this was not the time for leaders of the party to flex undue political muscles.

According to him, what should be important to any patriotic party member is how to win election in the four remaining states in the South-East.

Okorocha, however, wished a successful membership registration and called for absolute calm during the exercise.