Okorocha: Atiku’s Exit Not Good For APC; Tinubu Crying More Than The Bereaved

The Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has said the exit of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar from the All Progressives Congress is not a good development for the party.
Okorocha said this on Saturday in Akungba Akoko, Ondo State when he spoke with newsmen after receiving an honourary degree at the Adekunle Ajasin University.
Describing Abubakar as an heavyweight politician, he told newsmen: “I have taken a holistic view of our party, it (Atiku’s exit) is not the best because no matter how anybody thinks, Atiku carries some political weight.
“His leaving our party is not the best.”
Okorocha, however, said since Abubakar had left, his place would be filled.
Abubakar had two Sundays ago announced his decision to pitch his tent with the Peoples Democratic Party.
On his position for automatic ticket for President Muhammadu Buhari for the 2019 election vis-a-vis the opposing view of the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Okorocha said: “The (Tinubu’s) statement came to me as a surprise.
“Come to think of it, I never referred to him.
“I referred to the governors of Nigeria, including the PDP governors, and I said only one or two of them had not joined yet.
“Since I made the statement, no governor has said something contrary to what I said.
“I am surprised that Asiwaju will now be speaking for the governors.
“He looks like somebody crying more than the bereaved.
“I did not see reason for the statement actually.
“But he commands my respect and I don’t want to take issue with the national leader of my party.
“What I mentioned was for the governors and secondly what I said is support.
“The word I use is support.
“That does not mean there will not be a primary.
“Governors can only contribute 37 votes.
“We still have over 5,000 votes up there.
“What I was talking about was about governors.
“I was not talking about other party members.
“Governors alone do not determine the standard bearer of a party.”

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