2019: Okorocha reveals why President Buhari will win in South East

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has declared that President
Muhammadu Buhari will win in the South East come 2019.

He anchored his conviction on the fact that people of the South East
have come to realize and appreciate the fact that the best politics
they can play in 2019 is voting for Buhari.

The governor spoke at a dinner in Imo International Convention Centre,
IICC, in Owerri, the state capital over the weekend.

Okorocha also noted that he has no personal scores to settle with any
Minister or leader from the South East, but his interest is to ensure
that the region does not allow the political mistake of 2015 to repeat
itself in 2019.

He said, "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. 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. So, I am of the firm belief 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 Ebony, Abia, Enugu and Anambra.
We have come to correct history. By 2019, the Igbo history will be
re-written".