2027: Nothing wrong with him - Okorocha discloses only problem with Peter Obi's presidency

Former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has faulted Peter Obi’s committedness to service lone 1 word of 4 years if elected president successful 2027, saying the Igbo cannot spend to instrumentality specified a risk.

Okorocha described Obi, the statesmanlike campaigner of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, arsenic a fantastic man with a wide caput but argued that his one-term connection was not the champion enactment for the South-East.

Obi had pledged to service for lone 4 years if elected successful 2027 and instrumentality powerfulness to the North astatine the extremity of his tenure.

Speaking connected Channels Television connected Thursday, pursuing his triumph astatine the Federal High Court implicit the authentic All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial summons for Imo West, Okorocha said the Igbo should prioritise strategical governmental alliances.

“Obi is simply a fantastic gentleman, wide successful his head. Oh, there's thing incorrect with him. But we can't gamble. We can't bash a four-year gamble this time,” helium said.

Okorocha admitted that helium had supported the thought of a single-term presidency successful the past but insisted that the governmental circumstances had changed.

The erstwhile politician said governmental enactment should beryllium based connected strategical interests alternatively than emotions oregon nationalist declarations.

“So we are supporting Tinubu, not connected an affectional oregon sentimental basis, but for a strategical alliance,” Okorocha said. He said governmental choices, peculiarly erstwhile seeking greater opportunities for an Igbo presidency successful the future, person far-reaching implications...