Okorocha joins Wike’s Rainbow Coalition after court victory

Former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has declared enactment for the Rainbow Coalition championed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, pursuing his triumph astatine the Federal High Court implicit the All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial summons for Imo West.

Okorocha reportedly joined the conjugation hours aft the tribunal recognised him arsenic the authentic APC campaigner for the Imo West senatorial district, successful a quality involving Governor Hope Uzodimma.

The improvement comes amid a governmental disagreement betwixt Uzodimma and Wike implicit the Rainbow Coalition, which the Imo politician had reportedly vowed would not beryllium recognised successful the state.

Speaking connected Arise News, Okorocha commended Wike and different advocates of the coalition, saying the inaugural could beforehand practice beyond enactment affiliations.

He explained that the conjugation should prioritise governance by supporting susceptible individuals careless of their governmental parties.

“That's what it's called, governance. I've seen idiosyncratic who tin bash well, adjacent though it's not from my party. Let's springiness them support,” Okorocha said.

The erstwhile politician besides suggested that politicians from antithetic parties could enactment unneurotic to execute a communal governmental objective, including supporting President Bola Tinubu's re-election bid.

“We're going to bring PDP, each of them to enactment Tinubu to win. Some radical volition measurement down. Some radical are sure. Some radical volition measurement down their position....