Governor
of Imo State, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has broken the silence on his
alleged 2015 ambition saying he would definitely contest an election in
that year.
Governor Okorocha who stated this
while speaking with newsmen in Owerri said though he wants to contest
for the nation’s presidency, the people of Imo State are not willing to
let him go and would want him to continue as governor.
Okorocha said due to that pressure, he
is yet to decide which between the nation’s presidency and a second
term as governor of Imo he should pursue in 2015 stressing however that
he will surely contest an election that year.
Okorocha said though his mind favours
doing only a term as governor of Imo, but that the passion he has for
developing the state coupled with pressure from the people is making it
difficult for him to take a decision.
He said contrary to the stories being
peddled, he did not enter into agreement with anybody to do only a term
as governor in Imo stressing that he can only forgo seeking a second
term if he finally makes up his mind to run for the presidency.
His words, “2015 I have not decided, I’ll soon make a decision but definitely, I will run for an election.
“There is no pact that I should do
only one term but it has always been my desire to serve in Imo State for
only one term. Even now I desire to do a term, that’s where I need
help, I need prayers because with people here, I’ll be taking the risk
of being lynched if I say I’m not going to contest.
“But again remember I have always ran
for the president and it has always been my desire to be the president
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to give that which is inside me that I
think will bring about development in my nation. So both things are
conflicting at the moment so I’ll simply wait and see.”
Okorocha who condemned the lack of
internal democracy in the pdp said he would not have been governor of
Imo if he had remained in the party adding that he has left the pdp for
good and is not considering the platform in 2015.
The governor said he hopes by the time
the ApC comes into being that it would practice internal democracy to
allow the tenets of democracy hold sway.
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