Igbo Presidency Does Not Exist – Rochas Okorocha

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan recently swore in Rochas Okorocha as the senator representing Imo West district in the National Assembly.

He failed to get inaugurated with his colleagues because he had not collected his certificate of return INEC.

Rochas then told the press that southeast leaders should start linking up with other parts of Nigeria if they plan to produce Nigeria’s President four years from now.

His words, “Power is not given; power is taken. The South East leaders cannot just fold their arms and expect power to be given to them just because they want power.

“Power does not go with sentiment. Democracy is about the people and South-East alone cannot make themselves president.

“So you cannot be talking about Igbo presidency, it doesn’t exist. We may be talking about Nigeria’s President of Igbo extraction but that depends on what other geopolitical zones think about the issue.”

“For me, what is important is let power be given to somebody who has something upstairs, who can put food on the table of the common man irrespective of religion or where you come from.”

“There is need for the Igbo to mend fences. We are neither here nor there now politically. We are not in the ruling party; neither are we making impact in the opposition.

“So, there is a need for us to get married to the rest of the nation politically.”