The Sun reports that Governor Rochas Okorocha has blasted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for zoning of the Vice president position to the southeast in 2019.
Speaking to newsmen, Okorocha said: “For 16 years the PDP was in power, the party never had any reason to remember that the South-East, as a major bloc in the country, could occupy the vice-president position or could hold any of the sensitive positions in the country. Are they just waking up from their slumber after being out of power?
“The PDP never allowed the Southeast to have the president, the Vice-President, the Senate President, the speaker of House of Representatives positions and so on. The South-East totally lost out in the PDP government.
“Even in terms of projects, the Southeast had a very rough experience in the PDP government. All the federal roads in the zone were all death traps until the party was voted out of power. The second Niger Bridge became an endless pit for the PDP. Some oil locations belonging to some states in the zone were taken away and given to other states outside the zone. It was a hopeless situation for the zone in PDP.
“The South-East will get its due from the APC administration because the party believes in fair play, justice and equity. The PDP toyed with the fate of the Southeast, which the APC cannot do. And, the good signs are everywhere; the Southeast will be better off in the APC government. The level of greed in the PDP cannot be found in APC. The APC won’t wait until it is out of power before remembering the Southeast zone or any other zone. That cannot be our portion.”