Spokesman of the All Progressives Congress in South-East geopolitical zone, Mr Osita Okechukwu has accused Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha of masterminding the exclusion of Igbos in appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Okechukwu added that Okorocha didn’t truly campaign for the President and the party in South East.
This was in reply to a statement Okorocha made during an interview with a a national daily on Sunday.
Okorocha said “some of the appointments we lost were of the doings of our people, Ndigbo chose to put all their eggs in one basket.”
In a statement titled, ‘Governor Rochas Okorocha neither truly campaigned for President Buhari nor APC’ Okechukwu said “I am sorry to comment on the blame game being played by, Owelle Rochas Okorocha; for his interview can be classified as Okorocha Recue Mission from the less than five percent score in the 2015 presidential election from the entire South East.
“All one can say is that to the best of my knowledge, he neither truly campaigned for President Muhammadu Buhari nor the All Progressives Congress.
“My thinking is that while we blame Ndigbo for putting all our eggs in one basket, we should blame our leaders who genuinely didn’t campaign for President Buhari nor APC candidates in their domain.
“I challenge Governor Okorocha to tell the world how far he assisted Senator Osita Izunaso for his bid for Orlu senatorial district, his own constituency and that of Hons Uche Onyeguocha and Uwajimogu of Owerri and Okigwe districts respectively.”
Okechukwu added that Okorocha should not blame anyone without blaming himself first.
He said “This is a man some of us advised not to run against the zoning convention, that it will deny Ndigbo the chance of producing either the chairman or the vice presidential slot and he refused. He thought we are in Nollywood.
“If Okorocha worked for APC in the South-East, how come we did not even win a single senatorial seat in Imo and the entire zone? He should stop this blame game and accept responsibility for the fate that has befallen Ndigbo.”