Rochas Okorocha, senator representing Imo west and
presidential hopeful, says he has what it takes to win the presidential
election for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Okorocha made it to the APC presidential screening in the
last hours of the exercise on Tuesday, after he was able to perfect his bail
conditions to leave the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC).
The former Imo governor was arraigned on a 17-count charge
of money laundering at a federal high court in Abuja on Monday and pleaded “not
guilty”.
He was, however, granted him bail in the sum of N500 million
and a surety in like sum.
Speaking on Wednesday when he featured on a programme on
ARISE TV, Okorocha said he has the political influence in the north to win the
presidential election.
“What should occupy the APC’s mind is who can defeat the
presidential candidate of the PDP. Who is the man that can pull the same kind
of votes as Buhari? Who is the man that can catch that number of votes from the
north?” he asked.
“Rochas Okorocha is that man the north can look at and give
the votes. I’m more acceptable in the north than anywhere. I’m a darling in the
north. I have relationships in the north.
“If I run for election in Adamawa state today, former
Vice-President Atiku Abubakar will sweat for defeat.
“I can say that because I know what I have done in Adamawa.
I challenge anyone to show me what they have done in the northern part of this
country. There is something to sell Rochas Okorocha in the north.”
Okorocha also said the best decision the APC can make in the
selection of the party’s flagbearer is to zone the ticket to the south-east.
“The best thing for APC is to go to the south-east
immediately and pick a sound candidate. If the party does this, they would have
neutralised PDP’s idea on lack of justice and equity,” he said.
In the 2019 general election, Buhari polled 15,191,847 votes
to secure a second term in office, defeating Atiku Abubakar, his main rival and
PDP member, who secured 11,262,978 votes.
However, in the April 2015 poll, Buhari got 15,424,921 votes
to defeat incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan at the time, who polled
12,853,162 votes.
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