OSUN POLL RESULT: Okorocha admits APC has a lot of work to do ahead 2019

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has admitted that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has a lot of work to do ahead of the 2019 general elections in light of the result of Saturday’s governorship election held in Osun State.

Okorocha, who doubles as the Chairman of the APC Governors Forum, stated this while speaking with State House correspondents on Tuesday, adding that the result of the election where the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was leading the APC ruling party in the state with over 300 votes showed a good fight between the APC and the PDP which he said helps in checks and balances.

He however said he is optimistic that the APC will come out fine in the 2019 elections.

Okorocha said: “Well, it is inconclusive (the election), as long as it is made inconclusive, it is inconclusive and it is a good fight, I love that kind of democracy where there is a close margin, it shows that there is checks and balances.

“That is why I tell APC, we must never go to bed to sleep, we have a lot of work to do because you are more endangered when you are in power than when you are not in power. The forces to pull you down are more than the forces to build you up when you are holding unto power.

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“So APC has a lot of work to do and I hope we will come out fine.”

The governor also explained that his fight with Imo State elites is about the state’s treasury.

“The issue of reconciling with the elites is a very difficult one and the more you reconcile you either not to give up or you reconcile because what they want you cannot afford to give them.

“The elites want you to give them the local government so that the money that comes from the local government, they take it, that is the reconciliation they want. The elites will want you to give them the contract of the entire state budget. The elites will want you to pay their medical bills in their hundreds of millions.

“The elites want to be in power and then do whatever they want to do with the treasury of the state. The struggle for power in this state is not for power really to govern the people, it is a struggle for the treasury of Imo state and that is what I am protecting.”

 

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