Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has said that the emergence of former Governor Adams Oshiomhole as chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) saved the party from collapse.
He said he and other leaders of the party who opposed the tenure elongation of Chief John Odigie-Oyegun were the “Nostradamus of our time that saw tomorrow.”
In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, Okorocha said they had been vindicated by the unfolding scenario currently playing out in the party.
“With certain scenarios that have played out within the fold of APC at the moment and in less than one month after the national convention of the party, it is obvious that the emergence of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as national chairman has saved the party from an impending catastrophe.
“It can also be argued that some of the proponents of tenure elongation were innocently doing so without having an overview of the entire disturbing picture behind the scheming for elongation of tenure.
“All these defections, as we all could see, were never planned in the past few weeks. The coming of Oshiomhole just forced the cat out of the bag,” Okorocha said.
