- Rochas Okorocha says the All Progressives Congress (APC) has derailed
Okorocha laments that the APC now behaves like the PDP with its internal crises
- He urges Adams Oshiomhole to end the practice of 'monkey dey work, baboon dey chop' in the party
The governor of Imo state and current chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governor’s Forum, Rochas Okorocha, has reportedly declared that his party has derailed and now behaving like the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Premium Times reports that Okorocha said this on Thursday, May 10 in Abuja during the declaration of Adams Oshiomole, former governor of Edo state, to run for office of national chairman of the party.
Okorocha however said he believes in the capacity of Oshiomhole to address some issues in the party.
“Another thing I think Oshiomole will address is that our party has begun to play the same kind of politics like PDP.
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“All of a sudden we have started derailing and playing the PDP kind of politics. This started by some of those people who found themselves in political office especially appointment, who did not win their booths and wards,” Okorocha said adding that Oshiomhole should also address the weakness of the party in the South-South and South-East.
He called some of the members ‘urban masquerades’ and urged Oshiomhole to root them out of the party while asking him to end the principle of ‘monkey dey work, baboon dey chop’.
“Today, our party is going through some challenges and I must commend those who helped fight for this party even before this time, they have done well but the fight ahead, the challenges ahead are greater and we need great men like Adams Oshiomohle to do this job. For me particularly, Adams will strengthen APC in South-south and South-east.
“Suffice to say that as I speak to you today, I am the only governor from the entire South-east who is APC just like my brother, Obaseki is the only governor from the South-South from the APC.
“What this goes to say is that APC has challenges in the South-South and South-East for reasons not too far-fetched. For some myopic considerations and assessment, this party is not strong in those parts of Nigeria.
“For those our governors in the north, they won the election so easy, for as long as the name Buhari stands in the north. But it’s not the same thing talking about President Muhammadu Buhari’s name in the South-South or South-West.
“So if you see any governor emerge in the South-South or South-East, it is not with an ordinary strength, and I believe that Oshiomole coming in will strengthen this party in that part.
“Adams, your first assignment when you become the national chairman of the party is to ensure and channel that principle of ‘monkey de work, bamboon de chop.
“Because some of these people who are seated here before you, won their booths, delivered their wards but those who didn’t win their booths or deliver their wards are holding big jobs in the federal government of Nigeria.
“In this new dispensation, no more monkey dey work, bamboo dey chop. If you work, you chop, you don’t work, you don’t chop.
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“We have a lot of urban masqueraders in APC now and you, must force them out. And I know Adams Oshiomole is a no nonsense man, he will stand forthright, he will face them both in debate, action, physical, mental, moral, spiritual; he can face the opposition. But I don’t know about the spiritual aspect,” he said.
NAIJ.com earlier reported that Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday, May 9, announced that he would declare his bid for the national chairmanship of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja.
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Source: Naija.ng
