Chairman of the Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Mr. Daniel Nwafor, has insisted that Governor Rochas Okorocha lacks the power to determine the governorship candidate of the party for the 2019 general elections.
The Chairman stated this in Owerri, after presenting the keys to the 27 Sienna vans bought for the chairmen of the party in all the local government areas of the state.
He said members of the party would determine the party’s candidate for the governorship election next year.
Nwafor noted that the party recognizes the governor as its leader in the State, adding however that his choice of his Chief of Staff, Uche Nwosu, as his preferred successor would not affect the credibility of the party’s primary.
Nwafor said: “It is normal, personal and democratic for the governor to prefer a particular aspirant as his successor but it will not affect our primary election.
“The governor has only one vote. The party will determine who will be our governorship candidate and Imo people will determine who will be the next governor of the State.”
Nwafor said the party is “working hard to ensure APC’s victory in all the elections in the State including the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari.”