The governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha has said that he has a cordial relationship with President Goodluck Jonathan, who visited Imo state recently.
Governor Okorocha who is a staunch member of the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, (APC) says that by personally going to receive the president at the Imo airport he has displayed courage.
In a statement signed on behalf of the governor through the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, the statement said that “It is totally regrettable and unacceptable to the people of Imo state that the President came for a PDP rally and the leaders of the party in the state could not muster the courage to tell Mr President one thing, they would like him to do for the state.
In all their speeches, they all expressed their hunger to come back to power in the state in 2015 without also mentioning what they want the power for.
They all mentioned the on-going rehabilitation of Aba/Owerri Road and Port Harcourt/Owerri road as if the two roads were built today or being rehabilitated for Imo people alone”.
The governor alleges that an attempt made by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) leaders in the state to deceive the president from coming to the state through the Delta state airport was rebuffed by President Jonathan, showing that he has no problem with the governor.
He also received Vice President, Alhaji Namadi Sambo, the President of the Senate David Mark, the National chairman of PDP, Alhaji Muazu.