The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has disclosed that a that all 24 state governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress have endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid.
Okorocha who is also the Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum stated this in an interview with reporters after a meeting the governors had with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja last night.
He said, “We came to welcome the President back and to commend him for his boldness and courage to declare his intention to run for second term as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which we the 24 governors of the APC duly support.
“And we have come to encourage him that he must go ahead with his vision.”
Okorocha also said the meeting addressed the issue of the party’s forthcominh national convention and congresses.
“We also agreed that we will not allow the issue of many contestants destroy our party,” he said.
Buhari had earlier in the month declared his intention to seek re-election in 2019 despite calls from former president Olusegun Obasanjo and General Ibrahim Babangida urging him not to run again.