Rochas Owelle Okorocha in a recent press statement has advocated for the essence of the opposition party, PDP to serve as a watchdog in a democratic dispensation.
Rochas Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has said that the All Progressives Congress–led government and the people of the state do not want the state chapter of People's Democratic Party, PDP, to die according to P.M news.
He noted that, the government and the citizenry would benefit more if the PDP remains alive to play the role of an opposition party.
Okorocha stressed that in a democracy as we practice it today, opposition is very important and wishes that the PDP stays as a party to enable it play this noble role of opposition to the APC – led government while assuring that his government would continue to take steps to encourage the political parties including the PDP in the state.
The governor regrets the various factions scrambling for the soul of the PDP in the state at the moment and urged the leaders to take all the necessary actions to restore peace in the party to prevent it from total extinction. He added that what the PDP in the state needs now is unity among the leaders and not war among themselves as it is the case in recent times.
“One of the groups is led by one Hon. Ray Emeagha and one other group is led by Barr. C.O.C. Akaolisa, the former legal adviser to the State Chapter of the PDP. The truth is that the most important thing the PDP leaders in the state need to do now is to prevent the party from hitting the rock by peacefully dealing with the multi-faceted factions struggling over who takes the franchise of the party in the state,” a statement by Okorocha’s chief press secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo said.
He also advised some leaders of the party who had for politically related reasons formed certain motley groups that have been attacking his government to invest such energy in resuscitating the PDP in the state.