Presidential hopeful, Senator Rochas Okorocha has described himself as the best candidate for Nigeria in 2023.
Okorocha, a lawmaker representing Imo West Senatorial district at the Senate said he is the best man to unite the country amid several calls for secession from many quarters in the country.
Nigeria, in recent times has been experiencing secession calls from the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), led by Nnamdi Kanu and Oduduwa Republic, led by Sunday Adeyemo.
Extolling his attributes, Okorocha said he believes in humanity rather than being blinded by religion and ethnicity. He explained that his Rochas Okorocha Foundation is enough evidence for Nigerians to believe that he loves the country, adding that if elected he would ensure no part of the country is segregated.
Okorocha added that he has acquired vast experience on how to deal with several people across the country, adding that Nigerians need to utilise his expertise by electing him as the president of the country in 2023.
The two-time governor of Imo state said this during an interview session with Channels TV on Monday, monitored by The New Diplomat.
Okorocha, on Monday formally announced his intention to contest in the 2023 presidential election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In his words: “I am not somebody who is very tribalistic or somebody who feels this nation should not be one and you think we make him president he will change, you are making a mistake. But when I Rochas Okorocha tell you that I will make Nigeria united, I’ve done it before. I’m not saying I will, I will say I’ve done it. Even through my Okorocha’s foundation.
“I’m not an hausa man, I am not a Muslim, but I built school in Sokoto, I built school in Kano, Adamawa, Bauchi, Jos. I am not a Yoruba man but I have 5000 children I have fed in Rochas Okorocha foundation in Ibadan, Oyo state. I am not from Oyo but I have trained more children who are not my children from Yorubaland. Over 25,000 children, I am an Imo man, you can say that is why I trend. But if I have the heart to go around this country, every zone, and do that, then believe that if I say I believe in the unity of this country and I love Nigeria. That’s what I call my track record.
“So it is an issue of compassion. If you see a man who locks his gate and doesn’t allow poor people to come in and put things up about only himself and his family and everything he can never remember the poor. If I tell you that the poor will smile in my government as the president, believe me it will happen.
“But then you come back to the issue of the unity of this country. So for me, I am color blind, I don’t see tribe, I don’t see religion. I see humanity. Infact, I am a citizen of humanity. I will love this country called Nigeria, and I’m proud of it.”
