PDP neglected South-East for 16 years, alleges Okorocha.

Few days ago, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it’s Vice Presidential candidate come 2019 general election, will come from South-East, reacting on such zoning, The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha chides the party’s claim, stressing that for over 16 years the party never remembered South-Eastern region.
  

The governor, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, on Monday, said it was unfortunate that the South-East was never remembered by the PDP during the party’s 16 years in power.

He said, “For the 16 years the PDP was in power, it never considered the South-East as being fit for the position of the vice-president. The party never had any reason to remember the South-East as a major power bloc.

“It never considered the South-East as being capable of holding any sensitive position in the country. They are just waking up from their slumber after being out of power.

“The PDP never allowed the South-East to have the president, the vice-president, the senate president, the speaker of House of Representatives, and so on. The South-East totally lost out in the PDP government. Even in terms of projects, the South-East had a very rough experience in the PDP government.

“All the federal roads in the zone were all deathtraps until the party was voted out of power. The Second Niger Bridge became an endless pit for the PDP. Some oil wells belonging to some states in the zone were taken away and given to other states outside the zone. It was a hopeless situation for the zone.”

Speaking further, the governor said that the vice-presidential ticket was a bait by the opposition party to deceived the people of the region, added that the people of the region could see beyond the bait, meanwhile, assuring that Buhari’s administration will develop south east religion

He said, “Now, they have started to dangle the VP carrot before the zone because they desperately want power again. And they also know that what the zone could not get from the PDP government, it could now get from the Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress government.

“The fact is that the South-East would get its due from the APC administration because the APC believes in fair play, justice and equity. The PDP toyed with the fate of the South-East which the APC has not done. And the good signs are everywhere. The South-East will be better under the APC government.”

“Our interest is to develop the South-East. The APC administration will do that for the zone. Anything due to the zone will be given to it because the level of greed in the PDP cannot be found in APC. The APC won’t wait until it is out of power before remembering the South-East or any other zone. That cannot be our portion.”