2023 presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Rochas Okorocha, has boasted that he is so sure he can even defeat the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, in his home state of Adamawa if they go head to head in any election.
According to Okorocha he enjoys wide acceptability in all regions of Nigeria including the north and can pull the votes needed to give APC victory and keep the party in power beyond 2023.
Okorocha made the boast about winning the 2023 presidency on Wednesday when he appeared as a guest on Arise TV interview programme.
“If I run for election in Adamawa State today, former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, will sweat for defeat. I can say that because I know what I have done in Adamawa. I challenge anyone to show me what they have done in the northern part of this country. There is something to sell Rochas Okorocha in the north,” Okorocha boasted.
The incumbent Imo West Senator almost missed his screening schedule with the presidential screening committee of the APC due to a running legal battle with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The former Imo governor was arraigned on a 17-count charge of money laundering at a federal high court in Abuja to which he pleaded “not guilty”.
He was granted bail on Tuesday by Justice Inyang Ekwo in the sum of N500 million and a surety in like sum.
Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order while ruling on the bail application filed by Okorocha who currently represents Imo West senatorial district in the National Assembly.
The former governor is being tried on a 17-count charge to the tune of N2.9 billion filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
He was accused of conspiring with others, including a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and five companies to steal from public coffers, although he has since denied any wrongdoing.