Breaking: Rochas officially declares intention to contest for president
A former governor of Imo State and Senator, Imo West District, Rochas Okorocha, has officially announced his intention to contest for presidency in 2023.
The lawmaker made this known in a letter to the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan at the commencement of Wednesday’s plenary at the Senate Chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan read the letter before senators prior to the plenary.
The presidential aspirant is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on which platform he served as past governor of Imo State for eight years and then proceeded to the senate.
Earlier this week, reports said that the former governor of Imo state disclosed that he would address a world press conference on Monday, January 31st, 2022 to officially declare his ambition to contest the presidency.
Prof. Aliyu Abdullahi Jibia, the chairman of the organising Committee, had maintained that Okorocha was the best man for the job, given his “intimidating credentials.”
