{"id":10722,"date":"2019-05-27T13:27:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T13:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=10722"},"modified":"2020-02-13T12:06:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T12:06:41","slug":"distance-yourself-from-oshiomhole-el-rufai-okorocha-tells-osinbajo-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/distance-yourself-from-oshiomhole-el-rufai-okorocha-tells-osinbajo-video","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Distance yourself from Oshiomhole, El-Rufai\u2019 \u2013 Okorocha tells Osinbajo [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Outgoing Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has advised Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to distance himself from the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, and Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State.<\/p>\n<p>He gave the warning while expressing displeasure over the purportedly unfair manner he is being treated by the APC because of the alleged machinations of the two men.<\/p>\n<p>Okorocha, who has been at loggerheads with Oshiomhole, accused him of being behind INEC\u2019s decision to deny him the Certificate of Return after contesting in the Imo West senatorial district election.<\/p>\n<p>According to a video currently trending on social media, Okorocha pointedly told the National Economic Council, NEC, comprising of 36 state governors and headed by Osinbajo: \u201cOur greatness as a nation is not as a result of our population. Neither is it because of the mighty military nor the crude oil that we have or our political parties or what we practice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rochas Okorocha trolls <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elrufai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elrufai<\/a> and Adams Oshiomole at the last Nigerian FEC meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Warns <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MBuhari?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MBuhari<\/a> to distance himself from them.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think his statement should be taken seriously?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SafetyNeverStops?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SafetyNeverStops<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VO8fURPgbM\">pic.twitter.com\/VO8fURPgbM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Comrade ???? (@iAGB4REAL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iAGB4REAL\/status\/1132852090949296129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outgoing Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has advised Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to distance himself from the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, and Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. 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