{"id":19562,"date":"2019-12-31T15:49:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T15:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=19562"},"modified":"2019-12-31T15:49:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T15:49:30","slug":"okorocha-speaks-on-fight-with-oshiomhole-dumping-of-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/okorocha-speaks-on-fight-with-oshiomhole-dumping-of-apc","title":{"rendered":"Okorocha speaks on \u2018fight\u2019 with Oshiomhole, dumping of APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rochas <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realRochas?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Okorocha<\/a>, Imo West Senator has reacted to the alleged rift between him and Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>Okorocha, who said he was yet to know the cause of the rift, stated that he looked forward to hearing from Oshiomhole.<\/p>\n<p>The immediate past governor of the state spoke while featuring on Channels Television programme Newsnight.<\/p>\n<p>Okorocha, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism, however, maintained that he won\u2019t leave the \u201cAPC and if he will, it is not in his immediate plans because the party is more like a family to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIf I was told in my dream that I\u2019ll be treated this way, I\u2019d have said it\u2019s not possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne day, the opportunity may occur that I might hear from Adams what really went wrong because till today I am very much confused as to what went wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have tried to make an excuse for him that probably somebody must have gossiped or do something that he believed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr alternatively, it must be a search for political power or relevance or it would have been who he is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut whatever happened in APC was still like a dream to me, because APC had no reason to lose Imo state.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rochas Okorocha, Imo West Senator has reacted to the alleged rift between him and Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Okorocha, who said he was yet to know the cause of the rift, stated that he looked forward to hearing from Oshiomhole. 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