Rochas uses valedictory service to boast that he will one day be president of Nigeria

GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha of Imo State declared that come what may he will become the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria one day despite the opposition her faces from his political adversaries.

On May 29, Governor Okorocha will be leaving office at the end of his second term as governor but his desire to serve in the senate is still unresolved as the Independent national Electoral Commission (Inec) is yet to finalise the contest in his Imo West Senatorial District. Governor Okorocha has attributed his travails to his political enemies, who he said are keen to hold him back at any cost.

Speaking in Owerri yesterday during his valedictory thanksgiving service, Governor Okorocha said the seizure of his Certificate of Return as the Imo West senator-elect, were only stepping stones to the presidential seat. He berated his political adversaries who, according to him, wanted him to end up in prison.

Stating that he is the most criticised politician in the country, Governor Okorocha said that all the ploys to stop him from going to the senate will fail. Inec declared the Imo West Senatorial District inconclusive because the returning officer said that he been forced to announce Governor Okorocha the winner under duress.

Governor Okorocha said: “I tell you, I am the most criticised person in Nigeria today. I don’t know why the entire elite hate me with cruelty.

“My senate ambition is still a battle and more than 30 people have joined the suit to fight me but all these, I will overcome. They are only preparing me for the glory ahead, so mark it, I will be president of Nigeria.

"I said this on this altar so that the kingdom of God will rise against those fighting to stop me. Also, those who think they will put me in prison will go to prison before me.

“They don’t want me to be at the National Assembly but I will be there, I know I am the last man standing but I will not give up. Only a few of them later realised that I meant well for the state, I governed the state with passion, I broke protocols and bent the laws but I never broke laws.

“When I took over the office eight years ago, I wasn’t unmindful that a lot of people will misunderstand me and try to distract me but today, I have left the state better than I met it. I am the architect of the new Imo, I am a satisfied governor.”