Okorocha sworn in as senator, says Igbo presidency doesn’t exist (Punch)

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday swore in the immediate past governor of Imo State,  Rochas Okorocha, as the senator representing Imo West district in the National Assembly.

Okorocha was not inaugurated on Tuesday because he had yet to collect his certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The former governor told journalists after plenary on Thursday that  South East leaders should start reaching out to other parts of the country now if they wanted to produce Nigeria’s President in 2023.

He said it was only when other leaders of the various geopolitical zones in the country were convinced that the Igbo deserved to be president that the dream could come true. Read more