Senator Rochas Okorocha has on Wednesday declared his intention to run for presidency in 2023 on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC).
He made this known in a letter to the Senate President which was read by Ahmad Lawan at plenary, TheNation reports.
Okorocha said he will address a world press conference on January 31, 2022 to officially declare his ambition to contest the presidency.
The Senator, who currently represents Imo West senatorial district, had been holding talks with interest groups and party stakeholders to actualise his presidential ambition.
Okorocha, a three time presidential aspirant and one of the founding fathers of APC, had led a faction of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to the merger that led to the formation of APC in 2013.
More details to come.
