Okorocha: I Felt Like Singing National Anthem When Obama Called Buhari ‘man... - Politics -

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has explained why the United States Government did not support the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, especially in its fight against the Boko Haram terrorists. Okorocha said the US government outrightly snubbed the immediate past administration because it (the US) did not trust Jonathan. He, however, said the American government had promised to assist Nigeria in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency. Okorocha was among the dignitaries who accompanied Buhari to the United States. The governor, who spoke while interacting with journalists in Owerri, the Imo State capital, said the meeting between Nigeria and the US would enhance robust relationship. Okorocha said, “The US made it clear that it could not support the government of Jonathan because it was not comfortable with it. “Now the American government has promised to help us fight the Boko Haram sect and provide for the Internally Displaced Persons.” While describing Buhari’s visit to the US as the best so far made by any government, Okorocha said he was happy when the US President, Barak Obama, described Buhari as a man of integrity and honour. He said,“I felt like singing the national anthem when Obama described our President as a man of integrity and honour; the trip to America is the best outing any President has made outside Nigeria”.