Senator Rochas Okorocha, Former Governor of Imo state,  has declared his intentions to contest in the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Okorocha made this known in a letter to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and read at the commencement of Wednesday’s plenary.

He said he will address a world press conference on Monday, 31st January 2022 to officially declare his ambition to contest the presidency.

Okorocha is a senator representing the Imo West senatorial district on the platform of the APC.