The brick bats continue to fly over the Ogonis’ quest to ascend the governorship seat in Rivers State come 2015. In a statement signed by Bari – Ara Kpalap, the Special Adviser on Media/Public Affairs to the MOSOP President, MOSOP condemned the reported endorsement of the State PDP Chairman, Felix Obuah of Chief Nyesom Wike for the PDP’s governorship ticket describing it as “a sentimentally disappointing approach representing a huge conspiracy against the Ogoni gubernatorial move.”
According to the statement, the President of MOSOP, Mr. Legborsi Saro Pyagbara said “the deed in our view, is not only a deliberate infringement on fairness but also politically inept, insensitive and unfortunate. It is clear that the Ogoni governorship quest is most popular and widely and overwhelmingly supported within and outside Rivers State. The PDP would be losing a golden opportunity to monopolize and secure to its electoral advantage the huge Ogoni voting strength if it fails to commit her platform to any Ogoni seeking to govern Rivers State as Governor in 2015.”
In a further attack on the PDP Chairman, the statement continued “Ihe sustained unguarded and inflammable utterances and actions of the PDP state chairman, demonstrably betrays a devious attempt at scuttling Ogoni political interest and it is unacceptable. If the untoward development is not addressed, it would require inflexible Ogoni response”.
“We are aware that Chief Obuah is acting a script as we know the forces at play. However, the stance reflects an implicit admission of what we have all along been suspecting. Nonetheless, we would like to warn that Ogoni will refuse to be confined to being heavers of water and fetchers of wood in a state that we are not inferior but eminently qualified”.
“The Obuah led PDP insistence on depriving Ogoni of her deserved berth at the office of governor of the state meant that the red line has been crossed and would no doubt provoke tough, decisive attention as we will not continue to be political passerby in our state. Again, is it not unfair that while Rivers West and East senatorial districts have produced governors of the state under a zoning understanding, efforts are being made to deny Rivers South East Senatorial district of the opportunity others have enjoyed?”
The organization also warned that it was ready to support any political party which gives it room to actualize the Ogoni quest for the governorship seat in 2015.
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Source: CityNews
