A group loyal to President Goodluck Jonathan, the Niger Delta Renaissance Organisation (NDRO) has warned the minister of state for Education, Chief Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike not to heat-up the polity with his ambition to succeed Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi in Rivers State come 2015.
The group, in a statement in Port Harcourt, said Wike’s gubernatorial ambition amounted to insult on the collective interest of the people of Ogoni, Rivers South East Senatorial district and the state, as well as Amaechi, who hails from the same ethnic nationality with him.
The statement, which was signed by NDRO’s Spokesman, Mr. Kingsley Bejikini, lamented that despite the contributions of the Ogonis to the present democracy, an individual would seek to hold the people to ransom due to his inordinate ambition.
The group said; “As strong supporters of the Goodluck Jonathan’s second term bid, we view the stance of the minister as a threat to the ambition of the President and the unity of the state.”
It observed that there were sound minds in Ogoni land and the Rivers South-East senatorial district that stand a better chance to deliver the dividends of democracy and would not be confrontational to the President as the Wike-led group want people to believe.
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