AHEAD the 2015 governorship election, elders in Rivers State have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to withdraw its candidate, Chief Nyesom Wike, from the governorship race.
This was as the elders also asked President Goodluck Jonathan to prevail on Wike to step down as the governorship candidate before or on January 5, 2015, in his (Jonathan) own and other persons’ interests.
Chief Albert Horsfall, who spoke on the platform of the Rivers Leaders and Elders’ Council, maintained that it was necessary for PDP and the president to take such step in order to avoid losing the governorship election in the state.
However, the chairman of the state chapter of PDP, Mr Felix Obuah, affirmed the candidacy of Wike, saying the Ogonis could only have their dream of freedom from oppression and marginalisation fulfilled under his administration.
Horsfall, in an ultimatum issued in Port Harcourt, on Monday, warned that the people of the state would only vote for the political party that presented a riverine person as their candidate, should Wike fail to withdraw from the governorship race.
He specifically told leaders and elders from the various ethnic nationalities in the state to vote for the ‘next bigger’ political party that presented a riverine person as their standard-bearer.
Source – Nigerian Tribune
