President Goodluck Jonathan and the ruling
Peoples Democratic Party to stay away from
the Niger Delta region ahead of the 2015
general elections.
The APC stated that the President and the PDP
had no moral right to campaign for re-
election in the Niger Delta due to their alleged
neglect of the region.
Rivers State Interim Chairman of the party,
Dr. Ikanya Davies, said in a statement on
Thursday that the President should avoid
campaigning in the oil-rich region since his
kinsmen had rejected him for disappointing
them.
The statement signed by the Senior Special
Assistant to the state APC chairman, Chief
Chukwuemeka Eze, recalled that the former
Bayelsa Governor, Mr. Timipreye Sylva, had
declared that the majority of Bayelsa people
were not happy with Jonathan and wanted a
change.
According to the statement, "Even though they
lack shame, President Jonathan and the
Peoples Democratic Party should for once
respect themselves and stay away from the
Niger Delta since even his kinsmen in Bayelsa
State have rejected him for disappointing
them.
"This fact was made clear by the immediate
past Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre
Sylva, who during his solidarity visit to Rivers
State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi
Amaechi, declared that most Bayelsa people
were frustrated with the Jonathan
administration and wanted change even
though the President is from the state.
"As Chief Sylva rightly said, Jonathan's
Presidency has brought nothing but shame
and opened cracks in the unity of the people
of the South-South geo-political zone.
"Jonathan's occupation of the Aso Presidential
Villa has proved to be a curse rather than a
blessing to the Niger Delta. The situation is so
bad that the Jonathan Presidency has failed to
reconstruct the East-West road, which links
the South-South with the South-Western parts
of the country.
"Certainly, President Jonathan and the PDP
have lost every moral right to come and ask
the people of the Niger Delta for their votes
in 2015 considering the wickedness they have
exhibited towards the people of the region."
Commending Sylva for having the courage to
speak the truth despite his blood relationship
with President Jonathan, the state APC chair
expressed the readiness of the party to work
with him and other progressives in Bayelsa to
unseat the ruling party.
Reacting, the State PDP Secretary, Chief
Walter Ibibia, explained that contrary to the
position of the APC, President Jonathan and
the PDP had done well for the people of Niger
Delta and Nigeria in general.
Ibibia explained that apart from achieving 70
per cent completion of the East-West Road,
President Jonathan's administration had
achieved aviation rejuvenation and power
stability.
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