Rivers guber: Group hails Amaechi’s choice of Peterside

Rivers State Gov­ernor, Chibuike Amaechi and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been lauded over consensus gover­norship aspirant for the 2015 general elections in the state.

The commendation came from the Youths and Students Wing of the Eastern Delta Peoples Association (EDPA), who congratulated the mem­ber representing the people of Andoni/Opobo/Nkoro Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Dakuku Peterside, on his emergence as the sole aspirant of the party in the state.

Spokesman of the group, Mr. Kingsley Pepple, made the commendation while address­ing newsmen in Port Harcourt, saying: “We thank the gover­nor and leader of the APC in Rivers State and the defender of Rivers people, Chibuike Amaechi, for, once again, ex­hibiting before the entire peo­ple of the state and the country his courage, sense of equity and love for peace among his people.

“Having considered the con­tinued occupation of the Rivers Brick House by our brothers from the upland extraction for 16 years, it is, in deed, just to support a candidate of the riv­erine extraction to take over the mantle of leadership in Rivers State in 2015.”

Also appreciated were the leaders and stakeholders of the APC for answering the call of the riverine communities un­der the auspices of the EDPA, led by Elder Lawrence Jumbo and that of the elder statesmen of Rivers State under the lead­ership of Chief Albert Horsfall.

The group assured the leadership and members of the APC of the support of the youths and students of the Ijaw ethnic nationality.

The spokesman appealed for understanding and support of the people of the Ogoni Na­tion to embrace the emergence of Peterside as an act of God and not a deliberate ploy to dis­regard the political relevance of the people of the Ogoni Eth­nic Nationality.