‘Why PDP May Lose Rivers State’ – Ijaw Activist, Annkio Briggs

The spokesperson for the Ijaw Republican Assembly, Ms. Annkio Briggs, has warned that the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State may lose the 2015 governorship election if it fails to resolve the crisis affecting it. Briggs cautioned that if the party decides to choose the immediate past Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, as its governorship candidate, it may lose the election. Speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, Briggs stated that a situation where a particular aspirant would be foisted on the people of Rivers was not acceptable. She dismissed the assertions in some quarters that the former minister would take advantage of the population of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area to win the governorship poll in February 2015.

In her words: “This is false. Obio/Akpor is cosmopolitan in nature, where you have Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa doing businesses. On the day of election, these people will travel home to vote. The situation in Rivers State is going to be bloody because it seems as if the PDP national appears to be listening to one person alone in a state of multi-ethnic nationalities. The PDP must dialogue with all the stakeholders if they want to win the state. If Rivers State boils in the course of the election, the economy of Nigeria will crumble and the world will come to its knees. This country as it is now does not need any political instability. For peace to reign therefore, the right thing must be done by the party. Wike has not finished the fight against Amaechi; why does he want to share the spoils of the war? There are ministers in other states. I have never heard them say they are fighting for President Goodluck Jonathan in order to become governors in their states. But Wike has been deceiving Nigerians.”

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Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.