A group known as the Vanguard of Ogoni Nation has declared that the Ogoni ethnic nationality will not settle for anything less than the office of the Rivers governor in 2023.
The group maintained that any Ogoni indigene who seeks the position of deputy governor in 2023 will be seen as an enemy of Ogoniland.
In a statement, the group leader, Reuben Favour, said the position of the deputy governor was a spare tyre with no voice and authority.
According to him, the position no longer mattered to them as they said the time they wanted the position had passed.
“What will the deputy governor do to Ogoni people now? A deputy governor is just a spare tyre. He has no voice and authority. He has nothing.
“What we are going for now is for an Ogoni man to be the Governor of Rivers State.
“Any Ogoni man that is going for the position of deputy governor should see himself as an enemy of Ogoni people. Ogoni people cannot play the second fiddle.”
Continuing, he said, “If APC or PDP do not give their ticket to Ogoni people, we will make sure that we will work against them in all the positions including the National and state assembly.”
