Former representative of Rivers West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Wilson Ake has said that no one individual would appoint a governor for the Rivers people.
He made the declaration while speaking at the conclusion of the inauguration of registration of officers for the Project SMA 2023, at Bori, headquarters of Rivers South-East senatorial districton Monday.
Ake, an ally to Magnus Abe, said the aspiration of Abe to be on the ballot in the forthcoming governorship election in the state, is a project that has come to stay.
According to him, “Abe is an illustrious son of Rivers State that we are proud of. What we are doing here today, has been done in Port Harcourt for Rivers East senatorial district and Ahoada Town for Rivers West senatorial district,” Ake said.
“We are to confirm the statement made by Abe that we will be on the ballot in 2023. No human will stop Abe from being on the ballot to contest for the governorship in 2023 neither will any of them be able to appoint a governor for the Rivers people. What we are doing is a prelude.
“We are here to tell you that from what we are seeing, Abe will be in Government House come 2023. We are knocking at the Government House door and asking the occupant to start packing and get ready to vacate.”
“Have you seen the two candidates they brought out in APC and PDP? These are people you have never seen before but Abe is somebody you have known for a very long time. So, we cannot afford to fail because if we fail, Rivers State will be in trouble. The man we know is Senator Magnus Ngei Abe,” Ake added.
On his part, the Director-General of Freedom House, Worgu Boms, said the Project SMA 2023 was a process of producing the first Rivers State governor of Ogoni extraction.
“We are in the business and process of making the first Ogoni governor. We are not pretending about it. We are not joking about it. Next year, we want to see an Ogoni governor.”
