Edith CHUKU
A former chairman of the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Mr. Solomon Abel Eke, has assured the state governor, Sir Siminalayi Joseph Fubara, of the support of the people of the LGA.
Eke who gave this assurance in Port Harcourt, on Thursday, at a press briefing, shortly after the leaders of the LGA presented a communique, said that nobody would stop the governor from completing his tenure.
He insisted that the people of Obio/Akpor were not greedy nor wicked, but law abiding and have resolved that Fubara would complete his term.
The immediate past LGA boss emphasized that the lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, to the All Progressives Congress APC, were now former house of assembly members.
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Eke further expressed the need for another election to be conducted for new persons to take over their positions, which he said have already been declared vacant.
According to him, “in totality, the people of Obio/Akpor are in alliance and have agreed, we consulted with our people, a lot of people, both traditional rulers, women group that have given us the mandate to come here and say these things on behalf of them.
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“We are saying that the people of Obio/Akpor we are not greedy, we are not wicked, we are law abiding people and we resolved over time, even before now, we followed in the campaign to elect Sir Siminalayi Fubara and he is going to rule completely, nobody will stop him, not even those paid individuals, but thank God that they are now former, former house of assembly members.
“The ones of Obio/Akpor are now former, and the party at the national level has directed that the needful should be done, that they should conduct another election so that we fill in new persons that will take over their positions, that is our resolve and we are going to follow it to the latter.
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“After this communique, the next action will be sensitizing our people in all the communities to ensure that following the law, that we have representatives in the state assembly, that is our resolve and we are happy that our people have resolved like this and have asked us to come and communicate to the world.”
