Edith CHUKU
The Leader of Ahoada East Legislative Assembly, Rt. Hon. Bernard ThankGod Unwhe and the SDP candidate in the 2023 election for Ahoada East Constituency in the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. MacSunday Ugwu, have declared support and loyalty to the governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, and the State Government.
Both politicians in Ahaoda East LGA made their positions known during a meeting presided over by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Dr Edison Ehie, at Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday, as contained in a release made available to TNN by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Nelson Chukwudi.
The two leaders were accompanied to the meeting by the former Councillor representing Ahoada East Ward 11, Hon. Daniel Igbudu.
Also present at the meeting was the Managing Director, Rivers State Signage and Advertising Agency (RISAA), Hon. Aye Pepple, who was also a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly between 2007 and 2015 and represented Bonny State Constituency in the State’s Legislature.
In the statement, Unwhe was quoted to have promised to go back to the grassroots to mobilize his supporters to join the Simplified Movement in order to help Fubara succeed in the delivery of good governance and democratic dividends to Rivers people.
He said that “haven watched from the fence the drama orchestrated by some politicians in the State since October last year, I have no reason to continue to support what is wrong, haven realized the obvious truth.
“I will be doing the people of my Ward 11 a disservice by ignoring their clarion call for unity of purpose in efforts to give the State Government the needed support to fulfill its mandate, and take the State to the next level.
“There is no denying the fact that Governor Fubara won the March 18, 2023 election in the State, as affirmed by the Supreme Court”.
“As provided by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, there can only be one Governor in a State at any given point in time,” adding that “until Sir Siminalayi Fubara serves out his term as prescribed by law, nobody has the right to claim the powers vested in the Chief Executive Officer of the State”.
On his part, Ugwu was quoted to have revealed that he dumped his party and declared total support and commitment to mobilize the people in the area to key into the Governor’s policies and programmes for the State.
He said he decided to dump the party and “collaborate with all people of good will and conscience, with a view to making the Governor proud and succeed in the governance of the State.”
He further pledged to galvanise his supporters to join the Simplified Movement, to defend and protect governor Fubara in his initiatives which he said was designed to build a more peaceful, united, and progressive generation to come.
In his response, Ehie encouraged the new entrants into the Simplified Movement to remain steadfast and resolute in their support for the governor.
