As a follow up to the continuing political campaigns by various political parties to woo electorates to their favour, Kingsley Kuku, special adviser to the president on Niger Delta, was in Lagos to meet with Federick Fasheun, founder/leader of Odu’a Peoples Congress (OPC), and Gani Adams, national co-ordinator, OPC.
Commending Fasheun, Kuku said that the democracy MKO Abiola died for was being threatened by those who use the nation commonwealth to build family dynasties, saying “this is what you (Fasehun) have fought for from your youth and I know you will not sit down and allow these few people who do not understand to take us back, to succeed.”
Fasehun said he personally had promised the OPC members that whosoever delivered his unit and ward will get a tangible reward, saying the Buhari he knew can never be the change this Nigeria needed, because Jonathan had started a change that the military could not do in their years in office.
“OPC members are going from house-to-house to woo people, with incentive for everyone that will win his constituency; we are going to work until Buhari looses totally. I thank God for Jonathan. I want to congratulate all, and those who want good things to continue should support Jonathan.
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“Few hours, Buhari came to power, he announced that all political leaders should report to the nearest police station, where most of them died, got blind and those that left died at home.
Jonathan has taught Nigeria’s their right and that is why some people want to derailed him; even when the Constitution has empowered him to do thing, he refused using his constitutional powers. In four years, nobody has be sentenced and sent to prison without a just cause. We will give Jonathan the next 4 years, as for me, I will never want to experience Buhari again. He does not have any experience he wants to use.
“Let the President be rest assured that the OPC friends and families are in his support, because we will go around armlets and villages to campaign for him, because we know what he has done, only that the reports have been too low. He is a good ruler, let us not lose the opportunity to enjoy him further,” the OPC leader said.
A day before, he met with Gani Adams, national co-coordinator, OPC, who promised to garner support for President Goodluck Jonathan because he had seen the insincerity of the opposition, saying that 6 million members of the group nationwide had resolved to vote for President Jonathan at next polls.
“The OPC members took the decision at their national council meeting after taking time to assess President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Major Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“OPC is rooting for Jonathan because of his human rights records, in not arresting or detaining any activist since he came to power, convocation of national conference and promise to implement the 633 recommendations that will help to restructure the country, which is in the interest of the Yoruba and South West.
“OPC is a group of 6 million people. We sat down at our national council meeting to decide on who to vote for between President Jonathan and Buhari, and the support for Jonathan is unanimous,” Adams said.
Osa Victor Obayagbona
