Ken Saro Wiwa Association (KWA) gives reasons why members of the Association and Ogonis will vote President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and his Vice, Mohammed Namadi Sambo come February 14th, 2015.
The group stated that Buhari was part of the late Sani Abacha military junta that killed their kinsman and a renowned environmentalist, Mr. Ken Saro Wiwa and other Ogonis in 1995, explained that the Governor of Rivers State who is leading the Buhari campaign in the country has done much evil to the Ogonis that tagged him an enemy of Ogoni and a stumbling block for the UNEP Report implementation in Ogoniland.
Speaking in a rally organized in Bori on Tuesday by the group, the National coordinator of the group, Chief Gani Topba said that Buhari was served in the Abacha’s administration as Federal Commissioner for Petroleum and head of state at some point in Nigeria, yet never remembered to solve the Ogoni problems.
He frowned at political parties who are dragging traditional rulers into partisan politics pointing out King Godwin Gininwa, the Gbenemene of Tai kingdom went beyond ordinary visit to something else said that such act was a tantamount of demystification of the traditional institution in Ogoniland and other part of the country, adding that all discussion that bind in Ogoni are done in Bori and so that endorsement done on Buhari in Saakpenwa does not exist.
Topba further said that as President Jonathan received the UNEP Report in 2011 set up ministerial/multi-stakeholders committee to review the report and make recommendation and in 2012 on the recommendation, HYPREP was set up as a palliative measures.
In the same vein, Topba who faulted the action of the Rivers State governor, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, alleged that he is a close associate of the HYPREP coordinator, Mrs. Joy Nunieh-Okunnu an Ogoni of not proffering useful advice to her in running her administration if he love Ogonis.
Speaking to the press, Topba was not satisfied with the action of KAGOTE asking the present leadership of KAGOTE to re-examine its action if its actually tally with the vision of the founding fathers of the group, explained that KAGOTE was at the fore-front of the Ogoni project but uptil now KAGOTE could not come home to tell the people of Ogoni what has happened to the project and the way forward making the people to suspect them.
He blamed Amaechi for not calling those he gave contract and refused to execute the contract but going about announcing names of those who seem to show him disloyalty pointing out that Gokana in Ogoni and the people are suffering the after effect of the wrong project Amaechi awarded to Joy Nuieh Okunnu.
In his goodwill message, Mr. Akanto Asogbo told the people of Ogoni to vote PDP and stop making mistake they made in the days of Dr. Peter Odili and Ebenezer Isokariari said that they voted for the wrong person and suffered opposition.
Asogho has it that this election will not break Nigeria as Nigeria will remain United State that Nigeria is not going to break because of one person’s interest but said that since the Ogonis are not comfortable with Buhari due to his evil act, they will use the media to talk to the people understand the message and Buhari will fail and PDP will take over the day. ###
Mene Gbarabe
