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Niger Delta group urges Lamido to contest 2019 presidential elections

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>ASABA- Ijaw Justice Forum, IJF, a group of Ijaw politicians and professionals in the Niger Delta region, under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, to run for the 2019 presidential elections. 
 
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The group in a statement by the president and secretary, Messrs. Etonye Karona and Akwagbe Ekenwan respectively, said: “We humbly and strongly call upon you to take up the gauntlet and contest the 2019 presidential elections in order to save this nation from the hands of an incompetent and vision-less APC administration.” 
 
 
 
Claiming that it appraised northern politicians of the party extraction before narrowing its choice to Lamido, IJF asserted: “We make this clarion call because you (Lamido) have the three most important qualities that a leader should possess, namely: imagination, courage and selflessness.” 
 
“A leader should have some core philosophy and belief against which he can judge the important issues as they arise. Unless he has that bedrock to fall back on, the unexpected storms that blow up will toss him about like a cork.” 
 
“These were the very attributes of the leader that you are that made you to stay back in the PDP while your former colleagues were blown up like a cork. Most of them, no doubt, must be silently grieving their misadventure in the land of the fairies.” 
 
“It is our sincere hope and belief that you will not let our call go in vain when the time presents itself. We shall selflessly work for you and stand by you whether rain or shine,” the group said. 
 
Its words: “We pray God to bless and protect you and your beloved family, including your political associates. We also pray that the Almighty God will see you through your current travails as the just is always vindicated. It is said in the Holy Bible that “darkness may endure for a moment, ‘but joy cometh in the morning.’ This is surely your portion</div>

Niger Delta group urges Lamido to contest 2019 presidential elections

ASABA- Ijaw Justice Forum, IJF, a group of Ijaw politicians and professionals in the Niger Delta region, under the platform of Peoples Democ...

We’ll take over power from APC in 2019 – Wike

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuioymliO1xeQJtSp5OiFyciwMrRpcnQ-ACRgzAjbnlr0DcIq-GBG3-ZSpw3ygig1OHYrXjlqXl5tOXJA2bBDt9xGYBafvuHsntYh_oZ5FLAWL5pX8CKoXTZNV_dh9Jr1U7SYRvVThII0q/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuioymliO1xeQJtSp5OiFyciwMrRpcnQ-ACRgzAjbnlr0DcIq-GBG3-ZSpw3ygig1OHYrXjlqXl5tOXJA2bBDt9xGYBafvuHsntYh_oZ5FLAWL5pX8CKoXTZNV_dh9Jr1U7SYRvVThII0q/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has insisted that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would take over power from All Progressives Congress, the APC, in 2019. 
 
Wike, who spoke, yesterday, in Port Harcourt, during the PDP state congress, maintained that the party would re-take the Federal Government in 2019. 
 
 
Meanwhile, Mr Felix Obuah, was returned as Chairman of Rivers State chapter of PDP at the party’s state congress, yesterday, in Port Harcourt. 
 
Some other members of the new state executive council are Vice Chairman, Mr Charles Awotu; Sam Okpoko, Secretary and Caretaker Committee Chairman, Ikwerre Local Government Area, Mr Sam Wonosike, Publicity Secretary of the party. 
 
Meantime, the state chairman, Mr Obuah, in his speech, alleged that APC was behind recent killings and violence in the state, stressing that the party was scheming to achieve a declaration of state of emergency in the state with the alleged sponsored violence. 
 
Obuah, who lauded Governor Wike for his successes so far, said those plotting the downfall of the government will not succeed. 
 
He said: “We supported the former governor, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, for two terms of eight years. Why has he and his supporters deliberately refused to support the PDP government in the state? I am very sad about the recent upsurge in killings in the state, but I suspect the APC is behind the sudden wave of violence in the state.”</div>

We’ll take over power from APC in 2019 – Wike

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has insisted that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would take over power from All Progress...