“We Will Not Allow The Same Forces That Humiliated Jonathan Out Of Office To Disgrace Tinubu” –  Akpabio

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

The Senate President, Goodwill Akpabio, has vowed that the South South geo-political Zone will vehemently resist any attempts at humiliating President Bola Tinubu out of office in 2027.

At the closing ceremony of activities lined up to mark the 25th anniversary of  the establishment of the interventionist agency- the Niger Delta Development Commission, NNDC, at the weekend in Port Harcourt, Senator Akpabio stated that the region will ensure that the President does not suffer the same  indignity inflicted on former President Goodluck Jonathan when he was stopped from securing a second term in office in 2015.

A statement issued by his Media Aide, Anietie Ekong, quoted Akpabio as saying that the South South region  will be queuing solidly behind President Tinubu to stop the same forces that uprooted Jonathan from also disgracing Tinubu out of office.

Instructively, while Akpabio was the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum at the time Jonathan was ousted, President Tinubu was one of the  leading figures that spearheaded the process that culminated in the humiliation.

According to Akpabio, the region this time, would neither be privy to, nor allow the same reactionary forces to have their way .

“In the past, the Niger Delta was used as the goose that produced the golden egg with nothing to show for it .

“Today , President Tinubu has set up an Environmental Science University in Ogoni land to take care of the environment which had been degraded as a result of oil pollution .

“He has also set up a Maritime University in Okerenkoko in Delta State. He has given us several tertiary institutions in Agriculture, Technology and lots of others. So, it is not only in terms of appointments that the region has benefited, we have also immensely been favoured in projects execution.

“This is the region that produces the wealth of the nation .We have the right to choose who manages our resources.

“So people should not think that anybody can just come and become the President without consultation with the people of the Niger Delta.

“We the people of the Niger Delta have assessed President Tinubu, and have found him fit to continue in office beyond 2027. So let the people who are conspiring against President Tinubu hear this.

“They did it before, and conspired to remove our son, former President Goodluck Jonathan. This time around, the entire Niger Delta region has decided to speak with one voice.

“We are telling the president ‘on your mandate we stand.’ No conspiracy formed against this Government that has recognized the Niger Delta shall prosper”, the Senate President stated.

However, not a few observers will be perceiving  Senator Akpabio’s statement as a serious indictment of the very person he is campaigning for.

For the records, President Tinubu was the chief conspirator in plot that removed Akpabio’s Niger Delta brother, President Goodluck Jonathan from office. His role in that humiliation of the Niger Delta Region is well-documented.