It’s
time to choose candidates - Princewill
Fresh after returning from the national convention
of the APC in Abuja, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the
“prince of the Niger Delta” as he is fondly called, had a brief chat with
newsmen where he intimated them on the next steps for his party in the state.
Prince Tonye T.J.T Princewill highlighted the
emergence of Adams Oshiomole as a catalyst for the erosion of PDP in the South
South commencing with Rivers state.
According to him, “What we have now is a solid team
headed at different tiers by warriors of change, from the national through to
the state, local governments and wards. I don’t underestimate the task before
us but I can categorically confirm that Wike will be history come 2019. Take it
to the bank.”
He confirmed that the team put in place in Rivers
state under the Chairmanship of Hon Ojukaye Flag Amachree had all it takes to
ensure APC wins the next election but warned that the missing piece in the
jigsaw was still the choice of candidates the party will field in 2019.
“Starting with the position of Governor, we will
decide who the cap best fits in the next few weeks so we can begin to sell him
and them to our members aggressively. It has to be a team who can build on the
2007 blueprint Amaechi put in place. Amaechi left free schooling and free
medical in Rivers state and grew our economy with the ushering in of peace.
What has this Wike now done? Intellectual capacity mixed with boldness and
humility is key. Plus he must be Riverine. Power must rotate. It’s that
simple.” the Prince explained.
He denied that the Honourable Minister Rotimi Amaechi
will impose a candidate because his style was now collegiate, citing the
recently held Congresses leading to the convention as an example. There he
claimed Amaechi delegated his powers to people who knew their people whereas in
the past, he delegated to only a few, now he has delegated to many more and
they were all critical to any decision.
“Wike is history. Even he knows it. Those who are
afraid of him have no business leading us and thankfully no longer do. 2019
will be decided in 2019, there and then on the day of the election. If he likes
he can go to court. We won’t.”
On the subject of the recent killings in the
country, the Prince while praying for the souls of the departed reminded
Nigerians, especially the media, to stop immediately, the fanning of embers of
hate. Every sad incident cannot be Buharis fault, he said citing the herdsmen
issue to the putting food on our plates as examples. “If you hate Buhari, an
election is coming up. Feel free to be driven by personal hate if your thinking
is that narrow. Why preach that hate, blind to all the many achievements he has
made? I and my kind will preach love, not hate. You cannot truly love your
country and its people yet you promote its division by stoking ethnicity. Don’t
you get it? Don’t you have children? Are you not aware that the fallout will
consume us all? Continue. God is watching you.”
It will be recalled that Prince Tonye T.J.T
Princewill was the candidate for AC in the 2007 elections for Governor but has
since declined to contest in 2019 because in his opinion, personal ambition
should always be secondary to the group ambition of his people.
Sent in By Nwaorgu Faustinus
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