2015:Group Wants Etche Guber Candidate

A pressure group in Riv
ers State, the Etche Heritage, has vowed to support Captain Augustine Nwakwo and any other Etche son interested in the governorship of Rivers State in the 2015 elections.
The Chairman of the  group, Dr Achor Nwagogba who made this known in a life radio programme in Port Harcourt ‘’ View Point ‘’ , said it was regrettable that the Etche  ethnic  nationality has never been given opportunity to produce either a governor or a senator in any democratic system in the country since 1960.
Nwagogba noted that the Ogonis who are currently agitating for the seat of power in the state have gone to senate many times, from the time of Senator Birabe,  while the Etches have not been allowed to occupy any position higher than the House of Representatives in the state.
He therefore, called for the support of Etche 2015 Governorship project by other ethnic groups in the state.
According to him, ‘’ we are not happy about the current development in the Peoples Democratic Party where some sections of the party are endorsing a particular candidate. We have condemned it and will continue to work against such practice which was only intended to serve the interest of few people’’.
The group also disassociated itself from a comment made by Prince Emma Anyanwu that the people of Etche has endorsed Chief Nyesom Ezebunwo Wike as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stating that Prince Anyanwu was speaking for himself and his family and not for the people of Etche ethnic nationality.
‘’Prince Anyanwu has no mandate to speak on behalf of the Etche ethnic nationality. We represent the people of Etche and we shall ensure that an Etche son becomes the governor in 2015. We have started mobilising and sensitising the people to understand and see reasons with our concern’’, he said.
Nwagogba regretted that most communities in Etche and Omuma local government areas have no electricity despite the fact that one of its sons is the Commissioner of Energy and Power in the state.