Forum Advises Apiafi To Drop Third Term Bid

The Abua/Odual Aware
ness Forum, a socio-political group has advised member of House of Representatives, Hon Betty Apiafi to drop her third term ambition.
The Forum said it took the stand to ensure equity and fairness, noting that Hon Apiafi, representing Abua / Odual and Ahoada East Federal Constituency, has failed to represent the constituency effectively.
Briefing newsmen shortly after the group’s general congress meeting in Port Harcourt, the President of the Forum, Chief Obaghama E. Dighobo said there is common understanding that no one ethnic or local government should spend more than two terms of eight years.
“We need not only to put forward our best and brightest candidate as our House of representative flagbearer for Abua/Odual and Ahoada East Federal Constituency, but a candidate that is without blemish, a candidate that is untainted by obvious reason of equity and fairplay, and one who must attract wealthy support from the two local government areas based on antecedent, Dighobo said.
He noted that the association would adopt Jehovah’s witness house to house method of mobilization of Abua / Odual people to thwart her dream if Hon Apifa failed to step down her third term ambition.
“Our mobilization will far go beyond billboards to ensure that she does not have votes both at primaries and the general election day, if she did not drop the ambition.
According to him, the organization has resolved to support any creditable candidate that would come from Ahoada East, preferable Dame Beatrice Olunwo.
The President stated that equity, fairplay and efficient representation cannot be sacrificed on the altar of loyalty.
He remarked that loyalty to the authorities of PDP to give her third term ticket would be detrimental to the people of the constituency.
Mindful of this reality we publicly advice Hon Apiafi to allow the people of Abua/Odual and Ahoada East local government areas, to produce their candidate who will represent them at the House of Representative, come 2015, he added.

Tonye Orabere