Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers said Andoni people were previously under the yoke of bad leadership which had deprived them the benefits of infrastructure development.

Wike stated this on Friday, February 18 at the campaign flag-off rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ngo town, headquarters of Andoni Local Government Area of the state.

He said that greedy antics exhibited by some past political leaders in the area was the reason the Andoni axis of the Ogoni-Opobo-Andoni Unity Road has yet to be completed.

The governor, however, assured that the governorship candidate of the PDP, Mr. Siminialayi Fubara, would attract more development to the area particularly, the completion of the Andoni axis of the Unity Road.

“Already history has been made today as we drove into Ngo Town for this campaign, because I insisted that the Andoni axis of the Ogoni-Opobo-Andoni Unity Road should be completed,” he said.

Presenting the party’s flag to the candidates, Amb. Desmond Akawor, State Chairman of the PDP, urged Andoni people to deliver winning votes for the party.

In his remark, Fubara urged Andoni people to vote for him and the consolidation team to continue to benefit from the robust infrastructure package of the ‘New Rivers Vision’.

Fubara assured that the consolidation team would work in synergy with the council chairman, political and traditional leadership in the area to sustain security and execute more projects.

Similarly, Mr. Erastus Awortu, Chairman, of the area council, pledged the support of the people of the area for the Consolidation team.

“Andoni contributed so much for the PDP since 1999, but greedy political godfathers had continued to divert our collective entitlements until Gov. Nyesom Wike decided to liberate the area from political oppression.

“Today, there’s peace in Andoni because Gov. Wike liberated us from political oppression and we will reciprocate this gesture by giving our block votes to the Consolidation Team,” he said.

He urged the people to vote Fubara for governor, Bari Mpigi for Rivers South-east senatorial Zone, Dagomie Abiante-Andoni/Opobo-Nkoro Federal Constituency, and Kagbang Ofiks, Andoni State Constituency.

The Star