Ahead of tomorrow’s election, a former Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Onyema Ugochukwu, has urged voters, particularly of the Igbo extraction, not to disappoint President Goodluck Jonathan of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) when Nigerians march to the polls.
According to Mr. Ugochukwu, Jonathan remained “the best option” for Ndigbo, considering the numerous gestures of his administration to the race.
In an interview with Punch, the PDP chieftain said he did not expect Ndigbo who had remained the main support-base of the President to fail him at the poll, arguing that “it is better to work with the devil you know than the angel you do not know.”
Mr. Ugochukwu, however, expressed faith that Jonathan would sweep the poll considering his commendable achievements in key sectors of the economy.
Former Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Onyema Ugochukwu
The former Abia State PDP governorship candidate also appealed to Abia electorates to help deliver all PDP candidates in the state, saying Abia had fared better under the party and “cannot afford to be in the opposition.”
Predicting a peaceful poll, the ex-NDDC boss begged the opposition not to resort to violence in the eventuality of defeat contending that, “it is inevitable that PDP will win.”
He admitted that the use of card readers in the election would significantly check rigging, if properly managed, but expressed fears that as a new technology experimenting it with crucial elections as the Presidential and National Assembly polls, could be risky.
However, some political leaders in the East have continued to ponder if Goodluck Jonathan lived up to expectation and have spoken up on why Muhammadu Buhari represent a new hope. One of whom is the incumbent governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha who expressed his displease with the Goodluck Jonathan’s administration which according to him has seen the south-east completely marginalized.
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