Generation of Peace GOP, a Port Harcourt based
non-governmental organisation has advanced reasons for their total support for
Dr. Dakuku Peterside, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress,
APC in Rivers State.
Speaking in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital,
Amakiri Amakuro, spokesman for the group said they are supporting Peterside
because the stakes in this year's elections are too high to be taken lightly.
He described Peterside as a candidate that encapsulates the wishes of every
Rivers man and woman today, adding that it would amount to disservice to the
future generation if young and forward-looking people of Rivers do otherwise.
According to Amakuro, the APC candidate is a summary
of the wishes and aspirations of the people of the oil-rich state which, among
other things, include peace, visionary leadership, equity, justice, fear of God
and transparency.
“Peterside is a man of peaceful disposition, a strong
character with very high integrity, efficient and a very intelligent young man.
As Commissioner of Works in Rivers State, we could count over 300 roads that he
started and finished. He ss honest, a man of his words, humble and reaches out
to everybody, big or small, rich or poor.
“He abhors all forms of violence and has distanced
himself from all manner of aggression and do or die politics. We are supporting
him because we are afraid of going back to another era of grave security in
Rivers State. There was a time in this state when we were compelled to lift our
hands as our state at the time was a theatre of war. It was a state under
siege.
“This isalso why we are supporting the APC candidate.
He has a track record of always working for peace. In his constituency and
among students in our state, he remains a role model who is loved and
appreciated. So he stands out as the only candidate that is accessible to
students and the youth like us. He is also the only one who can consolidate on
the peace and development of the Amaechi era. Let me use this opportunity to
call on the people of Rivers State, particularly the youth, to cast their votes
for Peterside.
“As an organisation that stands for peace, I also wish
to call on political actors to eschew bitterness and violence by following the
path of peace. I enjoin security agencies to stand in defence of the masses by
providing a level-playing ground for all contestants.
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