Although he remains a staunch chieftain of Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), when it comes to the political future of Rivers State,
former gubernatorial aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the
state and Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan, Reynolds
Bekinbo Dagogo-Jack, is for equity and power rotation.
Revealing his position in Lagos just before
yesterday's governorship election, Dagogo-Jack pointed out that “only fair
distribution of power and justice will help to unite the people of the state.”
Beks Dagogo-Jack, who is also the Grand Patron of
Rivers Peace Restoration Agenda, in a brief meeting with some reporters in
Lagos during the week, also pleaded with his Rivers State people to avoid
violence during and after the governorship election.
“As we approach the final round of the elections, I am
compelled by the forces of good conscience, peace and our shared destiny to
call on all political actors and their leaders in the state to be peaceful and
respect the sanctity of human life in their conduct before, during and after
the voting processes,” he said, adding:
“I urge contestants and their followers to see this
election as a unique opportunity to purge the political culture of our state
from its current vicious cycle of armed violence and killings whose seeds were
sown in our land over a decade ago, so that together we can restore the state
to her past glory when genuine, public spirited sons and daughters engaged in
healthy political contest mainly to serve the people and when younger
politicians were mentored not by acutely desperate power mongers or genocidal
politicians but by positive role models of humility, honesty, hard work,
integrity and respect for the established unifying traditions in a multi-ethnic
state such as ours.”
In a press statement he released before yesterday's
elections, Dagogo-Jack also said, “On the fateful day of April 11, 2015, we the
Rivers people shall have yet another date with destiny and a very unique
opportunity to work together and uproot the wicked taproots of the politics of
violence and killings, whose seeds were planted in our state over a decade ago
and in its place plant new seeds for the restoration of the politics of mutual
respect between contestants, total respect for the sanctity of human life,
integrity in public service, regard for hard work and meritocracy, upholding of
fairness and equity in sharing and rotation of key political offices and
pursuit of increased social trust cum integration amongst our different ethnic
groups.”
As the people await the results of yesterday's
elections, Dagogo-Jack is of the view that they must maintain peace and
brotherly affections.
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