BUHARI BEGINS CAMPAIGN IN PORT HARCOURT

BUHARI BEGINS CAMPAIGN IN PORT HARCOURT

Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, is wearing a
new look for today’s commencement of All
Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign.
The event is scheduled for the 40,000-capacity
Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Igwuruta, near the
Port Harcourt International Airport.
The rally, fixed for 9 a.m., will be transmitted live on
major television networks.
River State Governor Chibuike Amaechi is the
Director-General of the Buhari campaign
organisation, which met last night at the Rivers State
Government House.
Shortly after inaugurating Buhari’s campaign in the
Garden City, the APC team will move to Uyo, the
Akwa Ibom State capital, to campaign in the PDP-
controlled state and to present its governorship
candidate Mr Umana Okon Umana, a former secretary
to the state government.
The campaign team will remain in the South South for
the next one week, going round states in the region
from Port Harcourt.
Colourful banners, billboards and posters of Buhari
and his running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, were seen
all over Port Harcourt yesterday
Some kerbs, roundabouts, junctions and other
strategic locations in the Rivers state capital were
also being repainted and beautified.

Amaechi’s ally, Chief Tony Okocha, who is the
Chairman of the Mobilisation Committee of Buhari’s
campaign launch in Rivers state, said yesterday that
today’s crowd will double the one at the October
25 mega rally to mark the seventh anniversary of
Amaechi’s Supreme Court victory at the same venue.
In neighbouring Bayelsa state, campaign posters of
Gen. Buhari and former Bayelsa State Governor
Timipre Sylva, flooded the state capital, causing
excitement among workers at the state secretariat.
The posters caught the admiration of many passersby
who watched and nodded their heads in acceptance
that the opposition had come to stay in President
Goodluck Jonathan’s home state.
One of the workers who identified himself simply as
Johnson said: “The APC has now proved their
seriousness. Before, we thought they only existed on
paper. It is now a big contest with what we are
seeing.
When asked why they were not hostile to the
campaign materials of the APC, he added: “We
welcome this development because it is not going to
be business as usual”.
Sylva’s posters were boldly displayed at the entrance
of the state secretariat annex.
The poster carried a colourful picture of the former
governor, with a simple message: “A Homeboy for
the Home Job in Abuja.”
Sylva’s Facebook page was also laced with
messages of his ambition tagged, “Timipre Sylva for
Senate 2015.”
On the page, one of the messages said: “During
Timipre Sylva’s administration as the governor of
Bayelsa State, the Niger Delta University received
significant attention leading to the accreditation of all
the departments in the University.
“Today, the university has been abandoned and the
Faculty of Law, Department of Geology and others
have all lost accreditation.
“Diete Koki Memorial Hospital is a landmark
achievement by his administration. Chief Timipre
Sylva remains the best Governor we’ve had. He has
been a House of Assembly member in the old Rivers
State; Political Adviser to a former Bayelsa State
Governor; ministerial aide, and Governor of Bayelsa
State. His main opponent has zero political
experience.
“Clearly, Sylva best represents the voice of the
people, and above all, he is a homeboy who
understands the needs of the people he seeks to
represent.”

Posted by Donatus Joshua at 12:17