A political pressure group, the Rivers Patriotic Forum (RPF), has decried planned imposition of candidates by the leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the leading opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, ahead of the 2023 general elections.
RPF, in a statement made available to LEADERSHIP in Port Harcourt on Saturday, declared that governance had gone on sabbatical in the state, as the state has been locked down to exclusive enjoyment of a few while the bulk of the citizenry were left in despair.
The statement, which was jointly signed by Moses Urang and Karl Chinedu, Convener and Deputy Convener of the group respectively, said it was a sad commentary that Rivers State had no strong voice in the two chambers of the National Assembly.
The statement reads in part: “We have watched with trepidation as each election circles come and go, hoping that a group of select politicians who have hijacked politics since 2007 would…
