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October 12, 2014

2015: Ogoni dedicate governorship project to God

Determined to ensure that an Ogoni occupies the Rivers State Government House in 2015, the people of the ethnic nationality have dedicated their Governorship bid, tagged “Ogoni project 2015” to God.

The service organized by the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, with the theme “That we may be one”, attracted a huge crowd of Ogoni people across party lines.

Held at the Wesley Methodist Cathedral in Bori, the ancestral home of Ogoni people and Headquarters of Khana Local Government Area, the event witnessed prominent Ogoni leaders maintaining one voice.

MOSOP President, Legborsi Pyagbara, restated the position of Ogoni on the 2015 governorship project, urging the people to form a coalition towards actualizing a successor to Governor Amaechi, insisting, “the time for an Ogoni governor has come.”

He said: “Let’s culminate our struggle for justice, liberation and against environmental degradation with the election of a governor in 2015 from Ogoniland.”