Minority groups mobilise support for Jonathan

Members of ethnic minorities have staged a mobilisation rally in support of President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election in Lagos.

At the rally organised in Apapa, a Niger/Delta rights activist and leader, Ms Annkio Briggs, described the idea of mobilising for the return of the president as a noble cause.

“We are mobilising for Goodluck Jonathan. The need for mobilizing for him is vast so today’s event, is very apt, this is the right time, and I am proud to be part of this,” Briggs said.

She said the postponement had guaranteed free and fail election as more qualified voters now have opportunity to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVC).

In his remarks, the president, Ijaw Professionals in Lagos, Amagbe Kentebe, said the idea of hosting the rally was to demonstrate Jonathan’s acceptance to many Nigerians.

“The purpose of the rally is to give support to President Jonathan. We therefore call on everyone to support and vote massively for him at the coming presidential polls,” Ketenbe said. Similarly, an Ijaw Nation Peace Ambassador, Regent Youmor, said the gathering was a sensitisation effort in support of President Jonathan.

“We the Ijaw elders under the Ijaw National Congress (INC) under the platform of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Ijaw Peoples Assembly (IJA), Ijaw People in Lagos (IPL), Ijaw Peoples Monitoring Group (IPMG) felt it is necessary for us to invite our neighbours who are indigenes and nonindigenes such as the Igbos, Yorubas to come together in Lagos to sensitize them”, he said.