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N5m For Political Parties Bane Of Mmuen Kpagane
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By Odimegwu Onwumere

Nigeria is welcoming a new democracy than what were experienced under ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo government, and Nigerians of goodwill are happy with the development. While in the upper citadel of the government of Nigeria corruption is being fought to seeing that it standstill, some people at the grassroots are still bent to perpetrating mischief for their nefarious wants; they are challenging the collective will and intelligence of Nigerians, perhaps asking, what will happen to them. To such people, as observers of Rivers politics perceive in Rivers State, they are sitting on a keg of gunpowder of the law.

One man that is being honoured in Rivers State and its politics is Prince Tonye Princewill, the leader Rivers Action Congress (AC). The honour accorded Princewill is not because he is a Crown Prince of the Niger Delta, but because he is straightforward in his business of politics. He is transparent. To the tireless Princewill, his ambition is to seeing that he helped the present Rivers State Government under the able leadership of Mr. Chibuike Amaechi to achieve the dream Rivers State every of its citizens had longed to see. Though, not part of the government, but he took it as his duty traveling to all the European countries to scout for investors to come to Rivers State. Princewill is also fighting assiduously to seeing that Rivers AC won the sixteen local government councils it vowed to win come March 29 2008 Rivers poll. Princewill has been reconciling virtually all the aggrieved persons who may have suffered under the Ndoni-born governor, who ruled the State for a good number of unproductive years. Princewill has been so benevolent to the course of Rivers State, but the course of his party, the Rivers AC, is paramount to him.

Upon all these that the amiable Princewill is doing to better the lots of Rivers people and his party, it smacks ones mind and sends jitters to the marrow, that some people go about name calling Princewill. While Princewill is labouring to seeing that the Rivers AC won the sixteen L.G councils, these people who could be best describe as rebels went and own a faction of AC, headed by Mr. Mmuen Kpagane.

If what Mr. Kpagane, the leader of the factional group of Rivers AC means by calling Princewill “anti-play member” is Princewill’s stoical approach to seeing that River State is for all irrespective of status, then Mr. Kpagane should go back to the classroom.

It was in December 5,2007 that what observes of Rivers politics called “giving a dog a bad name “manifested from the hatred coffer of Mr. Kpagane against Princewill. Being the leader of Rivers AC Princewill is, Mr. Kpagane was said to be disrespectful to the rules and policies governing the party and when the party stakeholder rebuked him, he ran out from the party and began mudslinging Princewill from all ramifications. It was reported that what Mr. Kpagane keeps on doing is to be misleading party members who were not informed that he is a renegade who have caused incalculable problems to the party, and is still causing?

Mr. Kpagane continues boasting as the Rivers AC chairman whereas his name has been scrapped from the party list waiting when he will turn a new leaf. However, it’s noted that what keeps swelling the head of Mr. Kpagane to be talking is that he could still found his name in the national membership list of the National body of AC, which will probably come to be removed when the national body of the party will come to understand the heinous achievements of this fugitive. His achievement was said to be Tinkering and bickering and insulting the party members especially the elders of the party.

Bringing himself to the cleaner, Mr. Kpagane had no job in recent time other than paying Nigerian newspapers heavy sum of money to make himself relevant, as the Rivers AC leader, which he is not. While he continues to answer Rivers AC leader on the pages of the newspapers, yet he is not bent to promoting the course of Rivers State.

Without doubt, from all that had been heard about this party rebel, Mr. Kpagane is only interested in fomenting and promoting problems to affect the government of Governor Chibuike Amaechi, and the national peace of AC. Mr. Kpagane is not ready to partner with the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RISIEC) on the commission’s policies to hold a credible election in the State come March 29. He is interested to seeing that his rebellious members contested in the Rivers poll. Can some one call Mr. Kpagane to order?

Mr. Kpagane in his undemocratic way is lauding the credibility of his faction, which is only, but a sham. While the Rivers AC, which is recognized nationwide, headed by the orator, Princewill, is serious working for the emancipation of AC in the State politics which was nearly maimed by the PDP’s unkind politicking, all that Mr. Kpagane is running up and down Rivers State to Abuja is to make sure that RISIEC grant his equivocal factional group the N5m meant for political parties in the state as to enhance his faction’s illegal preparation towards the Rivers council election.

Odimegwu Onwumere, poet and author,
is of Nigeria4BetterRule, Rivers State.
Email: nzeprince@mail.com

March 15, 2008 | 4:33 AM Comments  0 comments

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The Inspiring Story Of Tonye Princewill
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Full of vibrancy and oratorical prowess, Prince Tonye Princewill has done it again. For those who were not informed, he is the Action Congress (AC) guber candidate in Rivers State, in the April 2007 elections; although victory did not come his way in that election, but he has been victorious fighting like a ram that locked horn in a battle. The fight is not about militancy, carrying arms against the citizenry, but to better the lots of Rivers people and Nigerians.

Recently, precisely on the 3rd March 2008, were when Rivers AC pertinently demonstrated its seriousness and determination to make an impact in the March, 2008 Rivers LG poll, and proved critics wrong. Prince Tonye Princewill flew in from Europe, where had had been for the past one month, not for a tea party, but scouting for investors, for Rivers State.

His flying in was not for a tea party also, but duty oriented. He was in the country to perform three crucial party functions. According to a source from AC, Princewill’s homecoming were to receive hundreds of politicians that decamped from other political parties in the State; to inaugurate four special Committees expected to work assiduously to achieve the sixteen Local Government Councils target expected to be won by AC in this year’s LG Poll in Rivers State and to receive six reports on the prospects, problems and strategies to move the party and Rivers State forward.

While observers of Rivers politics watched with great enthusiasm, history was made at Buguma City the Headquarters of Asari-Tolu Local Government on 8th March when it hosted the crowned Prince of the Kalabari ancient Kingdom, Prince Tonye Princewill and some prominent chieftains of AC from the area. They include Chief Diamond Tobi-West, Bar Osima Ginah AC’s Legal luminary and a Hon. Commissioner nominee in Rivers State, Mr. Amoniabia Akoko the LG Chairman and AC chairmanship aspirant of Asari-Tolu, Mr. Ted Princewill to flag-off the party’s State wide Campaign for March, 2008 Local Government in Rivers State.

Not only was Prince Tonye Princewill in the community with AC henchmen, he stormed the community with his delegates that comprised Chief Williams Igwe, Mr Okis Bob-Manuel, Dr Mrs. Welle Edith among others. Their arrival was by 9am, and his programs started first with visits to project sites (of the projects) being executed by the Amaechi’s administration. The programmes were aimed at alleviating the suffering of the community particularly those geared at reclaiming the lost land of the community to swampy nature of the area.

At the community’s town square, Princewill, after addressing a mammoth crowd made up of supporters across political party divides, formally presented Mr. Ted Princewill to the community as its next Chairman for the Local Government Council with the 13 wards Councillorship aspirants of the party. He listed out most of the immediate intervention the AC administration in the area will be embarked within the first one year of governance – collaborating with the relevant authorities to link up the Local Government Area to the National grid; arrest unemployment state of the area by attracting both local and foreign investors to the area to make the community one of the most developed in the State.

With all these, Princewill admonished the community to vote in only AC Candidates to be assured of the development of the area as any vote for PDP or any other political party in the area will be a waste as most of these parties candidates have no proper manifesto to develop the area like AC. Princewill concluded his address by urging Prof Nimi Briggs led RSIEC to strictly follow its guidelines and appeal against the court rule in favour of PDP that directs the Commission to screen PDP aspirants against the normal ethics and norms as contained in the 2007 Electoral laws of the Commission. According to Chief Eze C. Eze, AC Publicity Secretary, “With this privileged information it was celebration galore for all the AC’s aspirant as the campaign was turned into a carnival and celebration of freedom showing the general acceptance of the party candidates in the community.”

Chief Diamond Tobi-West who also addressed the crowd. He assured the Princewill the general support of the community towards all the AC’s aspirants at least to demonstrate that Asari-Tolu is the birthplace of AC in Rivers State considering that Princewill is a crowned Prince. Mr. Ted Princewill the AC chairmanship aspirant thanked the Prince Princewill and assured him that he has the wherewithal to deliver the LG to the party, with a minimum support and encouragement he surely will do his best to take the Local Government to the next level.

To show his seriousness in winning the LG, Prince Princewill, in cohort of most key officials and all the aspirants of the Local Government paid courtesy calls on the Amanyanabo of Kalabari kingdom, HRM Prof TJT Princewill; Chief Senator Dagoga Princewill and other stake-holders in the community to formally present the aspirants to them and solicited for their support and blessings for the aspirants which thy willingly give emphasizing that the community does not recognize any other political party in the area.

Odimegwu Onwumere, Rivers State