Youths under the aegis of Urhobo Youths Leaders Forum in Delta State have asked President Goodluck Jonathan to seek re-election in 2015 saying they will ‘march naked’ in protest if he refuses to contest.
President, Movement for the Advancement of Urhobo Nation, Mr. Rex Anigoro, said Jonathan had no choice but to re-contest in 2015.
Anigoro, who spoke on behalf of leaders of youth organisations under the UYLF when they visited the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, in Abuja on Thursday, said youths of Urhobo extraction were ready to protest if Jonathan failed to contest.
He said, “We have come to stand in solidarity with the President; Jonathan is a very experienced leader, he is not an accidental leader. Some Urhobo elders visited the Arewa Consultative Forum, and I must say that it is their right to do so.
“However, we youths from various organisations wish to say that the Urhobo people are not enemies of Mr. President.
“I won’t say if he contests, rather I would say ‘when’ because he does not really have any choice here. And if he doesn’t contest, we will march naked in the streets to protest; and when he contests, will vote enmasse for him again as we did in the past.”
Anigoro said the President had done a good job especially in fixing the nation’s dilapidated roads, addressing the intractable issues in the power sector, ensuring industrial harmony and creating an atmosphere for democratic growth among others.
