The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Monday Onyeme, has said that no Nigerian is a second-class citizen in the country.
Key Highlights:
- Monday Onyeme said no Nigerian should be treated as a second-class citizen in the country.
- He spoke during a visit by the City Boy Movement in Asaba.
- Onyeme argued that power rotation should continue nationally, backing the continued presidency of Bola Tinubu.
- He alleged that insecurity is being politicized by some groups for political purposes.
- The City Boy Movement pledged support for the re-election of Tinubu and Sheriff Oborevwori.
He made the statement on Monday, when the leadership of the City Boy Movement in Delta State paid him a courtesy call in Asaba.
According to him, some people in the northern part of Nigeria believe that they are “more Nigerian” than Southerners, noting that such a belief is wrong.
Onyeme said: “As a matter of survival, all Nigerians should vote for President Bola Tinubu.
”In Delta State, political offices are rotated and we know the benefits of such an arrangement; the same thing should be applied nationally in Nigeria.
“The North did eight years, so, the South should do eight years. I must confess that I did not know that within such a short period after its formation, the City Boy Movement would become so politically enlightened and knowledgeable that you could figure out that some people in the North are using insecurity as a political weapon.
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”From what I have heard this afternoon, it is clear that you understand the realities of our political environment, that insecurity is being weaponised politically.
“Some people have always believed that they own this country and that every other person is a second-class citizen.
”That mindset is wrong, and we should collectively condemn such a notion as a people; we should make it clear that Nigeria belongs to all of us.
“It is unfortunate that whenever leadership shifts away from their region to the South, we often see all kinds of political manoeuvres.
”For eight years, former President Muhammadu Buhari was leading us and insecurity was rampant, yet many people, especially those in the North, remained silent; but today, after less than three years, some people are calling for the removal of a president who has brought significant reforms and positive changes to the country.
”President Bola Tinubu introduced reforms that previous administrations were afraid to implement, and today, those reforms are beginning to yield results. Local governments now have greater capacity to execute projects.”
Innocent Ezewezie, Delta State coordinator of the City Boy Movement, told the deputy governor that the socio-political organization was formed to drum support for the re-election of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and President Tinubu.
He decried the situation where Northerners are using insecurity to campaign against the re-election of President Tinubu, noting that such a gimmick was used against former President Goodluck Jonathan and would not be acceptable against President Tinubu.
He emphasized that “the Northerners believe that Nigeria belongs to them and they decide who will be president and how long the person should serve as president, which is not acceptable to us.
”We are carrying out an enlightenment campaign in all the communities in our state, the wards, and local government areas.”
Highpoint of the visit was the decoration of Onyeme as the number one ambassador of City Boy Movement in Delta State.
