BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), grassroots politician and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Labrador Security Services and Kojo Sam Logistics, Dr Kojo Sam has led chieftains of the APC under the aegis of APC Believers Family on a two-day campaign sensitisation tour of communities in Nembe and Brass Local Government Areas, rallying support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Communities visited include Agrisaba, Ikensi, Okoroba, Oluasiri, Obioku, Okoroma, Ewelesuo, Nembe Creek, Fantuo and Odioma.
At the communities where a mammoth crowd of party supporters and enthusiastic voters received the team, the APC chieftains explained that President Tinubu deserve re-election because of the development strides his administration has achieved in rural communities in Nembe and Brass Local Government Areas.
Speaking in an interview, Dr Kojo Sam said President Bola Tinubu deserves re-election for the developmental projects his administration has achieved in Nembe and Brass communities through the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), which has a Bayelsan, Dr Sam Ogbuku, as its Managing Director.
According to him, the NDDC has carried out developmental projects in rural communities in Nembe and Brass.
“As grassroots politicians, we are about to enter a campaign and an election. Hence, we need to go around and sensitise our people in the rural areas to talk to them about the need to re-elect President Bola Tinubu. President Bola Tinubu deserves a second term to complete the good works. We need to talk to the people to make them see the reason why we need to stand together and give 100 per cent of our votes.
“President Tinubu has 100 reasons for him to be re-elected. President Tinubu has done well for Bayelsa and the Niger Delta region through the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC). Our son, Dr Sam Ogbuku, is the Managing Director, and he has been implementing the vision of President Tinubu for the region through development projects.
“Today, if you go to some of our communities, you will see that the communities have been lit up by the NDDC. This is one of the reasons that APC chieftains in these communities are very happy and are ready to give 100 per cent votes to President Tinubu.’’ he noted.
Kojo Sam, who commended Bayelsa governor, Sen. Douye Diri for his exemplary leadership in leading the party, advised opposition parties not to waste their time campaigning in Nembe and Brass because the people are in total and full support for the re-election of President Tinubu.
He also urged the people to turn up en masse and collect their PVCs, which they will use to demonstrate gratitude to President Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.
Also speaking, a former chairman of the party, Dr Dennis Otiotio, said the APC Believers Family toured the communities to discuss with them and enter into a covenant to support APC ahead of the campaigns, stressing that he was happy that the people overwhelmingly agreed to vote for the APC.
‘’We have just concluded a tour of communities in Nembe and Brass Local Government Areas. We are the APC Believers Family, led by Dr Kojo Sam and several other leaders of the party. We have gone around the communities in Brass and Nembe Local Government Areas with a simple message to discuss with them ahead of the APC campaigns. We are here to enter into a covenant with them to support the APC. The people overwhelmingly accepted us and agreed to
vote for the APC.’’
Jude Ossai (JP) a veteran journalist is a National Diploma holder in Mass Communication from Ogwashi-Uku Polytechnic Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State. He also studied at Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Enugu and Imo State University, Owerri for his first and second degrees in Mass Communication, respectively.
He writes extensively on politics, crime, corruption, climate change, healthcare, human rights, social justice, among others.
He began his journalism career in The Republic Newspaper, Lagos in 1987 as a Special Correspondent in Benin City, Edo State.
In 1990, he was posted from Lagos to old Anambra State as a State Correspondent in Enugu.
In 1994, he joined the African Newspapers of Nigeria (ANN) Plc, Ibadan, Oyo State, Publisher of Nigerian Tribune Newspapers where he rose to the rank of Southeast Bureau Chief.
Retiring from the mainstream traditional media in 2019, he began another journey in online newspaper publication.
He was the Overall Best Reporter in 2015, an award bestowed on him by Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Enugu State.
He has attended several workshops/seminars organised by multi-nationals, government institutions, local and international media including BBC.
He is also a unionist and had held top positions as Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists of Enugu Correspondents’ Chapel and State Council of NUJ, respectively. He was also a one-time Enugu State Secretary of Sports Writers’ Association of Nigeria (SWAN).