A pro democracy group, Oro Think Tank, on Wednesday in Abuja urged the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party to intervene and ensure that zoning arrangements for 2015 governorship race in Akwa Ibom State was based on ethnicity.
The Chairman of the group, Chief Okon Osung, told newsmen that the power sharing arrangement ensured that power rotated among the ethnic localities in the state.
Osung also called on the Akwa Ibom State Government to honour the arrangement, adding that it had served as a platform for producing governors for the state.
He said: “The Akpabio administration has honoured that arrangement only in the breach, particularly as it concerns Oro’s share.
“The attempt to deny Oro and other associated minorities a shot at governorship power in 2015 is the culmination of a long-drawn battle of deliberate marginalisation, exclusion and disinheritance.”
Osung added that the arrangement would further promote equity, peace and stability of the state.
Osung said that the group would reject any imposition of candidate, adding that it was against the principles of democracy.
He said that peace in the state would guarantee smooth operation of oil exploration and other economic activities.
The group, however, used the platform to endorse President Goodluck Jonathan for Presidency in 2015.
“We endorse Goodluck for second tenure and we will give him 99.9 per cent vote if he contests,” Osung added.
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