Felix Obuah And The Politics Of Agwu So Mba by Comrade Nwokoma Messiah

Since the landmark High Court judgment of April 16^th 2013 that brought in Bro. Felix Amaechi Obuah as the substantive Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Rivers State, The State chapter of the party has experienced a strong tonic that has pushed its public appeal to greater heights threby endearing it to the generality of Rivers people who have been disillusioned by the fiendish politics of Rotimi Amaechi.

In retrospect, Rivers people are left wondering that if not for the fact that the Felix Obuah led administration of the party came into place prior to the exposure of governor Amaech Rotimi as an enemy of the collective interest of the Rivers people and the Niger Delta in general, the loquacious governor would have done a greater harm to the cause of Niger Deltans thereby placing us in servitude to our northern neighbours who wish to see us as second class citizens in a country where we account for a greater part of revenue accruing to the country. Thank God that such an experience has been averted.

As a leader I have come to know for a greater part of my life, I remain very motivated by the rise of the man many people opt to call Go Round because if despite the challenges and intimidations he has faced and yet he has remained steadfast to his vision, achieving all that God has given him then Nigerians must draw a lot of positives from his life and also emulate him.

From a very humble background, the Mba na baragu I of Orashi Kingdom has risen to the enviable position of Chairman of the Rivers state chapter of the largest political party in Africa not through opportunism, betrayal of his people, backbiting or ass licking. Rather he has displayed a very strong tenacity for loyalty to the cause of his people through the principle of go roundism and brevity. He has challenged the fascist elements within his Ogba ethnic group as well as the one represented by Rotimi Amaechi and fought them to standstill despite the enormous wealth and power at their disposal.

Like a Lion which abhors challenge, Bro Obuah has fought against forces of retrogression against his people. This attitude has most times pitched him against so called leaders of his people in Orashi region whose major claim to leadership has been embedded in pauperising their followers. Go round stands tall above them and has selflessly withstood their impish antics.

The most recent fight of this great personality that has walked the face of this earth is the way and manner in which he and people like Chief Barr. Nyesom Wike a federal minister in President Jonathan’s Transformational government wrested the party structure from the likes of Rotimi Amaechi and Chief Godspower Ake.
Knowing full well the political culture of our people over the years, it takes a very courageous personality to do what the ilk’s of Felix Obuah and co are doing for the first President of Niger Delta extraction whose administration has been sabotaged by a man that has benefitted from the Peoples Democratic Party and the judiciary which he today desecrates. The courage of Mr. Go Round has liberated the people of Rivers state and also given them belief that evil administrations that mean nothing for the people they govern, can be fought to stand still if the will of committed politicians is asserted.

As a Niger Delta man, I feel completely at a loss as to why governor Rotimi Amaechi and his band of reprobates would engage in such folly but as a student of bible history, I remain comforted by the fact that even our Lord and savior Jesus Christ also suffered such pains from betrayers. It is a known fact that governor Amaechi is not even recognized as a factor in the party he flaunts so much. But his continuous support has stemmed out of a face saving effort aimed at trying not to be seen as a source of ridicule by all. It is a case of dying in ones foolish pride.

It takes men of character who understands the essence of political power to checkmate such a governor like Rotimi Amaechi. Go Round falls under such characters and must be commended by all for who he is and what he stands for.

As we look towards the year 2015 when some bands of power hungry people under a very funny acronym  are attempting to give the PDP a run for their  money, we as ardent believers in the principle of good governance believes that our great state and country will be liberated from the shackles of retrogressive politicians masquerading as progressives.

The Rivers governor was quoted as saying that he has no house of his own in the village he was born and for that he is not corrupt as if that is the criteria for not being corrupt but what he fails to understand is that any man that cannot boast of doing something that his brothers and sisters at home can look back to say such a man did live cannot boast of being called a progressive. He is at best a retrogressive who should be stoned by his people. People like G U Ake and his boys that have been antagonizing Bro Felix Obuah cannot boast of what he has done for his community, state and country at large. This is a man that has built a school to give the best education for his people. He also has invested in a very grand resort center to help develop the tourism potentials of his people. This does not also include his investment in Sports through his Football Club Go Round Fc which has helped developed interest for footballand sports in his community bringing even the highly rated Confederations of African Football club matches to the area. It is also known that within his short time in office as the Chairman of the state chapter of PDP he has attracted a major federal educational institute to his area. If such character does not qualify as a real leader of the people despite his servant posturing, then I wonder what people like Chief G U Ake, Sen. Wilson Ake, Kachi Nwokacha, Gift Nwokocha and co would be described. I do believe that posterity will surely not describe them in the best of adjectives.

Comrade Nwokoma Messiah is the National Coordinator of Niger Delta Renaissance Organisation NDRO