As the race for the general election gathers momentum, the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, in the Niger Delta region, High Chief Dr. Dennis Otuaro, has urged the people of the region to rally behind the declaration of the leaders of the South South All Progressives Congress, APC, ruling party to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's reelection for a second term in office.

Otuaro made the call while reacting to the position of the South South APC leaders and governors in their decision to adopt President Tinubu as their sole candidate in the 2027 presidential election, during an interview with a select number of journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.

Recall that leaders of the APC in Edo, Delta, Cross River and Akwa Ibom States in collaboration with other members of the party in the South South zone had met in Benin on July 5, where they unanimously endorsed President Tinubu for a second term in office.

Otuaro said that what the South-South APC leaders and the governors did was the right way to reward a sincere and committed leader who he noted has proved beyond doubt his love and dedication to the affairs and development of the Niger Delta through strategic appointments, initiation of big-ticket projects, establishment of agencies and adequate funding of existing ones.

He argued that a President who signed into law the bills establishing the Maritime University, Okerenkoko; the Federal University of Environment and Technology in Ogoniland, the South South Development Commission, and intensified support for the NDDC and the PAP, meant well for the region and deserved the people's support in return.

He said, "His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has not hidden his intention to develop the South South and the Niger Delta, which explains why he has given this level of attention to the Lagos-Calabar Expressway.

"I urge the South South and the Niger Delta people to embrace the informed position of the APC leaders to sustain the region in the position to attract more development through a listening leader.

"I also advise the youths of the region and delegates of the Presidential Amnesty Programme not to allow themselves to be used by politicians with intentions inimical to the interest of the Niger Delta.

“I know that many will soon besiege our streets with their deceptive antics out of desperation for votes.

“We all can attest to what the President has done, and we are informed enough to know who is sincere with the desired development of our region.

“What this President deserves is our continued support and contribution to his reelection in 2027,” he stated. 

The PAP Boss also noted that the Niger Delta and indeed the South South has fared well under the well-implemented Renewed Hope Agenda of Mr. President.

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