2015 ELECTION: Buhari Begins Campaign In Port Harcourt

APC Presidential Candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (R) Discussing with the Running Mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, at APC Presidential Campaign Rally in Port Harcourt, Rivers on Tuesday

Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, is wearing a new look for today’s commencement of All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign.

The Nation reports the event is scheduled for the 40,000-capacity Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Igwuruta, near the Port Harcourt International Airport. The rally, fixed for 9 a.m., will be transmitted live on major television networks.

River State Governor Chibuike Amaechi is the Director-General of the Buhari campaign organization, which met last night at the Rivers State Government House.

Shortly after inaugurating Buhari’s campaign in the Garden City, the APC team will move to Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, to campaign in the PDP-controlled state and to present its governorship candidate Mr Umana Okon Umana, a former secretary to the state government.

The campaign team will remain in the South South for the next one week, going round states in the region from Port Harcourt.

Colourful banners, billboards and posters of Buhari and his running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, were seen all over Port Harcourt yesterday

Some kerbs, roundabouts, junctions and other strategic locations in the Rivers state capital were also being repainted and beautified.

Amaechi’s ally, Chief Tony Okocha, who is the Chairman of the Mobilization Committee of Buhari’s campaign launch in Rivers state, said  yesterday that today’s crowd will double the one at the October 25 mega rally to mark the seventh anniversary of Amaechi’s Supreme Court victory at the same venue.

In neighbouring Bayelsa state, campaign posters of Gen. Buhari and former Bayelsa State Governor Timipre Sylva, flooded the state capital, causing excitement among workers at the state secretariat.

The posters caught the admiration of many passersby who watched and nodded their heads in acceptance that the opposition had come to stay in President Goodluck Jonathan’s home state.

One of the workers who identified himself simply as Johnson said: “The APC has now proved their seriousness. Before, we thought they only existed on paper. It is now a big contest with what we are seeing.

When asked why they were not hostile to the campaign materials of the APC, he added: “We welcome this development because it is not going to be business as usual”.