David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark, former President of the Nigerian Senate in under increasing pressure to withdraw from the February 13 Benue South Senatorial rerun election.
Not quite one month after the Conference of Idoma Pressure Groups, an amalgamation of ten smaller Idoma groups called on the former Senate President to withdraw from the race, another ten groups, under the umbrella of the United Idoma Citizens, on Sunday, asked Mark, who has been in the Senate since the return of democracy in 1999, to step down for Daniel Onjeh.
The UIC, in a statement signed by its coordinator, Sunday Ogbe, listed its grievances against David Mark to include abandoned projects like
Oweto Road, Otukpo dam and the University of Medical Sciences.
“Should this be a credit or a discredit since these projects are either nonexistent or levels of completion are still below 30 per cent?
“Why has Mark chosen to return to the Senate as a floor member, having served as the number three man in the nation for eight years.
“Mark’s 16 years in the Senate is a complete disaster. His achievements were only seen on the pages of newspapers and blogs.
“As the number three man in the nation for eight years, his kinsmen back home had no portable water,” the group said.
The group said that the roads in Mark's constituency are not motorable while those which the Federal Government has paid for their construction were abandoned by contractors he recommended.
“It is sad, yet shameful, that Mark is asking for votes from Idoma people he betrayed.
“He has been using the creation of Apa State as a gimmick to hoodwink our people.
“He promised to use the last drop of his blood to create Apa State; now the story has changed.
“We thank the Senator for his 16 years of ‘disservice’ to Idomaland and request that he kindly give way to the young and progressive Daniel Onjeh of the All Progressives Congress,” the group concluded.
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