PRESS RELEASE
MERCENARY ATTACK DOGS CAN’T DISTRACT US FROM THE REAL ISSUES
The Media and Strategic Communications Directorate of the Dumo Lulu-Briggs Governorship Campaign Council has noted the organised campaign of calumny against its governorship candidate by a handful of political hirelings working for the so-called Rainbow Coalition.
Interestingly, these attacks are coming from individuals deliberately drawn from the same Kalabari ethnic group as Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs, apparently to give their campaign of character assassination a false appearance of credibility.
We understand the desperation behind these antics. The Rainbow Coalition has come to the sudden realisation that Dumo Lulu-Briggs is the candidate to beat in the 2027 governorship election in Rivers State.
However, we refuse to be distracted or allow political mercenaries to dictate the direction of our campaign. We refuse to preoccupy ourselves with their rantings because Rivers people already know them for who they are.
We remain focused on the central issues of the 2027 governorship election:
Releasing Rivers State from the grip of a self-appointed political godfather and sole owner of the state and returning power to the people. It is about resetting Rivers State.
The 2027 Rivers State elections are not about these loudmouthed hirelings attacking Dumo Lulu-Briggs. Why, then, should we allow them to distract us?
These attack dogs were not the persons who brought about the declaration of a state of emergency and the imposition of a Sole Administrator in Rivers State on March 18, 2025. Nyesom Wike and his bunch of Assembly boys caused it.
It was reported that the Sole Administrator spent about ₦300 billion of Rivers State’s money during the period. The BusinessDay newspaper reported that Rivers State suffered about ₦5 trillion in annual losses and a collapse in investor confidence.
These loudmouthed hirelings were not the persons who diverted public resources to fuel political battles while ordinary Rivers people suffered.
They were not the persons who concentrated development in one local government area at the expense of the rest of the state. Nyesom Wike did.
These political mercenaries were not the persons who left civil servants without promotions and pensioners unpaid for eight years. Nyesom Wike did.
These were not the persons who cancelled the scholarships of Rivers Students who were studying abroad and left them stranded. Nyesom Wike did.
They were not the persons who abandoned the Buguma Fish Farm, the Songhai Farms and the Banana Plantation. It was Nyesom Wike.
These people attacking Dumo Lulu-Briggs were not the persons who abandoned the original Trans-Kalabari Road. It was Nyesom Wike.
They were not the persons who burnt the chambers of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
So, why would the Dumo Lulu-Briggs Campaign Organisation waste its time responding to these fat hirelings?
Were they the persons who denied the sitting governor a second term? The governor was not dropped because of poor performance but because a political godfather wanted him out.
Were they the persons who handpicked all the candidates for all available elective positions in Rivers State? No! It was Nyesom Wike.
These loudmouthed political fat hirelings are therefore not the issues that should preoccupy any serious candidate.
Rather it should be how to stop the 4th term of a self-appointed political godfather and the continuous conversion of Rivers State wealth into private estates.
The Dumo Lulu-Briggs Governorship Campaign will, therefore, remain focused and will not be distracted by the antics of these political predators.
Our commitment remains to the people of Rivers State and the task of restoring their rightful ownership of the state.
RIVERS STATE BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE!
SIGNED:
Sotonye Ijuye-Dagogo
Director, Media and Strategic Communications
Dumo Lulu-Briggs Governorship Campaign Council
PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE
11 NOVEMBER 2026