No fewer than 2000 youths under the auspices of the Imo Grassroots for Goodluck Jonathan Organisation (IGGO) yesterday took to the streets of Owerri burning brooms and All Progressives Congress (APC) flags in the state.
They also burnt the party’s membership cards and symbols in front of the Government House Owerri, declaring it dead in the state.
The youths moved from Egbu Road through Wetheral Road, chanting songs.
The national coordinator of IGGO, Otuibe Samuel said the rally was part of the sensitization initiative in support of President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid. According to him, President Jonathan had done a lot for Imo State and the South East in general especially in the areas of education, youth empowerment, agriculture and infrastructure.
Samuel lamented that most of the projects done by the Federal Government in all the tertiary institutions in the state were being laid claim to by the APC-led government in the state. Responding, the state Deputy Chairman of the PDP, General Sunday Chikwe (rtd) commended the youths for embarking on peaceful rally in support of President Jonathan and the PDP.