As President Muhammadu Buhari prepares to pay a state visit to Rivers state where he would flag off the Ogoni land clean up, the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, on Wednesday, said the Ogoni people are excited about the President’s visit.

This was made known by the National Publicity Secretary of MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke, in an interview with he News Agency of Nigeria.

“Ogoni is agog; we are really ready for the inauguration of the clean-up by President Muhammadu Buhari tomorrow (Thursday). I can assure you that for this particular event, the Ogonis are ready. Definitely, there will be peace in Ogoni land during the exercise.”

“In fact, whoever would want to create a problem tomorrow, is simply somebody who does not want the progress of the Ogoni people.”

“I can assure you that the entire Ogoni is prepared for the President. I don’t think that there is any honest and sincere Ogoni person, who would not want the President to come and inaugurate the clean-up,” Nsuke said.

On the significance of the historic visit, he said, “For me, it is a fulfilment of the sacrifices and pains over the years. It is actually an acknowledgement by the government and even the polluters that, indeed, what we have been saying all the while is just true. You know they tried to deny all of these issues.”

“The United Nations Environmental Programme report shows that our claim is right and for us, it is a fulfilment for us that, indeed, the government is actually acknowledging that our struggle was justifiable,” he added.

Mazi Emeka