Frontline Rivers politician, Prince Tonye Princewill, formally tendered his resignation on Monday as a member of the Labour Party, explaining that he did so because he wants to make more of an impact in the lives of his people.

Part of his statement reads as follows: “Unlike many of my good friends who avoid politics, I can’t. Too many good Nigerians need people who can speak up for them. God did not give us this voice or the ability to walk in and out of powerful rooms just to follow my own personal agenda and stay in my own comfort zone. He gave me a voice to speak. And so I must. And so I will. Voices generally make the most impact when in politics.”

Princewill went on to reconfirm that he had no interest in running for Governor but was unreservedly committed to playing his role towards a better Rivers State, a better Niger Delta and a better Nigeria. “Ambition is part of the reason we are where we are today, I refuse to put personal ambition above party or state. My only ambition is our people. Under any leadership. It does not have to be me,” he said.