SENATOR OKOWA PICKS KINGSLEY OTUARO AS RUNNING MATE

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has picked Mr. Kingsley Otuaro as his running mate. Otuaro is a commissioner in the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC.

Otuaro, an Ijaw, was said to have been picked ahead of other contenders and nominees of other influence peddlers in the state. The major blocs in contention for the position had been the Ijaw and the Isoko ethnic groups in the state given the fact that Okowa is from Delta North Senatorial district.

The decision to back Otuaro was largely believed to be based on the support Okowa received from prominent Ijaw politicians including Senator James Manager and former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo in the run-up to the primaries.

The support of the Ijaw politicians was believed to have played a key role in the decisive victory of Okowa in the governorship primaries. The camps of Okowa’s rivals, Great Ogboru of Labour Party and Otega Emerhor of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were not forthcoming with their running mates last night.

It was learnt that the APC may have filled in a dummy running mate and that a substantive running mate would emerge from either the Ndokwa or Isoko speaking regions of the State.

Ogboru, it was gathered, also filled in a dummy for the position of deputy who an authoritative source said would be substituted within the one month latitude for substitution of candidates. The substantive running mate, it was gathered, would likely come from the Isoko or Ijaw ethnic group.

In Enugu State, the PDP candidate, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi picked Mrs. Cecilla Ezeillo, a member of the Enugu State House of Assembly representing Ezeagu consistency. The APC’s candidate, Okey Ezea, is yet to formally make his running mate public. In Rivers State, the APC candidate, Rep. Dakuku Peterside, picked Hon. Asita Asita, a member of the House of Assembly, as his running mate.

The PDP’s candidate, Nyesom Wike, said yesterday that he would formally unveil his running mate tomorrow. He, however, disclosed that the running mate would be a woman.

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