The Peoples’ Democratic Party
– PDP - leaders and stakeholders in Delta Central senatorial district have declared
that there is no vacancy for the office of Governor in the State.
Rising from their strategic
monthly meeting on Friday April 21, at Orerokpe in Okpe Local Government Area
of Delta State, the meeting resolved to sustain power rotation in the State, which
allows Delta North to complete her two terms by rallying around Governor
Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa for his re-election in 2019.
It was a resounding "YES" voice vote as party members,
leaders and stakeholders endorsed the governor for second term. The meeting
also passed a vote of confidence on the governor.
The State Chairman of PDP, Barrister Kingsley Esiso in his key
note address described governor Okowa as a pan Delta leader. Noting that "Our
amiable governor should be supported by all in 2019. "In less than two
years Governor Okowa transformed thousands of our youths through various
economic empowerment policies of the State government.
The State Chairman pointed out that Delta Central and Delta
South have benefited from power rotation in the past, which is why equity, good
conscience and natural justice demands that Delta North should be allowed to
complete her second term.
The Chairman of PDP Delta Central, Chief Patrick Fovie in his
speech said that there is always the need to sustain and improve on the
existing power rotation between the three senatorial districts for equitable
distribution of political power in the State.
Noting further that: "We
must be vigilant and tactful in dealing with the opposition, who are trying to
cause unnecessary confusion through deceitful political propaganda anchored on
"Urhobo Interest." "The best urhobo interest is to allow equity
and justice in political power distribution by supporting Delta North for a
second term, as already declared by our general leader, His Excellency Chief
James Onanefe Ibori. With power rotation, Governor Okowa will handover to a
Governor of Urhobo extraction come May 29, 2023.
"Urhobos cannot be fooled and misled by the opposition
which also consists of the two key actors of Uvwiamuge Declaration Urhobo
Governorship candidates in 2015, a development which planted regrettable seeds
of political discord, bitter acrimony and division in Urhobo Nation.
"The two Uvwiamuge Declaration exponents have now reconciled
into one party, they left Urhobo more confused and divided. They got huge
patronage from the APC federal government in terms of appointments for their
family members and cronies leaving Urhobo Nation in open despair and disrepute.
"We must therefore take the turn-by-turn message to our
people in Delta Central and drum it very hard on their ears so that they do not
yield to the personal selfish interests of some members of the opposition who
wants to fraudulently grab power relying on the deceitful Urhobo interest as
their campaign strategy in 2019."
The meeting also ratified and adopted the earlier endorsement of
Governor Okowa by the former governor of the State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori.
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