The governorship election in Delta State is going to be a two-horse race between the ruling PDP and the APC because other parties are yet to be visible, less than two months to the general elections. Delta Delta2023 Nigeria Nigerians
With the ticket tussle in PDP put to rest by a Supreme Court judgment, the party went into the field with confidence of retaining its position as a party to beat in the state. Its candidate and Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, supported by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and other members, have been traversing the state, soliciting votes at all levels, including the presidential election, where Okowa is the vice presidential candidate.
While some PDP observers in the state say Ibori might be backing the candidate of a different party and will make his position known on the eve of the governorship election, others, who claimed to be in the know, insisted that he remains a good party-man, who cannot fathom anti-party activities. Having declared his support for Oborevwori, Uduaghan started troubleshooting among members across the state. He has not only elected to go about reconciling aggrieved members and preaching peace, he has also taken up the challenge to reunite the party.
Manager, who was an aspirant in the governorship primary, but lost out has not fully identified with neither the party he helped to build nor its candidate.APC appears to have narrowed the gap among its members, as they now united. Its candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has been hitting the Okowa government hard, levelling allegations bordering on non-performance and impropriety, with the promise to do better if elected.
At Otor-Udu, a former APC chieftain and aide of Omo-Agege, Mr. Benjamin Sharta, along with hundreds of his supporters, dumped the party for the PDP, saying they left their party because of Omo-Agege’s dictatorial leadership style and lack of progress in the party. APC also harvested some defectors. At Ughoton, a number of PDP chieftains and members in Uvwie and Okpe Local Councils, including a former commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Chief Victor Otomiewo; two-term member of the state Assembly, Hon. Efe Ofobruku; Chief Godstime Omimi; Mr. Stephen Atemu and Mr. Randy Omovie defected to the party.
Reminded that some of the governor’s aides left PDP for APC, Okowa’s spokesman emphasised: “I am talking of people who left APC with a group of supporters. I mean people who are joining with numbers, with large supporters.
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