Executive
Assistant to Governor Okowa on Communications, Dr Fred Latimore
Oghenesivbe has said that he has been vindicated over the recent
defection of former Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Iweta Uduaghan,
to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The
EA Communications in a statement made available to newsmen noted that
Uduaghan technically defected to APC in 2014, immediately it became
obvious that his governorship aspirant, Sir Tony Chuks Obuh was rejected
by Chief James Ibori and other major stakeholders in the state.
Oghenesivbe
recalled that after the party leaders settled for Gov Okowa before the
gubernatorial primaries in 2014, Uduaghan went ahead to pick is first
eleven advance team headed by Chief Ayiri Emami, to go prepare the stage
for his later arrival in APC.
"Ayiri,
it was who went round the state on the instruction of Uduaghan to
recruit more people into the APC, and that effort brought about the
earlier defection of Chief Paulinus Akpeki, Former Commissioner Kubenje,
Barrister Jaro Egbo, Hon Stella Okotete, Chief Aginighan and a host of
others into the APC after the 2015 general elections," Oghenesivbe
disclosed.
According to
Oghensivbe, Uduaghan has been involved in anti party activities as one
of the major financiers of the APC while still in PDP and worked
extensively with Olorogun Otega Emerhor and his team during the 2015
general elections but could not match the political sagacity of Senator
Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa and the Ibori Political structure hence Emerhor
lost woefully in the gubernatorial race.
The
EA Communications to Okowa disclosed that Uduaghan ordered APC State
leadership in 2015, to break the backbone of the Urhobo Progress Union
(UPU) through an APC sponsored faction headed by Chief Tuesday Onoge, to
also fight Chief Great Ogboru for giving him (Uduaghan) series of
electoral litigation while in office, a development which prompted a
re-run election.
He
asserted that Uduaghan hates Okowa with perfect hatred for undisclosed
reasons which is why he (Uduaggan) decided to join forces with Adams
Oshiomole who also hates Okowa; so that both haters of Okowa can give
him a dirty fight in the forthcoming governorship elections in Delta
State.
"Deltans should
remain focused and continue to support Governor Okowa who has denied
himself of luxury and material things so as to judiciously use the lean
resources of the state for infrastructure and socioeconomic development
of the three Senatorial districts.
"Uduaghan
defected for two major reasons; to protect himself against serial
corruption charges by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) and to join forces with Adams Oshiomole to remove Okowa from
office, a dream that would further crash Uduaghan's political career in
2019," Oghenesivbe assured.
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