The PDP governorship candidate Chief Sheriff Oborevwori is getting massive support from Deltans because he is man of the people with a wide grassroots support.
This assertion was made yesterday by Mr Charles Aniagwu, Delta State Information Commissioner while speaking
on “Politics Tonight” on TVC, monitored in Asaba.
Aniagwu argued that Oborevwori’s tenure as the longest serving
speaker was enough credential to convince Deltans why he should be the next governor.
He said, “Everybody agrees that the primaries of the PDP was very free, fair and most Deltans supported Oborevwori because he has got grassroot support and he has done well as the Speaker of the State House of Assembly and being the longest serving speaker and his massive interface with the electorate particularly the delegates ahead of the primaries.
“We are taking steps to bring back those who challenged Oborevwori in court and we are moving more like one family. A good number of them have returned but there are a few of them that we are still talking to.
This is very important because Okowa led Delta as one and Oborevwori is also interested in continuing in that trajectory with his MORE Agenda so that beyond winning the votes ,he is desirous about getting the people to support him in delivering the many laudable programmes that he has outlined.
“In PDP we are home and dry and we do hope that as we make progress many people will also join the fold because they do know that PDP is where you have the greener pasture,”
The Information Commissioner disclosed that Governor Okowa believes that in democracy, there must be plurality of ideas and every Deltan was free to support any political party campaign for that without threat from the government.s
The governor, according to Aniagwu,.was working round the clock to bring all PDP members on board to work for the victory of Oborevwori .
Aniagwu explained further:
“In Delta, we are quite comfortable because the people know that the PDP has added value to the state. Everything is going smoothly here in Delta because we allow all political parties to campaign unlike other states where they prevent people from pasting their posters and erecting billboards.
“Those who claim to be popular are even afraid to allow opposition paste just posters, in Delta we will even allow you to campaign even in front of Government House.
“This is because we believe that we own the land in terms of politics and as such everybody is free to campaign but we do know that we have done so much to enjoy the support of the people,”.
Aniagwu observed that it was laughable to speak on popularity, of APC governorships candidate,saying that Omo Agege may be popular on TV screens but unknown in Delta State
He also stated that Omo Agege would be a tribal governor as most projects attracted to the state as deputy senate president are taken to Orugun, his village.
Said the Information Commissioner:
“For every project he has been privileged to attract even if they are still at sign board level, he took all of them to his community and not his local government. He abandoned every other person in the other seven local governments and part of his own local government. So for that reason, even those he is representing are angry with him not to talk of Delta North and Delta South were he doesn’t have a stronghold.
“So I can comfortably predict that in this election, if he is able to see two local governments in form of victory, it means his star is over shining more than we can imagine.
“But be rest assured that Oborevwori would defeat him hands down and we are happy that the BIVAS does not give room for any form of thuggery or manipulation. ‘