A Right Activist, Zik Gbemre, has lambasted the Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and running mate to the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for alleged “betrayal” of the south for his personal interest.
Gbemre alleged that Okowa sold the state, to finance the Atiku’s election for his selfish political ambition.
Hear him: “I have never seen such a man to have betrayed his southern colleagues after hosting them to mock them for power shift to the South only to openly betray himself.
“Yes, Okowa betrayed himself, much more than he betrayed his Southern allies and he will remain insignificant no matter how smart and far he thinks he can go with his politics of extreme greed.
“Okowa has put Delta in huge debts and he will still take more loans for Delta to campaign for Atiku.
“Since he is not ashamed of himself, his family should be ashamed of him. Does Okowa think he will be a champion all through his life? No one remains a champion for life. Okowa’s champion era will not last for life. He should understand that.
“Okowa will remain a betrayer/double-crosser and won’t change. It is in his blood. If he can betray Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, his closest political friend and disregard his biological father’s counsel, there is no person he will not betray.
“If he can step on the toes of his political mentor, Chief James Ibori who brought him to the limelight in the political space, there is no person he can’t betray. Okowa doesn’t know shame and doesn’t care as far as his political interests are concerned.
“All these people commending him are a bunch of disgrace like Okowa who doesn’t know shame. The end of his political career is near, so near”, he added.
But reacting to the allegation of betrayal by Okowa, the State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Ehiedu Aniagwu, said: ‘We read in some quarters of the media that he is alleging that Okowa betrayed Southern Nigeria by accepting to be running mate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
He said that the Atiku-Okowa ticket is a ticket for recovery aimed at bringing Nigeria back to winning ways, uniting the country and giving jobs back to the youths.
Aniagwu who stated this at a news conference in Asaba, said: “The Atiku-Okowa is a ticket that is going to restore our country to become a much more secured country and to restore the economy of the nation.
“They both understand economic issues and the need to bring in many persons on board irrespective of their political persuasions.
“The Atiku-Okowa ticket is already moving because while they are busy looking for a place holder, the PDP already have its candidate”, he added.
