Delta State revered traditional ruler, Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has lent his voice to the need for Deltans to get it right by electing a purposeful leader and best person as governor come 2023.
The monarch who aligned with the former minister of State for education and prominent governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), on the need for qualified person to be elected, said: “I agree with you that Delta State has to work and produce the best”.
Said him: “Delta politics is critical to Nigeria, a lot of people look at Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. These places lives in isolation and I dare say that the minute Delta State works, Nigeria, will in turn follows.
“The leadership we need in Delta State, is the one that doesn’t really see tribe and sentiments because if we do that it only has adverse effects on us.
“And so, I welcome this new development, adventure and this new journey that is on and I really pray that as we see God’s hands only the best that will come out of it for the prosperity of all Deltans.
“Once you know that there is healthy competition, with good alternatives, the best has to come out from each platforms”, he said.
In his prayers, he pleaded with God to accord Gbagi, all the he needs for a successful governorship race.
Hear him: “May he give you words to speak to the populace. So, I bless you and God willing, we will see the outcome and we will all be grateful for it at the end”.
Earlier, the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Olorogun Barr. Kenneth Gbagi, had told the king that if the current trend is allowed to happen “the whole basis of our existence will be washed away.
“If Chief James Onanefe Ibori, went to the University of Benin and read Economist, Governor Uduaghan and Dr. Okowa, read Medicine and these people are having difficult, I wonder how somebody who never read at all, will come and head us.
“I decided to take the sojourn by faith by going to SDP with those who believe that they can turn the situation around. They believe that the state can be better than this. They believe that this state should be equitable and not people coming to tell stories from this side and what we are really doing is from this other side.
“I have seen it all, the governor would have been said to be one of my closet friends, I actually fought my life for him to be governor. My only problem sir, I am not controllable, I am told. I don’t know why would anybody would want to control me. I have come to inform you as a very revered traditional father in this state, that I have moved to the SDP and I am going to contest the election in SDP alongside with all my friends and people that believed in me.
“We seek your prayers and your understanding that you bless this mission for us if it will be for the good and the greatness of the state. We cannot live a deceitful life for the rest of our lives. I believe I have something to offer, I believe I can turn the fortunes around, I believe I have no blemish that would stop me from doing what I ought to do in the state”.
