…say Gbagi has laudable projects, ideas
Deltans would not use political parties as a deciding factor in the choice of a governorship candidate to succeed the incumbent governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Patani Traditional Rulers Council, has said.
According to the three traditional rulers that made up the Council, the Pere of Kabowei Kingdom, His Royal Majesty (HRM), Barr. Shadrach Erebulu, Adou lll, Ebenana-owei of Tarakiri Kingdom HRM Dr. Owoupele Danladi Foubiri, PhD, Angulu 1, and Ebenanaowei of Kumbowei kingdom, HRM Dr. Jackson Foubiriowei Angalabiri Egbain, II, Deltans have gone beyond voting based on the political party presenting candidates.
Speaking on behalf of the Council, the Pere of Kabowei Kingdom, His Royal Majesty (HRM), Barr. Shadrach Erebulu, Adou lll, who doubles as the chairman of Patani Council of Traditional Rulers, stated this while speaking on behalf of his colleagues when the gubernatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), His Excellency, Olorogun Barr. Kenneth Gbagi, OON, paid a courtesy visit on them at the palace of the Pere of Kabowei Kingdom In Patani.
They insisted that the electorate, would vote for candidates in the next general election using their current capacities and antecedents as criteria.
His words: “We have listened to you keenly and you have come and seen what is obtainable and what is most needed in Patani local government and I am sure you have taken note of these things.
*It is a notorious fact that you are an industrialist, everyone already knows that about you. Everyone that has been in Warri, knows Robinson Gbagi Plaza and Signatious Hotel and other investments which you have within the State.
“Listening to you today, you have brought out laudable projects and ideas that you have in stock for our dear State and for Patani local government in particular.
“It is our prayers that God will grant you the grace to bring them to realist for us to see. You have come and you intend going into the local government to enlighten and talk to our people.
“Politics today, goes beyond party boundaries but it’s individuals we are looking at now and that is what you have also come to say today, we have heard you. You have come to seek our prayers and advice, our prayers today, are with you.
“And it is coming from the entire local government traditional institution, three kingdoms of Patani local government and believing that the ancestors of the three kingdoms and God in heaven will grant your heart desires that you have come with and to give that which you seek to help Delta State and Patani in particular”, they said.
