Few days to the governorship election, communities of Okwagbe Waterside and Okwagbe Inland in Ughelli south local government area of Delta have thrown their weights behind the gubernatorial election of their only son in the governorship race, His Excellency, Olorogun Barr. Kenneth Gbagi OON, the standard bearer of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the March 11 governorship contest.
They rooted their support for the gubernatorial candidate of the party, stressing that SDP had the wherewithal to rescue Delta State from the present nightmare and provide succour to the present and future generations.
Speaking on Wednesday March 1st at Okwagbe Inland during a joint town hall meeting, leaders of both communities assured of their continued effort to galvanize votes for the party’s candidate at the poll.
President General, Okwagbe Inland, Comrade Ovwigho Julius, assured the people of Gbagi’s people-oriented projects, on assumption of office.
According to Julius, “I have known Gbagi, for a long time now, as at the time I knew him, it was when I was in Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Edo State. Those we lived together with in the hostel, Gbagi was the one paying for all their fees.
“Several children he sponsored to school, are now PhD holders, I know them. They are from Okwagbe and Oginibo. Those in the university, Polytechnic, Colleges of Education, Secondary school and primary school students, Gbagi, was paying their fees.
“What he has told us, are not lies. Whatever he speaks from his mouth, he will do it. Let us give him the benefit of doubt, if we give him our mandates, you will not regret it.
“When he enters the position of the governor, he turn this place and Delta State in general to Dubai. What he says, he will do. Till date, he is still gives assistance to people.
“Please, let’s work for him, if we work for him, the flooding we are suffering in Okwagbe, will be a thing of the past.
“PDP and APC have made a lot of promises of seaport and dredging of the river, up till now, we have not seen anything.
“Let’s work for our own, a true Urhobo son, he has promised to turn Okwagbe to a business hub. When Gbagi, is there as the governor, I want to assure you that a federal university will be established in Okwagbe.
“The clay that he talked about, if you can prepare it and use it to prepare food, when expatriates add their chemicals to it, it will be used to produce various types of glasses.
“And they will be exported abroad and the expatriates we wept over that left us, will return.
“Don’t be deceived. Look out for the white horse, which is the symbol of the party in the forthcoming general governorship election” he stressed.
Also speaking, the President General of Okwagbe waterslide, Chief Joshua Boyi, reminded the people of the various developmental projects Gbagi, has attracted to the zone.
“The first road that connects Okwagbe, from Otutuama, he is the one who constructed it. That is how the difficulties people have in accessing that road ended till date.
“Chief Kenneth Gbagi, not because he is contesting election, he responds to any call, that is to show how he is willing to render help to his people.
“Let me tell all of you here, that whatever he has told you here, is correct and not lies. What he is capable of doing, is what he has told us.
“It is only correct that the votes for the governorship election should be given to him. I plead with all of us from both communities of Okwagbe Waterside and Okwagbe Inland and visitors, let us vote for Gbagi”, he declared.
Similarly, the Youth Leader who doubled as the Master of Ceremony at the meeting for both communities, Johnson Ojakovo, said: “the youths of all the communities have agreed to work for Gbagi”.
In same vein, Mrs. Onajite Ebero, who spoke on behalf of the women, said: “the women are all voting for Gbagi. The entire women, youths and men, let’s give our votes to Gbagi. As soon as he wins the election, we will get the dividends of democracy”, she insisted.
