… Begs Delta Central, South To Produce Delta North APC Governor
The leadership crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Delta State has taken a new dimension, as Delta North Senatorial District leaders and stakeholders have elected Mr. Ben Onwuka as the party’s Vice Chairman (Delta north) in place of Chief George Okafor, who defected to the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), recently.
This is coming against the background of a similar election conducted by the State Chairman (Caretaker Committee), Prophet Jones Erue, who led about 10, out of the 34 state executive members and produced Fred Mordi for same office.
Meanwhile, the All Progressive Congress in Delta north senatorial district has thrown its weight behind the nomination of Lawreta Onochie as commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The endorsement of Onochie who hails from Onicha-Olona in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta north (Anioma) followed protests that greeted her nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Arising from a meeting of APC leaders and stakeholders in Delta north, the party loyalists thanked the President for the nomination, and urged the Senate to clear her as screened.
Their position was contained in a communiqué signed by Cyprian Ashibuogu, Clement Ozegbe, Nkem Osu and Onyeisi Nwokolobia.
It urged the Senate to “ignore the fictitious and frivolous petition from a senatorial district in Delta who has vehemently opposed her nomination because she is Anioma daughter. We affirm that she is a technocrat and has been part of us and she is not a card carrying member of our party, APC.”
Meanwhile, the party urged governorship aspirants from the zone to indicate their interests, the communiqué appealed to the south and central to support their quest to produce the governorship candidate in 2023 on the ground that Anioma nation has never contested the governorship seat on the platform of APC.
On the party congresses, it implored members to remain resolute for peaceful and successful exercise, noting that they would resist any attempt by politicians from other senatorial districts to dictate the outcome of the congresses in their area.
The meeting was attended by the director on the board of the Nigerian Maritime and Airspace Management Agency (NIMASA), Victor Ochei; immediate past director on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Cairo Ojougboh; 2019 deputy governorship candidate of the party, Ossai Abbey, among others.
