2015: GOVERNOR UDUAGHAN SET FOR SENATE AS HE COLLECTS, SUBMITS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST, NOMINATION FORMS

True to widely held belief, Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan's Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for the Delta South Senatorial district were submitted at the Peoples Democratic Party State Headquarters Asaba, Thursday.

Governor Uduaghan, whose forms were bought on October 17 by some of his political associates in G3 at the National Secretariat of the PDP, Wadata House, Abuja, has expressed his deep appreciation to all PDP faithful and Deltans for their outpouring of love and support and promised quality representation at the Red Chambers.

In his words, “History is in the making and I have to heed the calls of my people who have severally urged me to go to the Senate after my tenure as Governor of Delta State. I will not disappoint them. I will, by the grace of God give my senatorial zone quality representation.

I also want to appreciate President Goodluck Jonathan and assure him that I will put all my National and International reach at his disposal.

Meanwhile, the foremost political platform in the senatorial district, the G3, comprising Isoko, Ijaw and Itsekiri, has fully backed Dr. Uduaghan’s senatorial ambition.

Secretary of the group, Hon. Solomon Funkekeme said Governor Uduaghan is the best the district can present at the National Assembly at this critical moment of the nation’s democracy, stressing “his wealth of experience and leadership qualities stand him out.”

Also, the Isoko Advancement Network (IAN) has applauded the decision of Governor Uduaghan to contest the Senatorial seat, saying that the network is confident that the three ethnic groups that make up the zone be well represented at the senate.

Speaking yesterday in Asaba, Chairman of the IAN, Hon. Mike Ogwa said the Isoko nation is fully and solidly in support of Governor Uduaghan’s senatorial aspiration and promised to mobilise the people of the district to back him.
By Sunny Areh

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SHOCKING REVELATION: Ogboru Received, Ran Away With N42m Election Money –Clark

Left-Ogboru, Rigth is Chief E.K Clark

Elder statesman and foremost Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark has made startling revelations on how the governorship candidate of the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) in the 2007 and 2011 general elections in Delta State, Chief Great Ogboru ran away with N42m contributed for him to pursue his guber aspiration.

Clark, who spoke when an aspirant for the 2015 governorship race, Obaisi Ovie Omo-Agege visited his Kiagbodo country home in continuation of his consultation with stakeholders on his gubernatorial quest.

Recalling the political upheavals that engulfed the State in the aftermath of the emergence of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan as the State Governor in 2007, he said: “For sometime Delta was divided, there was no peace. I now met people like Great Ogboru to come and intervene but for reasons best known to them they lost. One has to be sincere. In this house, I collected money from people, I gave Ogboru on this floor N42 million I collected from people for him. What did he do with the money? When he failed, he ran away with the money to Lagos.

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No Ebola in Delta State – Uduaghan

Gov. Uduaghan

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has allayed fears over speculations that the dreaded Ebola virus might have found its way to the state.

Uduaghan, who spoke during a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders’ meeting for Delta North Senatorial Zone in Asaba, also disclosed that the state govern­
ment had set up a committee to educate and sensitize the people of the state on the prevention and management of the virus.

“There is no Ebola virus in Delta State and it will not come to the state. We are doing everything possible to deal with the scourge.

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DELTA GUBER RACE: PDP Group Adopts Obuh for Governorship Seat

A political pressure group, Delta United, has adopted Tony Obuh as its candidate for the governorship election in Delta State in 2015.

Making the declaration on Monday before a mammoth crowd of PDP supporters at his residence, Ayiri Emami, who convened the meeting, disclosed that having held wide consultations across the state, the PDP has given them the go-ahead to sensitise Deltans on the need to queue behind Obuh.

The Majority Leader of the state House of Assembly, Monday Igbuya, who also spoke on the occasion, said Obuh has been a consistent and loyal party member and in the spirit of power shifting to Delta North Senatorial District, he has the blessing of the party leadership.

The group, which adopted the name, Delta United for Tony Obuh, vowed to deliver him to Government House in 2015, even as the gathering had in attendance the political bigwigs from the three senatorial district of the state.

All the leaders from the three senatorial districts pledged their support for the candidacy of Obuh and thanked the convener for hosting the inaugural meeting of the group, noting that since the structure has given the green light with Chief Ayiri as the messenger, they would no longer follow just any aspiring governorship candidate again.

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RE: DELTA 2015: ANIOMA MAY TEAR INTO SHREDS OVER GOVERNORSHIP

Accused Senator Okowa

Hon Hero's damaged SUV 

Hon. Friday Okoh Hero

As the drum from the land of the spirit continues to churn out sweet melodies, the Nza bird standing by the roadside continues to hop around in complete ecstasy of what its ear was hearing. The probing eyes of the ordinary being wondered in confusion and surprise to what the Nza bird was doing but as we say in our proverb,....''The bird that dances by the bush path has an ear listening to a sweet song coming out from the bush''

As the holiness of one the governorship aspirant continues to attract more cont
roversial views, new developments are beginning to send strong wind to expose the anus of the fowl.

Hon. Hero's damaged SUV

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2015 POWER-SHIFT TUSSLE: UDUAGHAN SUES FOR PEACE

Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan

Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has waded into the rumpus generated by a publication, quoting the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr Ovuozourie Macaulay, as saying that he (Macaulay) was not aware of any agreement between the Anioma and other parts of the state for a power shift.

  DELTA DECIDES reliably gathered that following the dust raised by the reckless comment, the governor spoke with the embattled SSG, who was reported to have told the governor that the views he expressed were supposed to be “off camera” at his residence after a formal briefing.

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2015 Guber Race: Delta PDP Chairman Blasts SSG Over Power Shift....Says He Should Shut up His Mouth

Left Gov. Uduaghan, Centre Chief Peter Nwaoboshi

In reminiscent of the Pa Clark lashing of Elder Orubebe sometime last year over a comment accredited to the Ijaw born Minister for Niger Delta Affairs over his purported governorship ambition, the State chairman of the PDP and close ally of Chief EK Clark, Chief (Barr)Peter Nwaoboshi has lashed out at Comrade Macaulay Ovouzourie, the SSG, for what the PDP Chairman considered a careless and immature statement.
 
Comrade Macaulay had in a statement published in a National newspaper alleged that he was not aware of any agreement between the Anioma and other parts of the state for a power shift. A statement highly considered by the Anioma born state party chairman as reckless and capable of heating up the polity in the state.

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