BESIDES the takeover of Delta Central senatorial district by the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, from Democratic Peoples Party, DPP, in weekend’s senatorial by-election in Delta state, one of the major surprises was that DPP leader, Chief Great Ogboru, popularly known as the ‘People’s General’, lost his Abraka home base in Ethiope East Local Government Area.
Also, his party’s candidate,Chief Ede Dafinone, not only lost in his local government, Sapele, but also his polling unit to PDP, whose forces were marshaled by the Commissioner for Housing and Ugo of Okpe kingdom, Chief Paulinus Akpeki.
The All Progressives Party, APC, candidate, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, was also visited by the same earthquake in his local government, Ughelli North.
The outcome of the by-election is like a political tremor and 24 hours after, the impact is reverberating and is bound to last for a long time. And if you call it a pound of flesh, you are not wrong, because that was what PDP took from DPP.
However, the landslide victory did not come by happenstance. It was a collective victory coordinated by the governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, who relocated to Warri to prove to Chief Great Ogboru and his party that PDP owns the state.
Former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, was categorical when he told Vanguard that the resounding triumph was the handiwork of Dr Uduaghan, who not only directed that the warring chieftains of the party in Delta Central should sink their differences and work together, but gave marching orders to party stalwarts and appointed office holders to deliver their polling units, wards and local governments to the party unfailingly.
Akpeki, who is the Chairman of the state PDP Campaign Council, confirmed Gbagi’s assertion, saying, “some people in Delta Central were aggrieved with the PDP, but when you ask them, what is the problem, they will not talk. The governor also noted that there were misgivings among the leaders in the district.
“It was like a command, but he said we must reconcile before everything else, after which we poured into the field, having heard that the people were complaining of empowerment. They said the problem was not actually PDP but some few persons and we went round explaining the various empowerment programmes and efforts of the government.”
The governor himself, Dr. Uduaghan, confirmed yesterday in Warri that it was disunity that robbed the party of its position before now in Delta Central.
Speaking to party leaders from the area at a thanksgiving service in his residence, he said it was PDP chieftains, who left the party out of anger in the past that won whatever victory the party’s rivals were claiming, saying, “With the newfound unity in PDP, it has taken back its strength, let us now see the power they are going to use again.”
To record weekend’s victory, PDP actually overpowered its closest rival with a wide margin. While it polled 263, 024 votes, the APC, which came second, got 29,075, while the DPP secured 29,055 votes.
Sapele
In Sapele, where the DPP candidate got only 5,003 votes in his homestead, Chief Akpeki and his troops, overran him with 19,795 votes, while APC’s Emerhor trailed with 2,194 votes. Indeed, Chief Dafinone was beatenin his own polling unit. He scored 10 votes as against 570 votes scored by the PDP in the unit in front of his father’s compound.
Akpeki was joined in the battle by the likes of Chief Monday Igbuya, Chief Charles Obule, Mr Michael Diden, Mr .Joseph Atsenku, Mr. Austin Ayemidejor, Chief Felix Anirah, Mr. Godwin Atuse and a host of others ensured that Sapele was delivered to the PDP. These men embarked on rigorous campaigns for the PDP.
Ughelli North
In Ughelli North, PDP polled 51, 387 votes to DPP’s 5,706. The rest are , APC (11,138), LP (763) and APGA 1,211 votes, thereby defeating the APC candidate, Emerhor and Chief Andi Osawota of LP in their home local government.
PDP big wigs, notably the National Vice Chairman, South-South, Dr Steve Oru, former Secretary to State Government, Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege, Chief Omeni Sobotie, Chief Peter Kgbogban, Chief Fred Majemite, Chief Austin Uloho, Mr Abel Oshevire, Chief Patrick Egone, Chief Shedrach Imonieroh, Chief Austin Uloho, Chief Benson Asore, Chief JB Oduma, Mr Igho Aragba, Chief Joe Ereketa, Chief Friday Onodjae, Chief Isaac Akpoveta and a host of other leaders worked round the clock to give victory to the party in the area.
Ughelli South
In Ughelli South, home local government of Chief Aguariavwodo, PDP polled 38,931 votes to beat the APC and DPP candidates who scored 2,412 and 2,552 votes respectively.
Here, former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, who got 467 votes in his polling unit and cleared his ward for PDP, Deputy Governor, Prof Amos Utuama, Olorogun John Oguma, Olorogun Taleb Tebite, Mr Oma Djeba, Chief AP Fovie, Dr Chris Oghenechovwen, Chief Ovis Uto, Chief Francis Aguonigho including the party candidate, Chief Emmanuel Aguariavwodo ensured that the party won crushingly in their area.
Udu
In Udu, the PDP led with a margin of 53,700 votes to beat the DPP, 4,037 votes and APC 4,598 votes. At Udu, Chief Austin Ogbaburhon who just decamped to the PDP, Chief Henry Sakpra and others ensured for once that the party swept the local government area.
Okpe
In Okpe Local Government Area PDP polled 8,138 votes to beat the DPP with 1,914 votes in the second home of Chief Ede Dafinone with the APC polling 1,065 votes.
The e DPP got 180, APC -19, and in unit 9, PDP got 102, DPP-75 and APC-4
Ethiope- East
PDP polled 10,616 votes against the 5,844 votes scored by the DPP, while the APC polled 3,195 votes.
The ‘people’s general, Great Ogboru, was practically brought to his knees in Ethiope East Local Government Area by his elder brother, Chief Julius Ogboru, former “Field Marshal” of the Ogboru Campaign Organization, Chief Mike Adiotomre, Commissioner for Finance, Chief Kenneth Okpara, Chief Bennerd Edewor, Mrs Faith Majemite, Olorogun Arthur Akpowowo, Chief Sunday Onoriode and others. Chief Okpara, moved from house to house in Eku soliciting for votes.
Ethiope-West
In Ethiope West, the PDP polled 46,571 votes, DPP, 1,449 votes and the APC, 1,912 votes, while the PDP scored 33,886 votes in Uvwie, the DPP had 2,550 votes and the APC 2,271 votes.
At the forefront to ensure victory for the PDP in Ethiope- West are Chief Ighoyota Amori, Chief Halims Agoda, Chief John Nani, Mr Ben Igbakpa, Mr Emmanuel Ighomena, Mr Princewill Ejogharado and Mr Christian Onogba.
Uvwie
PDP chairmanship candidate, Henry Baro and other party leaders worked hard in Uvwie, turning the tide overnight. This is a local government that bookmakers narrowed to either APC or DPP, but in ward 10, Ekpan 2, Baro polled 9,201 for PDP, DPP got 311 and APC-129. Baro’s ward result could well be the best PDP performance in Delta Central.
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