Inspite of its acclaimed visionary leadership, the Uduaghan regime’s ambition for a second term is under attack. The professed laudable 3 – point agenda of the governor is being rated significantly unimpressive and the overall performance of the role of a government to its citizenry has also been evaluated as derelict. Pointers from recent development at the legal and political circles obviously elucidate at the significant threat to the second term ambition of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan who desires, upon re-election in the April polls, to consolidate on his regime’s acclaimed achievements for the benefit of Deltans. It would be recalled that the governor recently approached the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba with a prayer for the court to grant him tenure elongation of fresh four years following his victory and in the Delta rerun election held on January 6, and subsequent swearing in on January 10. PDP pundits were in high spirits that the governor would secure another victory at the court and put to rest, the agitation of other political actors to wrest power from Governor Uduaghan. Some PDP chieftains even asserted that Governor Uduaghan will stay in office beyond May 29, 2011 based on the conviction that they would secure victory at the Federal High Court, Asaba. “Don’t worry, there will be no governorship election in Delta” a PDP chieftain in Ughelli South who is a member of the Delta State House of Assembly was quoted as saying when confronted with the need for a change in the leadership of Delta State. But the Hon. Justice Buba Ibrahim, Judge of the Federal High Court, Asaba launched the first missile on Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan when he dismissed the suit filed by the governor. This salvo, Spynews gathered has debilitated and lowered the morale of the Uduaghan regime and consequently reduced its gust for a second term bid. Paradoxically, Governor Uduaghan is not bugged as he goes on campaigning to the citizens on the need to re-elect him and secure a better future. In the process, the PDP which had been engrossed in controversies over who, of the party aspirants should be candidate for the various elective positions and on which platform the governor surfs was to be hit by another bullet when the mother of Chief Ighoyota Amori, the Uduaghan favoured candidate for the Delta Central Senatorial District race was kidnapped. There had been series of complaints on how Chief Amori emerged as the candidate for Delta Central Senate race on the platform of the PDP, but the obvious, which was interpreted as the handiwork of the governor could not be resisted and thus aggrieved members of the party bore their pains in silence. Investigation revealed that the decision by the governor to back Amori for the political contest was borne from the conviction that Amori being a political heavy weight would reciprocate his support for him in the governorship race. To that extent it was alleged that Governor Uduaghan lent every support including financial assistance to Chief Amori for the Senate race. The kidnap of Amori’s mother has been interpreted by critics as another ugly uppercut on Governor Uduaghan especially as the abductors of the old woman are said to have demanded that Amori should step down from the race and as well part with half of the money Governor Uduaghan allegedly gave to Amori to prosecute the Senate race. Although Amori has acknowledged the demand of the kidnappers, he has proven his gut when he declared out right that he would not step down from the race, even at the risk of his mother in the hands of the heartless kidnappers. Critics have examined the position of Amori and said that he (Amori) acted true to type because he was not a push over. But the psychological impact, we learnt, would significantly impact negatively on the composure of Chief Amori who is one of the lever for Uduaghan’s anticipated victory in the April lection. “If Amori cannot compose himself it will also affect Governor Uduaghan because the potential for mass mobilization will be weakened” a source said. Another source doubted if Amori’s mother was really kidnapped or that he (Chief Amori) is privy to the arrangement and plots to use the opportunity to extort money from Governor Uduaghan and prove his worth to his Urhobo kinsmen that he is a patriotic Urhobo son that he professes. The situation has increasingly become complex as the opposition intensify campaigns against Governor Uduaghan especially with most of the opposition principals being defected members of the PDP. A PDP chieftain who spoke to Spynews on the condition of anonymity said although there is slim hope in the chances of Uduaghan being re-elected, they (PDP chieftain) cannot quit the party because there is no vacancy for them in the camp of Great Ogboru and that is why they have chosen to remain and work for themselves and their future. They lamented that the governors style of leadership has incapacitated most of his die-hard supporters who would have been there for him at this critical time but whom he has either relieved of their offices or made vulnerable to political visititudes of hurtful experience. In the face of this the popularity of the opposition is growing by the day as indicated in the swelling number of followers of Great Ogboru as his campaign trains moves across the State. The lack of faith in the Uduaghan re-election project is graphically expressed in the Governor’s threat to his followers who could possibly defect on the 11th hour when he (Uduaghan) invoked the Holy Ghost Fire on them in a rally he held at Ozoro. If any attack would be fatal, it would be the last cut that the governor’s remaining faithful would launch when the chips are down but as a buffer, the governor has taken consolation in the recent decamp of some members and close associates of Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege and Chief Young Igbrude to join his camp to work for his re-election. But sources told Spynews that the weights of those who have rejoined with the governor are insignificant and cannot tilt the balance. The worst attack which the governor fears is the expected Appeal Court judgment on the January 6, re-run election. Unreliable sources confided in Spynews that the judgment may be delivered before the April 26, 2011 date of the governorship election and by the feelers from stakeholders, the governor may not be lucky enough, and if the verdict of the court does not favour him, then it would have been much ado about nothing.

[b]Inspite of its acclaimed visionary leadership, the Uduaghan regime’s ambition for a second term is under attack. The professed laudable 3 – point agenda of the governor is being rated significantly unimpressive and the overall performance of the role of a government to its citizenry has also been evaluated as derelict. Pointers from recent development at the legal and political circles obviously elucidate at the significant threat to the second term ambition of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan who desires, upon re-election in the April polls, to consolidate on his regime’s acclaimed achievements for the benefit of Deltans.

It would be recalled that the governor recently approached the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba with a prayer for the court to grant him tenure elongation of fresh four years following his victory and in the Delta rerun election held on January 6, and subsequent swearing in on January 10. PDP pundits were in high spirits that the governor would secure another victory at the court and put to rest, the agitation of other political actors to wrest power from Governor Uduaghan. Some PDP chieftains even asserted that Governor Uduaghan will stay in office beyond May 29, 2011 based on the conviction that they would secure victory at the Federal High Court, Asaba.

“Don’t worry, there will be no governorship election in Delta” a PDP chieftain in Ughelli South who is a member of the Delta State House of Assembly was quoted as saying when confronted with the need for a change in the leadership of Delta State. But the Hon. Justice Buba Ibrahim, Judge of the Federal High Court, Asaba launched the first missile on Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan when he dismissed the suit filed by the governor. This salvo, Spynews gathered has debilitated and lowered the morale of the Uduaghan regime and consequently reduced its gust for a second term bid.

Paradoxically, Governor Uduaghan is not bugged as he goes on campaigning to the citizens on the need to re-elect him and secure a better future. In the process, the PDP which had been engrossed in controversies over who, of the party aspirants should be candidate for the various elective positions and on which platform the governor surfs was to be hit by another bullet when the mother of Chief Ighoyota Amori, the Uduaghan favoured candidate for the Delta Central Senatorial District race was kidnapped.

There had been series of complaints on how Chief Amori emerged as the candidate for Delta Central Senate race on the platform of the PDP, but the obvious, which was interpreted as the handiwork of the governor could not be resisted and thus aggrieved members of the party bore their pains in silence. Investigation revealed that the decision by the governor to back Amori for the political contest was borne from the conviction that Amori being a political heavy weight would reciprocate his support for him in the governorship race.

To that extent it was alleged that Governor Uduaghan lent every support including financial assistance to Chief Amori for the Senate race. The kidnap of Amori’s mother has been interpreted by critics as another ugly uppercut on Governor Uduaghan especially as the abductors of the old woman are said to have demanded that Amori should step down from the race and as well part with half of the money Governor Uduaghan allegedly gave to Amori to prosecute the Senate race.

Although Amori has acknowledged the demand of the kidnappers, he has proven his gut when he declared out right that he would not step down from the race, even at the risk of his mother in the hands of the heartless kidnappers. Critics have examined the position of Amori and said that he (Amori) acted true to type because he was not a push over. But the psychological impact, we learnt, would significantly impact negatively on the composure of Chief Amori who is one of the lever for Uduaghan’s anticipated victory in the April lection. “If Amori cannot compose himself it will also affect Governor Uduaghan because the potential for mass mobilization will be weakened” a source said.

Another source doubted if Amori’s mother was really kidnapped or that he (Chief Amori) is privy to the arrangement and plots to use the opportunity to extort money from Governor Uduaghan and prove his worth to his Urhobo kinsmen that he is a patriotic Urhobo son that he professes. The situation has increasingly become complex as the opposition intensify campaigns against Governor Uduaghan especially with most of the opposition principals being defected members of the PDP.

A PDP chieftain who spoke to Spynews on the condition of anonymity said although there is slim hope in the chances of Uduaghan being re-elected, they (PDP chieftain) cannot quit the party because there is no vacancy for them in the camp of Great Ogboru and that is why they have chosen to remain and work for themselves and their future. They lamented that the governors style of leadership has incapacitated most of his die-hard supporters who would have been there for him at this critical time but whom he has either relieved of their offices or made vulnerable to political visititudes of hurtful experience.

In the face of this the popularity of the opposition is growing by the day as indicated in the swelling number of followers of Great Ogboru as his campaign trains moves across the State. The lack of faith in the Uduaghan re-election project is graphically expressed in the Governor’s threat to his followers who could possibly defect on the 11th hour when he (Uduaghan) invoked the Holy Ghost Fire on them in a rally he held at Ozoro.

If any attack would be fatal, it would be the last cut that the governor’s remaining faithful would launch when the chips are down but as a buffer, the governor has taken consolation in the recent decamp of some members and close associates of Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege and Chief Young Igbrude to join his camp to work for his re-election.

But sources told Spynews that the weights of those who have rejoined with the governor are insignificant and cannot tilt the balance. The worst attack which the governor fears is the expected Appeal Court judgment on the January 6, re-run election.

Unreliable sources confided in Spynews that the judgment may be delivered before the April 26, 2011 date of the governorship election and by the feelers from stakeholders, the governor may not be lucky enough, and if the verdict of the court does not favour him, then it would have been much ado about nothing.
[/b]Not properly paragraphed but at least its now readable.

Some topic's r just to long to read and this is one of them