Members of Delta Collective Assembly (DCA), a pressure group under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP, have visited the immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, as part of their state-wide consultation ahead of the 2023 governorship election.
The visit was part of the group’s consultation to garner support for rotational governorship in the state in favour of Delta Central Senatorial District as Governor Ifeanyi Okowa completes the turn of Delta North.
The group also visited the Ovie of Ellu Kingdom, Ogwara 1, in Isoko North Local Government Area of the state to also seek his support for Delta Central to produce the party’s governorship candidate in 2023.
Addressing members of the group, former Governor Uduaghan commended DCA for the visit, saying he will continue to support efforts that will maintain the relative peace and unity in the state.
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On the rotation of the State governorship seat, Dr. Uduaghan said there was a template that gave the PDP easy victories in past elections, and said he would make a formal pronouncement on the issue at the right time.
He commended the DCA for its statewide composition, with vibrant grassroot players from the twenty-five LGAs of the State.
The delegation of Delta Collective Assembly was also at the Palace of the Ovie of Ellu Kingdom, Ogwara the First, to solicit for his support for the clockwise rotation of the Delta State guber seat. The Ellu Monarch then thanked the DCA for its commitment towards sustaining the peace and unity of the State, and described peace as a necessary tool for all forms of development.
The traditional ruler said he would make a definite pronouncement on the rotation of the Delta State governorship seat in due course, promising to support the group.
Earlier at the various places visited, convener of the DCA Engr. Elijah Ologe said whether by deliberate arrangement or by coincidence, there is an existing clockwise rotation of the State governorship seat which has fostered peace, unity and a sense of belonging among the people of the three Senatorial Districts of the State.
Engr. Ologe, former Vice Chairman of Patani Local Government, attributed the sustained landslide victory of the PDP in Delta State elections since 1999, to the rotation of the State’s number one seat among the three Senatorial Districts.
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He noted that since the rotational arrangement started from Delta Central, it was fair and just to return to Delta Central after going round the three Senatorial Districts.
He said this would be the appropriate interpretative implementation of the recent remarks of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, that at the right time, PDP leaders shall meet to determine the issue of where his successor would come from, based on fairness equity and justice.
Ologe, however, expressed shock that some persons from Delta South, his own Senatorial District, were agitating for the governorship seat ahead of 2023 general elections.
Engr. Ologe emphasized that it would be fair and just for Delta Central to produce the next governor after waiting for sixteen years, otherwise, it would mean that Delta Central has to wait for another eight years, making it twenty-four years before producing another Governor.
Other members of the DCA from the twenty-five Local Government Areas reiterated the need for all stakeholders to support the clockwise rotation of the governorship seat for sustainable peace in the State.
