Delta: Ndokwa Will Support Urhobo In 2023, Want Ogboru To Step Down

The Ndokwa Neku Union, the umbrella socio-cultural body for the Ndokwa in Delta State has vowed to support an Urhobo for the 2023 governorship contest if they dump Chief Great Ogboru and back the incumbent governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa.

President-General of the NNU, Chief Johnson Opone speaking with newsmen at the weekend said the demand was based on the principle of equity that has shaped the governorship of the state since 1999.

He said: “We beg our Urhobo brothers that in 2023, we will support them but now we call on them to support us.  I hereby call on our Urhobo brothers, Itsekiri, Isoko and Ijaw, to give equity a chance. What is good for them is equally good for us. 

“We at Ndokwa Neku, support any candidate that justify our confidence but when it comed to the governorship race, we stand with the agreement that we have had over the years that what is good for the central is equally good for Delta north and we stand by our amiable governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, as the decision of Ndokwa people. 

“You will recollect that our former governor, James Ibori, served out his two tenures and he is from Delta Central, you will also recollect that the governor from Delta south, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, served out his two tenures and he is from Delta south. 

“We from the Delta North senatorial district believe that if our governor (Senator Ifeanyi Okowa) has performed and he is from Delta North senatorial district, we will stand by that agreement which has been performed in the two senatorial districts. Now is the turn of Delta North senatorial district”.

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