Revealed: Why Orubebe Is Attacking Okowa

Patrick Adamagu

Surprise support for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa over the allegation of marginalization of the Ijaw in Delta State levelled by the erstwhile minister of Niger Delta Elder Godsday Orubebe has come from unusual quarters

The traditional prime minister of Tuomo Kingdom in Burutu and Ekeremo Local Government Areas of Delta and Bayelsa States, Chief Mike Loyibo, who described himself as a Buharist says that not only was Orubebe wrong, but that the attack was borne out of selfish interest.

There are also suggestions that the allegation from Orubebe came after Governor Okowa allegedly turned down a proposal on appointments brought forward by the former minister.

GWG could not confirm but there were insinuations that the camp of Orubebe in Delta State was supportive of particular persons for appointment into the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC.

Orubebe who served in the James Ibori administration with Okowa had visited the governor  but it is not known if the issue ever came up.

But without being specific, the former minister had blasted the PDP of being

dominated by “ungrateful and sadistic elements.”

But reacting to the outburst, Loyibo who described himself as a “Buharist” accused the former minister of embarking on a selfish agenda under the cover of the Ijaw nation.

“Though I’m not a member of the PDP, Orubebe should not be taken seriously. It is the same PDP that he benefited from as a super minister for 7years and was one of the three powerful ministers under Jonathan, yet he did not use his position to attract any level of development to his community that is bedeviled with poverty and underdevelopment.”

On Orubebe’s alleged marginalization of the Ijaw by Governor Okowa, Loyibo said: “Orubebe actually wanted to impose one of his loyalists on the governor which was turned down; hence he decided to use the Ijaw nation as a guise to attack the governor.

“Though I agree with him to some extent because I want the governor to give more attention to our area, so far, the appointments by Okowa have been fair on all sides and there is no marginalization as alleged by Orubebe

“As a minister, he failed and his outburst is ill-motivated, done in a bad light and is a selfish personal outburst using the Ijaw people as a cover.”

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