Delta PDP Rejects Claims Uduaghan Reaping Where He Didn’t Sow

The State Executive Committee, SEC of the Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has rebuffed assertions that the immediate past governor of the state, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan was seeking to reap from where he did not sow in his continuing efforts to unify the party in the state.

GWG.ng reports that the assertion of the party follows a statement by a tendency in the Delta PDP which published a statement in Vanguard last Monday denouncing the intentions of the former governor.

Dr Uduaghan had following his withdrawal from the Delta South Senate primaries in 2015 and the advent of the Dr Ifeanyi Okowa administration in 2015 had defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC along with several officials who served his administration in 2018.

Following his loss of the Senate seat to Senator James Manager in 2019 and dissonances within the APC in the state, Dr Uduaghan returned to the PDP in September 2020.

However, several of his associates who went with him to the APC have remained in the party.

GWG.ng reports that the group which styled itself as the Delta PDP Patriots had in a statement published in Vanguard last Monday questioned the intentions of Dr Uduaghan in the ongoing moves to unify the PDP in Delta State following the crisis that emerged from the governorship primaries.

The state chapter had also recently commended Dr Uduaghan on his efforts in hosting reconciliation meetings and visiting the PDP governorship candidate, Sheriff Oborevwori.

Debunking the suggestions of the Delta PDP patriots, the state executive of the party in a statement issued by the publicity secretary, Dr Ifeanyi Osuoza said:

“Let us state unequivocally that, as a responsible political party, keen on maintaining and sustaining peace and harmony in our party, we are very much aware, pleasantly surprised, and sincerely grateful to our Ex-Governor, His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, for his decision to identify with and participate in our comprehensive and hugely successful Ward-to-Ward Campaigns in Delta South.

“Indeed, we are profoundly grateful to the DELTA PDP PATRIOTS for their declaration and unwavering pledge and commitment to the elections of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar/Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa Presidential ticket, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori/Monday Onyeme Governorship ticket and all the other PDP Candidates in the various electoral positions for a landslide victory in the 2023 elections. This is indeed very commendable and uplifting.

“We wish to state without any fear or doubt that, contrary to the expressed perception that Governor Uduaghan has come to ‘reap from a wrong place’, the former Governor’s presence and involvement in our campaigns has added the value of his vast electioneering experience and the full weight of his hitherto official status, to the already burgeoning and established stature of Delta PDP.

“His central and pragmatic involvement in our Ward-to-Ward Campaigns, in addition to his hosting of critical Delta South support groups and stakeholders, as well as the groundbreaking meeting and subsequent visit with our Governorship candidate, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Francis Oborevwori, have not only energized our efforts in the Senatorial zone, but has also brought his admirable legendary leadership qualities and strategic acumen to the fore once again; a masterstroke which will no doubt deliver a much more assured victory for us in the coming elections.”

“Most importantly also, is the irrevocable acceptance that Dr. Uduaghan’s solid identification with our campaigns and his tireless efforts to broker peace, resolution, reconciliation and unity within our party, has sent a clear and loud message to the opposition, that their puerile expectations and overarching hopes, forecasting and anticipating a faltering in the formidable march of the PDP to a resounding landslide in the general elections, have now been nullified and completely vaporized by his return and full commitment to all PDP activities.”

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