I Didn’t Endorse Ogboru, Says Uduaghan, Accused Mischief Makers For Trying To Pitch Him Against Delta APC

Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, the immediate past governor of Delta state has said that he didn’t boast that Chief Great Ogboru would be the flagbearer of his new party, APC in the 2019 gubernatorial election.

An online media report was said to have quoted Uduaghan as saying that APC will win Delta State with Ogboru in 2019 during his private meeting with National Chairman of the APC,  Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

But Uduaghan, an APC Delta Senatorial hopeful, in a statement by his Media Assistant, Monoyo Edon on Wednesday night obtained by BigPen Online, said that the report in the online media ascribed to him was the handiwork of mischief makers who are still jittery over his defection from the PDP and want to pitch him against the leadership of his new party, APC in Delta state.

He said that as a grounded politician, he knows the implications of tinkering with party’s internal democracy and would not want to get involved with such sensitive issues.

The statement read in full below:

The attention of His Excellency, the Immediate Past Governor of Delta State and 2019 Senatorial Hopeful, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has been drawn to a news report on Premium Times Online news medium of Wednesday 29, August 2018 credited to him wherein it was reported that Dr. Uduaghan boasted that Chief Great Ogboru would be the flagbearer of the Party in the 2019 gubernatorial election.

The general public, especially the APC family in Delta state should please disregard the said report as it is a malicious reel of lies geared towards spoiling the new relationship between Dr. Uduaghan and his new party members.

While it is a fact that the former Governor was one of the chieftains who attended the National Caucus meeting of the All Progressives congress (APC) on Tuesday evening, it is not true that the Party Chairman, His Excellency, Adams Oshiomhole held a private meeting with Dr. Uduaghan where he tasked him with fielding Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru as the consensus candidate for the 2019 Delta gubernatorial election.

Dr. Uduaghan would also like to inform the public that no such endorsement was made throughout the duration of the National Caucus meeting.

It is no longer news that Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan is now a member of the ruling APC after successfully decamping from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). A decision that mischief makers are still losing sleep over. This is just one of their ploys to spoil his welcome party to our great party. As a grounded politician, he knows the implications of tinkering with party’s internal democracy and would not want to get involved with such sensitive issues. He is, however, concerned with settling into his new party and contributing his quota towards deepening democracy and the party structure in Delta state and the Niger Delta region.

Instead of relying on hearsays that are capable of misleading the general public, we urge journalists to always make verification before pushing stories or news reports to the general public.