‘Sheriff Or Nobody’: Owhelogbo PDP Leaders, Stakeholders Endorse Delta Gov Ahead Of 2027, Welcome APC And LP Defectors

Members and leaders of the Owhelogbo chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State have expressed their full support for Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, as well as for Jonathan Ukodhiko, the representative for Isoko at the House of Representatives.

The PDP Ward 5 also endorsed the council chairman, Godwin Ogorugba, and Bernard Odior, the member representing Isoko North in the state House of Assembly.

The motion for the vote of confidence was proposed by Ugaga Ogheneyole, the governor’s Special Assistant on talent development, and received unanimous backing from party members as they discussed strategies to advance the party and welcomed defectors from the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Labour Party into the PDP at an enlarged meeting held on Friday

At the event in Owhelogbo, former APC member Sunny Uthoro, who led a group of defectors, remarked on his return to the PDP, stating it felt like coming home, noting that the APC lacked real benefits for the community.

Uthoro who was a former senior aide to former Secretary to the Delta State Government, (SSG), and a staunch chieftain of the APC, Ovuzorie Macaulay, stated that Friday happens to be his happiest day on earth, saying apart from PDP there is no other political party in the Isoko nation and Owhelogbo community, saying “Leading other members of the APC to the PDP was joyful and fulfilling to my life, comes 2027, Sheriff’s second tenure is already a done deal.”

Speaking at the meeting, Precious Anudo who led the Labour Party decampees to the PDP said they have suffered enough hence the decision to dump their party and join the PDP, saying PDP has done MORE for the people of Delta state and come 2027 the return of Sheriff shall be 100 percent.

Other leaders of the APC in Owhelogbo ward 5, Akpoyibo Obiovo, Bright Oziwele, Yanke Omote, Onos Elijah, Emeni and James Ighota said they and and other members of the APC haf left PDP because of the way and manner the affairs of the party was been piloted and their return to the party was due to appeals from some PDP chieftains in Owhelogbo community, adding that politics was about development of the people and community and as a politician if you failed in these areas you are not fit to be called or be a politician.

They former leaders of the APC urged that everybody should be carried alone in the scheme of things and speak in one voice to move the PDP forward and thanked and commended governor Oborevwori for remembering the people of Isoko nation and urged all and sundry to vote for him come 2027.

Speaking, a former leader of the APC, Ujiri Otobo while returning to the PDP, he thanked and commended the PDP even as he vowed that come 2027 PDP shall return to the government house Asaba, adding that “PDP is a strong party to beat in 2027 and I have confidence in the administration of governor Sheriff Oborevwori and with your supports the party shall be carried to greater heights.”

Also speaking, a chieftain of the Owhelogbo PDP Ward 5 and Executive Assistant to the governor on Petroleum Monitoring, Mike Ogwah, who was highly elated and full of praises of governor Sheriff Oborevwori, and his giant strides across the state especially in Isoko, thanked Owhelogbo PDP ward 5 political leaders for their unflinching and unwavering commitment in making sure come 2027, governor Oborevwori is returned for a second tenure.

According to Ogwah, the 2027 election landslide victory of governor Sheriff Oborewvori was already getting clearer following the mass return of APC and LP members to the PDP.

Receiving the decampees to the PDP, the member representing Isoko federal constituency in the house of respresentatives, Jonathan Ukodhiko, represented by Sunny Elueni thanked the decampees and assured them to be carried along in the affairs of the party as none will be short changed.

Welcoming the decampees into the party, Owhelogbo PDP Ward 5, chairman and Special Assistant to the governor on Youth Mobilisation, Benedict Ulebe, promised to carry them along and urged all and sundry especially the decampees to join hands to move the PDP forward and return the governor for a second tenure come 2027.