Delta 2023: Omo-Agege, Keyamo, Ogboru battle for APC soul
Published 13 March 2021
MATTHEW OCHEI takes a look at the battle for supremacy among leading members of the opposition All Progressives Congress in Delta State as aspirants position themselves for the 2023 governorship election
The Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has been in the news for the wrong reasons over the last couple of months.
As late as February, 2021, supporters of party leaders were at each other’s throats over preparations to hold the ongoing nationwide APC Membership Registration/ Revalidation exercise.
A huge fight broke out between supporters of the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo- Agege, and those of Great Ogboru, at a stakeholders’ meeting.
Delta LG polls: Vote candidates of your choice, AYF-W charges eligible voters
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By Festus Ahon, ASABA
ANIOMA Youth Forum (Worldwide), AYF-W, Thursday, told all eligible voters across the nine Local Government Areas of Anioma and the other 16 Local Government Areas of Delta State at large to come out en mass on March 6 and cast their votes for the candidates of their choices across all party lines.
AYF-W in a statement by its National President, Comrade Nnamdi Ofonye, Deputy National President, Comrade Sadik Nwachukwu, National Secretary, Frank Odum and National Publicity Secretary, Elvis Ekwukwo, said: “Without any iota of doubt, AYF-W being the umbrella body of all Anioma Youths is committed to ensuring that our youths deviate from being tools used by political racketeers who pose as leaders to harass, intimidate, maim and in some cases kill their brothers, sisters and friends for peanuts as thugs and hirelings. That narrative must stop.
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Appointment of Sole Administrator is violation of NDDC Act, Anioma Youths tell Buhari
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…urge the President to inaugurate a substantive board
By Festus Ahon
ANIOMA Youths Forum, (Worldwide), AYF-W, Tuesday, rejected the appointment of a Sole Administrator to run the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, insisting that the appointment of a Sole Administrator was in violation of the Act establishing the Commission.
AYF in a statement issued by its National President, Comrade Nnamdi Ofonye and National Publicity Secretary, Mr ElvisEkwukwo, said they were concerned by “the way and manner the development of the Niger Delta is being continuously threatened under the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari through his actions that smacks of total disregard to the dictates of the act establishing the NDDC.