CHIEF Julius Ogboru, younger brother of Democratic People’s Party, DPP, candidate in the 2011 governorship election in Delta State, Chief Great Ogboru, has said that Senator Ifeanyi Okowa was the best gubernatorial candidate in the state to take over from Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan in 2015.
Senator Okowa is among the leading gubernatorial aspirants from the North Senatorial district of the state and was the first runner-up to the incumbent, Dr. Uduaghan, in the 2006 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primaries.
There was to be a run-off between him and Uduaghan, but Okowa conceded and was later appointed Secretary to the State Government in 2007. Currently, he is the Senator, representing Delta North Senatorial District in the Senate.
Speaking during the inauguration of D-Peace, a political pressure group, championing equity and fairness in the state, at Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government of the state, Chief Ogboru identified Senator Okowa as the most capable aspirant to pilot the affairs of the state among those eying the governorship seat in 2015.
Pointing out that Okowa has the pedigree and experience to govern the state, he said that having assessed those being touted as interested in governing the state, “I found Okowa to be most eligible in terms of experience, past record of good performance, reach and grassroots connection.”
Source: Vanguard