LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-SENATOR-elect for Delta Central senatorial district, Chief Emmanuel Aguariavwodo, yesterday, described his victory in the just concluded by-election in the district as a testament of the Urhobo nation’s desire to return to the mainstream of the politics of the country.
Addressing newsmen in his Okpare-Olomu country home, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Aguariavwodo said: “The people of Delta Central rejected in clear terms, politics of opposition.”
He congratulated the people for speaking in one voice and without mincing words that “enough is enough” and same showed that they were back into the mainstream politics.
Aguariavwodo thanked the state governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan and other aspirants of PDP, particularly Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege, Chief Ighoyota Amori, Chief Fred Majemite, Chief Halims Agoda, Chief Solomon Udele, Chief Andrew Oru and Mr Solomon Edojah, whom he said were equally qualified to win the election for the party and the Prof. Sam Oyovwaire-led campaign council for their support.
He said: “The beauty of what happened was that all these men and the PDP family carried to the people, the message of unity, the need to be in the mainstream politics and that it was time for the people to return to the mainstream and remain part and parcel of the indivisible Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
He thanked the Urhobo Progress Union led by Chief Patrick Aziza, for the fatherly role they played in giving their advice to all those who aspired for the senatorial position.
Source: Vanguard