The Mayor of Urhoboland and an ex-militant leader of note, Eshanakpe Israel a.k.a Akpodoro, has strongly advised the former Senator who represented Delta Central Senatorial District at the Upper chamber of the National Assembly and who is also 2023 gubernatorial candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege to consider taking another shot at the governorship contest in 2027 noting that as it is now, there’s no vacancy for him in the Delta State Government House.
Akpodoro described Omo-Agege as a serial loser in his “fumbled and wobbled efforts” at leading a state, saying the citizens have repeatedly rejected him.
Mayor Akpodoro stated this, Friday in his jubilant reaction to the Appeal court victory of the state governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, whose election victory was upheld by the Appeal Court sitting in Lagos, South-West Nigeria.
The court in its unanimous decision by the 3-man panel had jettisoned the grounds of Appeal brought to it by the former lawmaker and his party challenging the victory of the Okpe-born former lawmaker and now the governor of the oil-rich state.
Akpodoro noted that, the governor’s victory at the court was an affirmation of his earlier victory which he overwhelmingly won at the polls wondering why a man who merely won in four out of 25 local government areas will challenge the victory of a governor whose mandate stands strongly on the solid ground of 21 local government areas.
He further stressed that, “Senator Omo-Agege’s legal war is an effort in futility and an affront to the state’s electorates who freely and overwhelmingly voted for the man in whom they believe. Nobody in his right senses in our state voted for Omo-Agege. He is not electable, he is generally rejected and not even in 2027 would any Deltan cast his vote for him.”
Mayor Akpodoro argued that the people can not be deceived no matter the gimmicks by any one as he called on the victorious governor Oborevwori to carry all deltans along and be magnanimous in victory. “The governor should remember those who worked for him in his journey to victory and also deliver pro masses projects to uplift the state and her citizens.
“On behalf of the entire youths of the Niger Delta region and Delta State in particular, I congratulate Governor Oborevwori on his victory at the courts and if the political distractions continue to the Supreme Court, the governor’s victory shall finally be supreme.”
