The most commonly advanced reason for Emmanuel Uduaghan, immediate past governor of Delta State to dump the People’s Democratic Party, PDP for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC has been his ambition to go to the Senate. At least that is the refrain from his associates and sympathisers. But those who say this perhaps forgot…
Exclusion from Delta Traditional Rulers Awards for Good Governance: The Real Reason Uduaghan is Angry
The grand reception and award of excellence hosted by the Delta State Traditional Rulers’ Council held Thursday, December 19, 2019 in Asaba, the state capital, has come and gone, but the dust raised by the event will take quite some time to settle. The uncharacteristic outburst by the immediate past governor of the state, Emmanuel…
2019: Ibori’s Political Family in Disarray
Desperate moves by forces loyal to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in Delta State to whittle down the political influence of one-time governor of the state and acclaimed godfather of Delta politics, James Ibori, which led to the exit of Emmanuel Uduaghan, the immediate past governor from the PDP now threaten the cohesion of the hitherto…
Intrigues At Delta Governorship Primary
With the governorship primary election of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State under way in Asaba, the state capital, there are indications that the unwritten zoning arrangement which had favoured the Delta North Senatorial district to produce the successor to incumbent governor, Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, may have collapsed. Twenty-four hours to the primary…