THE political career of Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan (CON), Governor of Delta State no doubt, reveals a man with a mission and vision anchored on resilient, dogged and irrepressible fighting spirit for not only deepening of democratic norms and values but also for moving the society to higher heights,.

Beginning from the time he assumed office as Commissioner for Health and later Secretary to the State Government (SSG)  Dr. Uduaghan has demonstrated  an uncommon knack for effective management of men and materials resulting in the optimization of government’s goals and aspirations.

In the political  chessboard of Delta State, Governor Uduaghan’s further  capacity and desire for higher  duties effective administration  became more apperent when preparatory to the 2007 gubernatorial polls, he dwarfed other contenders to the peoples Democratic Party (PDP)primary elections and subsequently clinched the party’s flag  for the race to the Government House.

What may  however, be regarded as the first major victory at the polls was recorded on the April,14,2007 when Dr Uduaghan swept the polls under the platform of PDP during the governorship elections and consequently took oath of office on may 29, 2007 as governor of Delta State

But just as he was about  settling down to savour the victory and translate his   peace and security, human capital and infrastructural development agenda  into taking Delta to greater heights, a political killjoy struck with the gubernatorial candidates of Action Congress(AC) and Democratic Peoples Party (DPP), Chiefs Peter Okocha and Great Ogboru respectively  vehemently objecting to the Uduaghan mandate  as they  went to the Election Petition Tribunal seeking the invalidation of the polls.

As unsettling as this could be,Dr.Uduaghan in his usual stoic and dogged philosophy anchored  on the firm and irrevocable belief  that winners never quit, went through  this and other legal battles exhibiting courage and patriotism that saw him emerging victorious.

For  Chief Okocha the election must be struck down on the grounds that he was unlawfully excluded from the race, while Chief  Ogboru insisted that the conduct of the election and the subsequent declaration  of Dr. Uduaghan as winner could not stand since according to him, the entire exercise was fundamentally flawed.

Okocha’s argument held no attraction for the Justice B.S Mohamed led tribunal as the case was dismissed.

The AC candidate seeing the futility of his case tactically withdrew  from the political battle while Chief Ogboru continued the fight.

However, Ogboru’s allegations that there were no election materials as well as election not taking place in parts of the state could not sail through as the tribunal wasted no time in rejecting his claims.

But Chief Ogboru  kept fighting through series of litigations from appeal up to Supreme Court and however, losing all.

He finally approached the Supreme Court to overrule itself with respect to the April 2011 governorship election won by governor Uduaghan.

This battle however, did not  also yield the fruits, which the DPP and its gubernatorial candidate sought to harvest. .

Despite these odds, the Uduaghan administration trudged on and today, Delta State has continued to benefit from the reservoir of the sagacity, adroit managerial skills and robust delivery of the dividends of democracy to the people by the Uduaghan’s administration.

Landmark infrastructural facilities including roads, electricity free primary and secondary education, free health care services particularly the maternal and child health care, as well as bursary and scholarship awards robust repositioning of tertiary education, the record breaking achievements of the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara have continued to demonstrate the capacity of the Uduaghan administration to taking Delta and Deltans to higher heights.

Only a fool will say der is no God.Judgement of God will vindicate deltans,u can rant as much as u like 4 Uduaghan.