Former governors James Ibori and Emmanuel Uduaghan, and their deputies, Benjamin Elue and Amos Utuama, are among prominent names on the Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council list published, yesterday.

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and PDP vice presidential candidate chairs the council with the governorship candidate and current Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Sheriff Oborevwori as deputy chairman.

Also on the list is former Commissioner of Finance and governorship aspirant, David Edevbie who recently lost his bid to be the party’s governorship candidate at the Supreme Court.

In the build up to the May 25 primary, all efforts to have a consensus candidate failed as Okowa and Ibori differed on who should fly the party’s flag.

While Okowa opted for Oborevwori, Ibori stood with Edevbie who was Commissioner of Finance between 1999 and 2007 when Ibori held sway as governor.

With Oborevwori winning the primary in landslide, Edevbie institute a suit at the Federal High, Abuja, challenging the eligibility of Oborevwori whom he accused of presenting false academic credentials.

Although he won at the High Court, the appellate courts upturned the ruling on the ground that the suit was premature, and reinstated Oborevwori.

Speculations were rife after the Supreme Court judgement that Edevbie and his followers were on their way out of the party.

Multiple sources hinted that the Ibori and Edevbie groups were in advanced talks with the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and it’s governorship candidate, Ovie Omo-Agege on how to form formidable alliance to wrest power from Okowa at the polls.

An APC source had informed that Ibori had already given the APC his conditions if they want him to work for Omo-Agege.

But the publication of their names as members of the PDP campaign council might just put paid to their proposed rumoured defection or alliance with the opposition party in the state.

It was learnt that they were consulted before the campaign council was coupled together but their attendance at the inauguration billed for Thursday might give credence to the fact the Delta PDP family remain intact.

Bizibi:
Em don finally settle,better!!!....I heard omoagege is even worse than any of them so working with him is impossible.

Afamed:


You must have heard this at the beer Parlour close to your house at Ovie Palace junction

Bizibi:
heard it from their camp and the man who lost to sheriff I know him. Yes omoagege is no pushover but for em not to even consider camping with him says alot,one of them said they were confused when edevbie Lost the supreme Court judgement and camping with omoagege is like frying pan to fire.

bennybuhari:
Okowa is a traitor

Afamed:


You must have heard this at the beer Parlour close to your house at Ovie Palace junction

Afamed:

Them don wayyyooo you be that.
What you should sincerely ask yourself, what and what has really changed in Delta state/ Warri over 10 years now? What and what are new in Warri over 10years now?
Go to Ebony'i state, they don't have 20% of what Delta state has. Ebony'i does not have 13% oil derivation from FG. Yet Ebony'i has more infrastructure than Delta state.
Don't let us talk of Rivers, Lagos, Akwa Ibom. Those ones are 199 times ahead of Delta state.
Come to Kaduna and Kano, they don't have 13% oil money from Govt. But they are 120 times ahead of Delta state.

Honjoshy4u:


Was it not the same omoagege that stole National assembly mace in broad day light?
If Nigeria is a sane country, he would have been in jail.

Honjoshy4u:


It is you and whosoever you support that is a traitor.
Lazy Nigerian youth that can't reason independently

Bizibi:
wetin dey worry you I tell you wetin one of them talk. Deltans have to choose between two devils in the next election so all this your talk nor mean anything to me. Now it is politics it is up to apc to play it well if not pdp will win.

I am not happy with okowa government but it is politics time,let me be frank with you, omoagege and sheriff na the same,the only thing is which one is slightly better. I don hear omoagege matter and e nor sweet for ear.

Afamed:

You said it was politics time, those who do not want Omo Agege will always tell you unverified stories about him. Don't fall for their wayyyo

Afamed:

Show the video where Omo Agege stole the mace

Isokiscool:
I don't know y some urchins and block heads are still doubting d fact that PDP will win delta state by a very wide margin.....APC is a hardship party that nobody is talking about

Kwanza:


https://www.sunnewsonline.com/ibori-edevbie-others-make-pdp-campaign-council-list/