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EDO: Senator Owie Joins PDP by BengaziTherapy: 8:37am On Jul 19, 2020 |
Former Senate Chief Whip and National Leader of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Sir Roland Owie, yesterday, dumped his party for the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), urging his supporters to work for the re-election of Governor Godwin Obaseki. Owie who re-joined the PDP in his home town of Ilobi-Isi in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of Edo State said he was a founding member of the PDP but that himself and others like former Senate President, Late Chuba Okadigbo were forced out of the party. He explained that after consultation across the country there is an agreement that founding members of the party should return to salvage Nigeria, describing governor Obaseki as a son of Isi who performed creditably and deserved a second term. “I have spent the better part of the last 17 years outside of the PDP family – save for a brief return between 2011 and 2015. Recent developments in the polity of our dear nation has reignited my conviction to realign with positive and progressive mainstream political forces on a rescue mission. “Impunity came into the PDP, the leadership became abusive, vindictive and all we were hearing was no vacancy in government house, no vacancy in the presidency to the extent that a sitting governor was deregistered. But PDP has woken up because the APC has adopted the same style of impunity to the extent that the party will be saying it is the high court, the court of appeal, and the supreme court. APC is dead. “Over the past 15 months, I have been consulting with political associates, former colleagues and Elder Statesmen on the need to get our Nation back on track. A recurring issue that emanated from that consultative process was the need for all founding members of the PDP to return to the Party so that it can achieve its strategic goal of emancipating Nigerians. “Therefore, today I am returning to the PDP, the party I can call home, with a keen sense of purpose and a mission to work with the leadership and members in developing a sustainable developmental blueprint for Nigeria and jealously guarding the implementation of same. “Because all politics is local, I must add that on the home front, my return to the Party would also ensure that Governor Godwin Obaseki is re-elected for a 2nd term. Beyond the continuity in the progressive institutional policies, commendable and visible physical developments accomplished by the Obaseki-led administration, his second term would engender equity and co-existence, as the Governorship would then rightly move to Edo Central Senatorial District in 2024. “Today the nation is still greatly divided, and almost back to her primordial lines. Our country is troubled; our people are afraid; our future is uncertain. We cannot build a great nation without unity at home. We cannot be a nation where people are hated, branded and then hounded and ostracized. We stand here to declare that the Edo people remain an integral part of the Nigerian Project. “PDP is the hope of the masses and we will ensure that its mandate of ensuring that all citizens have equal access to opportunity and resources is fully achieved. This mandate will be achieved in Edo State and it will be achieved in Nigeria. “I call on all our supporters to rise up today and lift with me the symbol of our pride – the Umbrella, an exemplar of Royalty in the Benin Empire – and march shoulder to shoulder in our typical heroic step from the land of our ancient past to a glorious future for our State and Country”, Owie said. The event led by Owere Dickson Imasogie had the presence of several notable leaders of the PDP from Edo South senatorial district. Source: https://heartbeat360media.com/senator-roland-owie-joins-pdp/ |
Re: EDO: Senator Owie Joins PDP by flyingpig: 8:40am On Jul 19, 2020 |
Make way! Make way! Gov Obaseki to the world ![]() 1 Like |
Re: EDO: Senator Owie Joins PDP by Akhigbeblog(m): 8:40am On Jul 19, 2020 |
Ok |
Re: EDO: Senator Owie Joins PDP by textilemania(m): 8:56am On Jul 19, 2020 |
Potopoto report ![]() 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: EDO: Senator Owie Joins PDP by Trumpcard05: 9:22am On Jul 19, 2020 |
Nice one |
Re: EDO: Senator Owie Joins PDP by seunmsg(m): 9:27am On Jul 19, 2020 |
Roland Owie last won an election in 1999. He was in the senate from 1999-2003 and has lost every election he contested for since then. Politically, he’s as relevant as the “P” in psychology. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: EDO: Senator Owie Joins PDP by LegendAnselm: 9:52am On Jul 19, 2020 |
flyingpig:u mean to the world of hell? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: EDO: Senator Owie Joins PDP by Nobody: 9:53am On Jul 19, 2020 |
Yawn, someone that can't win his ward. Since his looted money has almost finished he has seen a new cash cow 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: EDO: Senator Owie Joins PDP by Nobody: 9:54am On Jul 19, 2020 |
seunmsg:person that can't even win his ward. ![]() 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: EDO: Senator Owie Joins PDP by Golan007: 10:05am On Jul 19, 2020 |
Hungry Roland Owie. Small alert don enter sharply he decamped from his own party. |
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