2019 election: Why Buhari will win Delta – Uduaghan
APC 2019 Delta South Senatorial candidate, has expressed confidence
that President Muhammadu Buhari will win the state in 2019.
He said Buhari had cult following both at the national and state
levels which he described as a good omen for victory provided members
were prepared.
He spoke yesterday at a meeting of Delta South Senatorial District
party executive members and candidates, which had in attendance state
chairman, Prophet Jones Ode-Erue, state organizing secretary, Sir A.S
Mene, Delta South party chairman Mr. Tosan Awani, Dr. Alex Ideh and
local government leaders.
Uduaghan, while admitting that members had genuine reasons to be
aggrieved, noted what transpired at the primaries
was not new to politics but warned that post-primary crisis should not
drag into the polls.
He recounted his personal experience in 2007 when he was not cleared.
"I recall that as SSG, my name was not on the list of registered
members in my ward. It took me quite a while to rectify that before
submitting my gubernatorial form in Abuja. Even after submitting my
forms, other aspirants and I were not cleared.
"I did not rock the boat of my former party. I travelled to Abuja that
very night to press for my clearance. I faced the appeal panel and did
everything within the party to get cleared. It was not a rosy
experience but I finally made the cut at the eleventh hour."
The former governor also alleged that one of the reasons some persons
were organizing themselves into the "Aggrieved Association" and
threatening to institute legal actions against the party was due to
"disrespect for hierarchy and party structure".
He said, "The strength of any party lies in its structure. Our
chairman here said he too has reasons to be aggrieved. Of course, we
all do. It is a common knowledge that there is no love lost between
Chief Ogboru and I.
"Today, we are in the same party and he is our gubernatorial
candidate. If the two of us can come together, I wonder who can't make
sacrifices in our party's interest."
"President Buhari has a cult-like following which we can leverage on
to win our state for APC. Forget the grammar the opposition is
speaking everywhere in the media, President Buhari has followers
amongst the common men and women in the society who are in the
majority. Even those in opposition states like ours feel his impact.
"Please, let us all work for all APC candidates from the presidency
down to state assembly positions. Our national chairman and the NWC
have tasked us with taking over Delta and that is why we are pleading
with everyone to sheath their swords and work with one mind."
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