OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO
Results of ward congresses ofAll Progressives Congress(APC)Delta have been announced by Alhaji Sani Dododo, Chairman of the Ward and Local Government Congress Committee.
Announcing the results of the 270 wards of the 25 local government areas of the state at the Party’s State Secretariat in Asaba, Alhaji Dododo called Deltans and party faithfuls to disregard any other result announced or paraded elsewhere as they are null and void, adding, “no other result will be accepted outside what we have here”.
While explaining why some of the results were not written on original results sheet, Alhaji Dododo said, “those who perpetrated the heinous crime of stealing, hiding or removing results sheets will be punished by the law”.
He maintained that the just announced results represent the will of the people and actual voting, he then called on those who have any grievance concerning the conduct and/or outcome of the last Saturday’s exercise, to seek redress in court.
Speaking on the issue of an aspirant who was allegedly stabbed to death in Ughelli South in the course of the exercise, the Chairman said, “the party will decide on that and get back to the people.”
Meanwhile, dependable sources said that the APC National Working Committee has sacked Alhaji Dododo and appointed Mr. Emmanuel Chindah as chairman over failure of Alhaji Dododo to act according to stipulated party guidelines which allegedly compromised the process.
Reacting to the announcement of the results, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, Senator representing Delta Central in a statement, joined his fellow party leaders to congratulate the entire APC family on the official Ward Congresses results.
According to the statement, “by the official results duly endorsed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and relevant security agencies, our Party’s grassroots across almost all 270 Wards in Delta has chosen a new reality that demands total focus on APC’s resolve to defeat the Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in next year’s general elections. Today’s results confirm that our grassroots want unity of purpose, not divisiveness or acrimony”.
Senator Omo-Agege appealed to the new executives to work assiduously to take the party to the next level of achieving it’s goals, adding, “II strongly appeal to all our leaders and members to put the collective interest of our people beyond self. Progressive party politics is about the people. “
The Senator representing Delta a Central added, “for their sake, let us summon the courage to unite our Party and direct our electoral arsenal against the PDP. Our determination to defeat and kick out PDP from Delta is not small at all. We need all hands, including new friends and alliances to win comprehensively in 2019”.
According to the results, the following were returned as chairmen and secretaries respectively in Ughelli North Local Government Area, they are: Akpomedaye Stephen and Epete Lucky (Ward 1, Ogortanure Ativie Perry and Umukoro Wilson Edojah(Ward 2, Oviri Andrew and Alfred Umukoro Ward 3, Gabriel Orogun and Solomon Erharadjeke Ward 4, Austin Asaware and Omokri Anthony (Ward 5).
Others are Useh Etawarien Peter and Eko Wilson Ward 6, Enajome Monday and Wilson Egbenine Ward 7, Akpobasa Solomon and Avwiariemu Benjamin Ward 8, Samuel Evinighono and Atagadama Hezekiah Ward 9, Patrick Evuarherhe and Oshare Francis Ward 10 and Mayor Okeh and Pastor Obire Oghenewarho Ward 11.
About one hundred results sheets were said to have been missing, stolen or taken from the hotel where the materials where kept by some competing interests.
The act which was allegedly aided by the Secretary of the Congress committee.
Speaking with journalists in his Enwvreni country home, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, Leader of the party in Delta State agreed that election held in all the wards in the state, with or without the missing results sheets, according to the reports he got.
It would be recalled that the exercise which was supposed to be an internal party affair was marred by violence with an aspirant losing his life when he was stabbed by someone who the police allegedly said was unknown.
The Director General of the campaign of the Senator representing Delta Central at the National Assembly was also attacked by some hoodlums.
