OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO
The National Working Committee NWC, of the All Progressives Congress(APC) has sworn-in Chief Cyril Ogodo, Delta State chairman and 32 others as states party chairmen.
It could be recalled that Chief Ogodo who emerged through the state party Congress held on May 21st in Asaba defeated his closest rival, Mr Fred Obe was along 32 others inaugurated at the party’s headquarters in Abuja by Chief John Oyegun led NWC.
Speaking moments after he was inaugurated, Chief Ogodo, chairman, APC, Delta State urged all party faithful to see his emergence as an opportunity to rebuild and reposition the party for the task of recusing Delta state form PDP’s 19 years of bad governance.
Chief Ogodo then called on party leaders to join hands with the new state party leadership at all levels to build a stronger and united Delta APC.
He also called on all aggrieved party members particularly those who contested the last congresses in the state to sheath their sword and join hands with him to build a united APC that can wrestle power from the PDP come 2019.
Chief Ogodo reiterated the need to give peace a chance, noting that the state congresses was a brotherly contest and therefore; “there is no victor, no vanquished.”
According to Chief Ogodo; “I want to appeal to all our party leaders and followers to accept the outcome of the congresses that have produced party leaders at all levels, indeed Delta APC is the winner.
Let see this as another opportunity to right the wrong of the past; by collectively putting our self interest aside and focusing on how we can reposition our party in order to give Deltans a new lease of live. We have what it takes to turn the fortune of the Delta APC around; we have the human and material resources to take over the reins of power, so let us reserve our gun powder for the PDP who is our common enemy.”
He spoke further, “I want to particularly appeal to the former Chairman, Prophet Jones Erue, to support us to succeed as State Working Committee. I have worked with him through tick and thin, and I want to assure all our party leader and faithfuls that our administration will be all embracing and will carry everyone along. Let us all from today begin the processes of healing the wounds that the congresses might have caused, while looking ahead a new Delta APC which is poised to take over Delta.”
