* Says He is not afraid of PDP
* Implores Deltans to secure their votes
A Delta State Governorship aspirant for 2015 under the platform of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP), Larry Otu has vowed to defeat Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru in the party primaries just as he said that he was not afraid of the ruling PDP in the state.
Speaking to journalists recently in his newly acquire mansion in Lagos State, the Delta State born oil and gas business mogul, implored Deltans to secure their votes in 2015.
While saying that the suffering of Deltans inspired him into the 2015 governorship race in the state, the businessman stated that he will not have sleepless nights because of Chief Ogboru in the party primaries adding that PDP was not a threat to him.
The governorship aspirant who is the CEO of Lym Group of Companies said: “I am contesting the 2015 Delta State governorship election under the platform of the Democratic People’s Party (DPP). To me, I do not think Chief Great Ogboru has the capacity to rule the state or win an election. In the primaries we are going to defeat Ogboru and I do not think there is any credible candidate in PDP that will be able to defeat me.”
“It is very clear that Great has not been able to win an election because he does not have what it takes to win an election and come 2015 in the primaries I will defeat him. I am confident because we have the capacity to lead the people. From all ramifications, Great has constantly failed the people and he is swinging towards failure and he has not been able to win the people over to himself”, the governorship aspirant said.
According to him also, “We are coming with the mantle of leadership for 2015. The poll will tell you that even the people want me as their leader in DPP. The time is up for Chief Great Ogboru.”
On the state ruling PDP he said, “We know the strength of the party, we know the gimmicks of the party and so I am not afraid of PDP. They call themselves ruling party because they have not had a credible candidate to actually contest with them; give them a good run for their money and actually monitor their votes in all elections. Now 2015 will show that there will be a complete switch and turnaround in terms of leadership in Delta State.”
He also said that, “Come 2015, Deltan will actually elect their governor and not handover as it has always been. That is a drive my team and I are coming up with. The dynasty ends with Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan. We are going to sack the cabal in 2015 and it my appeal to Deltans to secure their votes in 2015.”
“Delta State generates a lot of money and the reason why youths in the state are not empowered is that government before now is that government has not created jobs for them. I take a typical example of waste; I just told you a framework for waste. It will not take us up to 18 months for us to build a waste recycling plant. Can you imagine the number of persons that will be engaged in selecting waste and disposing of waste in Delta State? So we are going to create jobs in agriculture, waste, oil and gas and ensure all the key projects, marginal fields that have been sold, marginal field operators are going to come in. We are going to ensure that these marginal fields’ operators must employ Deltans. We are putting a system in place to ensure that youths have the proper skills to work in these organizations. Shell has sold a lot of their Assets and many marginal field operators have bought up these assets, they will employ new people and these people will be Deltans. Before now you find people from various states occupying our job slots. But from 2015, Deltans will be sitting on our slots,” he said.
But a member of DPP in the state who did not want his name in print, dismissed the ambition of Larry Otu and attack on Chief Ogboru.
According to him, he is not a known member of DPP in Delta State, adding that he is not a threat to Chief Ogboru.
