Speaking to media men over the weekend, the Itsekiri-born politician said his desire to go to the Red Chamber was not for the fun of it, but to ensure more development comes to Delta South and other senatorial districts in Delta State.
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Agbeyi, who made the endorsement while responding to a statement credited to a group, D4GG, which advised Uduaghan to play the role of a kingmaker and jettison his senatorial ambition, urged the group to join Uduaghan’s victory train and stop its campaign of calumny
The entertainers made their position known when the paid a visit to Uduahgan in his Warri, Delta State country home, where they pledged their unalloyed support to him.
In an interview recently, the leader of the group, Peremotebi Simeon, expressed his kinsmen’s desire to have Uduaghan represent them “this time around”
Uduaghan, the medical doctor who left indelible marks in the state after his eight-year rule as governor, said he would soon declare officially his intention to contest the senatorial seat
Speaking recently on behalf of the ethnic group, the President of a political pressure group, Itsekiri Movement for Good Governance, Jolomi Oritsegbemi, said aside from Dr. Uduaghan’s influence, which will positively rub off on the development of the entire state, the Itsekiri had had the least representation at the National Assembly over the years
Majority of those whose opinions were sampled agreed that they have not been feeling the impact of democratic dividends for a long time, but in 2019, things will be different.
Otuaro’s name was submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission on December 26, 2014
Uduaghan, it was learnt, agreed to withdraw from the race for there to be peace in the PDP in Delta State
At a press briefing in Warri on Saturday, members of the group, comprising the General Coordinator, Victor Agbateyiniro; Jolone Ikomi; and others, said after an extraordinary general meeting of the group on January 30, 2014, they decided to back the governor for the senatorial race