From Paul Osuyi, Asaba
The Delta Unity Group (DUG) has dismissed the purported endorsement of the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Sheriff Oborevwori, by its leader and former Commissioner of Finance, David Edevbie.
Edevbie, a fierce of Oborevwori in the run up to the PDP ticket, is a leader of DUG. He was reported to have endorsed the candidate whom he dragged to the Supreme Court.
But the nation chairman of the group and former Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Peter Onwusanya dismissed the reported endorsement as fake news.
Onwusanya spoke at Oghara and Sapele during the flag-off sensitisation and mobilisation of the grassroots across the state.
The former Speaker said the report was a calculated lie tailored to deceive the discerning public, adding that nothing of that nature took place, and that Edevbie did not give anybody his mandate to ‘wedge kola’ at the ceremony as reported.
Warning against evil propaganda that could cause internal crisis within the party, Onwusanya urged DUG members and the public to discountenance the spurious agenda setting propaganda of people with unclear intentions.
He said: “Olorogun David Edevbie is a respected member of the PDP and has no personal issues with Sheriff and our vice presidential candidate, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa. At the right time, Olorogun David Edevbie will personally make a statement moving forward.”
According to him, the PDP constitution encourages the group to carry out sensitisation to enhance internal democracy and sustain the party’s grip of governance in the state.
“Our presence here today is to interact with and encourage our members to enlighten the people at the grassroots to collect their PVCs and vote for our candidates at all the elections that will take place in 2023.
“We are fully committed to the ideals of the PDP and we are playing complimentary roles to ensure that the party triumphed at the forthcoming elections.
“We have a leader who formed the PDP in 1998 in Delta State. DUG is working and cannot be excluded in the affairs of the party. DUG is fortified to deliver during the forthcoming elections,” he said.
He encouraged members to be steadfast and undeterred to the ideals of democracy and mobilise the grassroots to get their PVCs.