From Paul Osuyi, Asaba
Deputy Senate President and All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Delta State, Ovie Omo-Agege, has again boasted that his party would defeat the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in next year’s election, with the caliber of politicians now in APC fold.
Omo-Agege specifically said the director general of his campaign organisation, Godsday Orubebe, is bringing on board a towering wealth of experience in the political terrain to dislodge the PDP.
Orubebe, a former supervisory councillor, council chairman and former minister resigned his membership of PDP last month and joined APC.
Omo-Agege in a statement by director, communications and media Strategy of Delta APC gubernatorial campaign organisation, Ima Niboro, on Wednesday announced Orubebe as director general of the campaign organisation.
He said the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs shall oversee all ramifications of the campaign for the mandate of Deltans in the 2023 governorship elections.
“Orubebe shall, side by side with me, lead critical engagements and drive consultations, and by his renowned robustness, up the ante for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
“Together with the rest of the team, we shall show PDP the way out of Government House come May 29, 2023,” he said.
He noted that the selection of the Ijaw-born politician was very straightforward given his knowledge, capacity and pedigree.
“Bringing him on board strengthens the campaign organisation straightaway, and builds a strategic redoubt of crucial stakeholders at the grassroots for the contest ahead,” he added.
According to him, “When news of Elder Godsday Orubebe’s resignation from the PDP filtered in, our campaign organisation applauded him for toeing the path of progress and enjoined him to pitch tent with progressives in the APC, and help in the task of taking over Government House come 2023.
“I am proud to announce that he heeded that call and joined our party, the APC, in his ward at Burutu Local Government Area.
“He will be bringing to our campaign organisation his vast reach at the grassroots, as well as at the state and federal levels, having been a supervisory councillor and chairman of local government, a state party chairman, and a two time minister of the Federal Republic.”