Paul Osuyi, Asaba

Isoko Development Union (IDU), the umbrella socio-cultural group for Isoko people of Delta State have reiterated their support for the re-election of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Saturday’s governorship election.

Isoko people are predominantly found in two, out of the 25 local government areas of the state.

Speaking at the meeting held at the IDU Secretariat in Oleh, the President General, Iduh Amadhe, said Okowa has done well for Isoko people and, as such, deserved to be elected for a second term.

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Amadhe said: “We have put all previous governors on a scale and it is important to state that governor Ifeanyi Okowa has performed very well in developing the Isoko nation. We cannot forget in a hurry how he assisted us in resolving the Ibrede crisis and his commitments to the development of the Isoko communities in Ndokwa East council.

“Under his administration, we got full accreditation for the engineering and law faculties, accreditation of courses at Ozoro Polytechnic as well as construction of several roads in Isoko nation.

But a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, who is from the same Ika ethnic nationality as Okowa, advised the governor to withdraw from the race before Saturday.