Thousand of youths in Sapele local government area of Delta State on Saturday storm the residence of the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State, Olorogun Barrister Kingsley Esiso in Sapele, drumming support for former Minister of Education, Olorogun Barr Kenneth Gbagi and urging Deltans to give the criminologist a chance to develop the state.
The youths who storm the venue, where Olorogun Gbagi had gone to consult the PDP chairman on his governorship ambition come 2023, said they were motivated to the venue because the time has come to get it right
“We want a capable governor who will industrialize the state and continue to carry out the good work the governor is doing and we are calling on the governor to through his weight behind a capable man like Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi” Uroyi Agbabi, one of the youths said.
Meanwhile the former Minister of Education has said he intends to partner with youths in the state, saying he has a data base of what it takes to win election in the state.
He posited that one of the reasons why he has decided to contest as the governor of the state come 2023, was because Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa was a sincere man who has always kept to his words.
He said; For the first time since 1999, we have a governor whose word is like a word from God, I have had occasions to meet with all the governor in Delta state since 1999, I say it without missing words that Okowa is honest that is the reason why you see that I am prepared, I trust that at the appropriate time the governor will be straight forward in his dealings because the governor meant well for the people of the state.”
He also added that though govership will come to Delta central in 2023, it is the district responsibility to partnership with all the three senatorial districts, pleading with PDP leaders present to work with Olorogun Barr Kingsley Esiso and the Delta State Governor to build a stronger party.
While responding, The chairman of the party, Barr Kingsley Esiso said though Gbagi has the right to aspire to that exalted office, “I can tell you that come 2023 there will be no imposition, the candidate of the PDP and other positions will be selected through a very free and a very fair process in what you know as primaries”.