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UGHELLI – Coalition of Clergymen , Elders Forum has accussed the leadership of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) of corruption and abuse of leadership, the Combined Bishops and Ministers Council of Nigeria, South-South, Delta chapter, a clergy group under PFN (Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria), one of the five blocs of CAN (Christian Association of Nigeria) with over 6000 members has dissociated itself from the Rally held at Heroes Of Faith Church where Pastor Kingsley Enekirhere decieved us all to come for a Christian Summit, “we never knew he wants to endorse Okowa for the March 2, governorship election by PFN and CAN.

At a press briefing held in Ughelli, Thursday, Feb 14, the Council led by Bishop Johnson Ojakovo said the decision to separate themselves from the endorsement of the governor was an overreach of their mandate in the vineyard of God. The clergymen frowned at the level of corruption within the Christian community.” We where all been denied , ” saying that PFN Chair refused them and did not make provision for any of the clergymen excerpt Bishops that are close to him . Many of the pastors who register their annoyance call for immediate emergency meeting to consider the issues raised and set up a panel for investigation of the led Enekirhere leadership as Delta chair Chapter of PFN and if found guilty, he should tender his resignation letter. But for now, Enekirhere and his executive should be suspended depending when the investigation

According to Archbishop-Elect, Dr Austine Imuero, Presiding Bishop of Destiny of Life Ministries, Ovwian; the process of the endorsement given to Gov Okowa by the PFN late last month was a deception orchestrated by the President of PFN, Bishop Kingsley Enakirerhi of Heroes of Faith, Ughelli.

“We were deceived to attend the event. They told us it was a summit for all pastors of PFN but when e got there, we found it was a political meeting during which they endorsed the governor.

“We are not politicians. We are not happy at the way we were deceived by the leadership of PFN. We are clergy men, we should not support any particular politician and we were supposed to pray for all politicians.

“Nobody should compel us on who to vote for. Nobody should come and pressurize us to vote for the incumbent governor. We therefore dissociate ourselves from the endorsement of Okowa and remain neutral on the issue of politics.

“Before the endorsement, PFN leadership was going round the 25 LGAs of Delta state, supposedly to strengthen the PFN but during the meetings they were preaching the endorsement of Gov Okowa.”

He said CAN also adopted the same deception to attract church leaders from various blocs of CAN to the Public Field, Ughelli recently purportedly for a CAN rally and prayer for peaceful election.

“They told us it was a CAN rally but because of what happened earlier in the PFN summit we were cautious that they wanted to play on us again and some of us refused to attend the Ughelli show where they once again endorsed Gov Okowa for a second term in office.

“Their intention was to force all church members to vote for Gov Okowa with a threat that any church leader who refused to carry out the directive would be labeled a rebel and we that stood out are being declared as rebels and we are happy to be so named and we are not afraid of their threat.”

He alleged that so much money was given by the governor to the leadership of PFN on the day of the endorsement, which led to commotion among the clergymen.

‘We are angry and dissociate ourselves from the endorsements because what they are doing is contrary to the word of God and they are setting a bad example for the younger generation of clergy.” Imuero said.

In attendance at the press briefing were: Bishop Johnson Ojakovo, Archbishop-elect, Austine Imuero, Bishop Dr Oghenegueke Gideon, Bishop Dr Martins Echegbe, Apostle Dr Godspower Obotuke, Apostle Dr King Enajite Ohwonohwo and Apostle Lucky Imonie.

All effort to reach the leadership of the PFN Delta state chapter prove abortive.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday 19th February 2019 accused the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, President Muhammadu Buhari of releasing looted funds to the APC’s candidates to execute their rigging plots in the forthcoming general elections.

Disclosing this in a statement, the National Publicity Secretary, and Director, Media & Publicity, PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, Kola Ologbondiyan, averred that Buhari Presidency released the sum of N6 billion looted funds which APC senatorial candidates benefited from.

“Information available to our party shows that each of the 109 APC senatorial candidates received N20 million, the 360 APC House of Representatives candidates are being given N10 million each, while various amounts are being disbursed by the Buhari Presidency to some other APC leaders for the rigging plot”, the party said in a statement.

Describing what the money would be used for, PDP said, “The looted fund are to be used by the APC to dress fake security agents, arm thugs and bribe compromised INEC officials and manipulate the elections in the various Senatorial and Federal constituencies across the country.

“Intelligence at our disposal indicates that part of the money was sourced from alleged diversion of funds meant for the rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in various states of the federation.

“This is in addition to monies allegedly siphoned from some income generating agencies, including the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

“It is indeed a callous act of wickedness and impunity that the Buhari Presidency, in its claimed integrity, would descend to the lowest level of decadence by looting of funds meant for the development and wellbeing of Nigerians to finance their rigging plots.

“At a time well-meaning leaders all over the world are exerting themselves in creating wealth for their people and developing their nations, the Buhari Presidency, which plunged the nation into a bitter economic recession, is still busy frittering our national resources to finance its vicious plots against the already impoverished citizens.

“The Buhari Presidency and the APC have further exhibited that they are inherently corrupt, pervert and have no iota of interest in the wellbeing of Nigerians.

“Such impunity and recklessness of the Buhari Presidency is directly responsible for the economic hardship, poverty and escalated bloodletting in our country in the almost four years of the Buhari administration.

“The PDP therefore charges Nigerians to be alert and continue to rally behind the people’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the all-important quest to rescue our dear nation from the clutches of the corrupt, dictatorial and incompetent Buhari administration, which now seeks to truncate our electoral process and derail our democracy.

ABUJA – Delta Central vowed to stand still for Hon . Barr. Evelyn Oboro that the place of the girl child in today’s world is at par with their male counterparts. An understanding which many, including President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to grasp hence his famous description of his wife, and by extension women as not being important in the scheme of things. According to him, his “… wife belongs [only] to the kitchen, the sitting room and the other room.” Whereas women, the world over are making good accounts of themselves. They make a large proportion of the civil service, arts & design, music, law, business, education & research, healthcare, food management, communication, accounting, engineering and other fields of human endeavour.

Some of the women that are believed to have had the biggest impact on world history include the Polish-born French scientist, Marie Skłodowska Curie who founded the new science of radioactivity and effective cures for cancer. She was the second person to win a Nobel Prize. The first elected female head of state in Africa, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia is a good example of the fact that the girl child can excel in the world of politics.

The world stood still for Hillary Clinton when she contested the 2016 United States presidential election and narrowly lost out not on the number of voters but on the screwed Electoral College system.

In Nigeria, Dora Nkem Akunyili set an exceptional record as the Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). As the minister of finance and the coordinating minister for the Economy, the Ogwashi-Uku born World Bank Deputy President, Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala piloted Nigeria to become the biggest economy in Africa.

In Urhobo, some of the exceptional Urhobo women in one of the world’s most noble professions, the academics, are Professors Otete Cecilia Okobiah (Vice Chancellor, Western Delta University, Oghara) Rose Aziza (Deputy Vice Chancellor, Delta State University, Abraka) Dicta Ogisi (former Deputy Vice Chancellor, Michael & Cecilia Ibru University, Agbarha-Otor) and Mabel Evwierhoma (former Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Abuja). The President of the Urhobo Progress Union’s (UPU) Women Wing (Eghweya Re Urhobo), Chief (Mrs) Christiana Onoberevune Siakpere tops the list of excellent administrators. The likes of Chief Grace Akpoguma (former minister of Science and Technology and Delta State Head of Service), Dr (Mrs) Veronica Ogbuagu (former Commissioner of Education, Delta State), Chief Judith Enamuotor (former Commissioner of Information, Delta State) and Chief Mary Iyasere (Commissioner, Commerce and Industry, Delta State) to mention but a few have all demonstrated that the girl child is of substance even in politics.

The first female parliamentarian, Hon Barr Evelyn Omavowan Oboro is in the class of women that had the biggest impact on world history. She is one of the Urhobo women who have brought fame to the Urhobo nation.

Evelyn Omavowan Oboro, born 1972, is a progressive Nigerian politician and member of the Federal House of Representatives, representing Okpe/Sapele/Uvwie federal constituency in the 7th and 8th National Assembly. She was elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). She received the West Africa School Certificate at Alegbo Secondary School, Effurum in 1988 before she applied to study education in Delta State University where she obtained a Bachlor’s degree in 1997. She hold a Master of Public Administration in 2002 and a degree in Law in 2009 from Delta State University.

Oboro’s impact in the Federal House of Representatives is glaring to all. Her candidacy is based on her quality contributions and effective representation of the people from 2011 to date at the National Assembly, under PDP. Her firmness and decisiveness is exceptional, qualities which mark her out as a candidate that will carry the day in Saturday’s Senatorial election for the Delta Central Senatorial district.

ASABA —- The SMART Agenda of the working Governor , Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa to Deltans through the good office Delta State Micro Scale and Medium Enterprises (DSMSME) has won alot of awards and boost his reelection.

The laudable achievements of his Excellency Sen. Dr Arthur Okowa through the Office of The Delta State Micro Scale and Medium Enterprises with much emphasis on the on the government through the people alone, is really a prosperity for all Deltans, and also with a view of the Agency through the leadership qualities and purposeful management of the executive Secretary of the commission , Mrs Shimite Bello who has set standard for the development and growth of the people through the laudable policies of the commission to ensure Deltans are engaged in an entrepreneurial skills .

Mrs Bello has been able to see and review some of the projects and consolidate on the entrenchments of the Prosperity agenda of Our TALK NA do governor by giving out Soft Credit loans to Various Registered Groups and most of recent were the Giving out of Tricycles Popularly known as KEKE NAPEP to Various Registered Organizations in Delta state cutting across the 25 Local Government Areas of the State.
With these and many other Prosperous Programs of the Agency, it has earned Delta state and Our Working Executive Governor several Awards within and Outside the Country.
Laudably Summarized; OKOWA DEY WORK AND DELTANS DEY SEE AM OOOOOOO. VOTE OKOWA, VOTE PDP.

A group, Alliance for Social Justice and Human Rights has called on the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to as a matter of urgency prevail on INEC National Commissioner for Edo, Delta and Akwa-Ibom states, Dr. Mohammed Lecky Mustapha to submit all wards result, local government areas result sheets and final election result sheets for Delta Central Senatorial District, ahead of Saturday, February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections to avert looming crisis in the area.

In a petition signed by Activist Edmund Atas and Comrade Williams Asama, Coordinator and Acting Secretary of Alliance for Social Justice and Human Rights respectively and addressed to INEC Chairman, stated in the petition that before the postponed February 16 election, some wards, local government areas and final result sheets for Delta Central Senatorial election were alleged to be in possession of some compromised INEC officials at Abudu in Edo state in a bid to rig the election for an opposition party candidate.

The group accused the INEC Commissioner of conniving with a former INEC staff who is a sister to one of the contending party candidate in recruiting security guards of University of Benin as Collation and Returning Officers for the Delta Central Senatorial Election.

The petition reads, “we are very much aware that employees of Federal Government Institutions were the cadre of citizens engaged by the commission as ad-hoc staff for the position of Collation Officers, Returning Officers and amongst others. However very large number of Staff from Federal Institutions in Delta State like the Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE) Effurun, Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba, Petroleum Training Institute and even Staff of Federal Civil Service at the Federal Secretariat, Asaba were denied engagements by INEC despite having applied and are also qualified for the positions they were unjustly not engaged as ad-hoc staff. For an election that would be conducted in Delta State they were denied the right of first refusal”.

According to the petition, “this despicable state of affairs is a deliberate ploy by Dr. Mustapha Lecky Mohammed to sadly give the positions to Staff of Federal Institutions from Edo State where he hails from with the intent of using them to rig the elections by fabricating non-existent results at collation of results.

“It is a sad commentary that even security men from Federal institutions like University of Benin in Edo State got the jobs that Professors from Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE) in Delta State could not get just because Dr. Mustapha Lecky Mohammed wants to allegedly use them to engage in massive rigging. It is worthy of note that some of these ad-hoc Staff are believed to be partisan members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Edo State who do not even know the terrain of Delta State.

While calling on the INEC chairman to immediately redeploy, Dr. Mustapha Lecky Mohammed, INEC National Commissioner for Edo, Delta and Akwa-Ibom states, the group urges agents of other political parties to be on alert as there are plans to preload card readers and engage thugs who will disguise with INEC reflectors in a bid to rig the election in favour of one of the contending political parties’ candidate.

Okpe/Sapele/Uvwie Federal House of Representative member and the Delta Central PDP Senatorial Candidate , Hon.Evelyn Omovawan Oboro has expressed dissatisfaction over the shifting of the Presidential and National Assembly elections schedule to hold on the 16th of February 2019, using this medium to call on PDP supporters who must have prepared to cast their vote for PDP to remain calm and be committed to the party assuring that PDP will also win come 23th of February where it was shifted to by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Hon. Oboro who expressed this at her campaign office recently , Uvwie LGA, of Delta state while speaking to aljaziralnews.com Hinted that, “the postponement of the election which the electorates have prepared to exercise thier franchise for PDP to win, is a disgrace to INEC and also a shame to President Buhari and APC administration which they claim they expect but APC administration has nothing to write home about”

Continueing, the law maker also posited, “with what INEC has done to the people of the country over the shifting of the already prepared Poll, shows that APC administration is a disgrace that needs to be voted out at all cost”

“Just inmagine, the National Assembly has make fund available for the commission to prepare for the election which they INEC has been working for the past three years just to ensure everything to be put in place, but unfortunately few hours to the election which the INEC schedule to conduct is suddenly shifted, and this is to tell you that APC has failed under President Buhari” Hon. Oboro stated.

She also stated that “even if INEC shift the Poll again PDP is ready, because many people in the country are tired of the so call APC administration, this year election will be the end of APC, we are much ready to vote out APC” the law maker added.

Oboro who also use this medium to call on the people of Delta central to come out en-Mass on 23th of February 2019 and vote massively for Atiku Abubaka as president, Hon. Evelyn Oboro as Senate for Delta central senator, adding that, on the 9th of March 2019, they should equally come out and vote for Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa as Governor and every other PDP candidates.

She However, advised PDP supporters and the youths to be law abiding citizens at all time.

The recent postponement of the much-awaited general elections that were expected to kick-off on Saturday, February 16, has triggered series of mixed reactions and comments from stakeholders, including a top PDP Ogoni – Olomu Chieftain , Prince Jifas Sunny and Deltans generally, especially on social media.

Ughelli south, Olomu prince blow hot on social media have aired his views on the shifting of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday, February 16.

“No doubt, the development has caused much inconvenience for quite a lot of persons whom I have preached to and gave reasons why they must vote for PDP all the way during my hosting of Ogoni olomu / ophori olomu/ okpavuerhe olomu / Okpe olomu and Agbon olomu.and olomu kingdom youths of ward 4.”

And we all have resolved to disgraced the all Progressive Congress, APC, at the presidential polls with some personal plans after the presidential and National Assembly polls before it was postponed. ” Prince sunny jifas have even berated the electoral body and condemned its decision.

On his part, Prince jifas Supporters has expressed regret over the shifting of the polls, adding that their principal was fully prepared and mobilized sons and daughters of Ogoni -Olomu far and near ready for the elections when the announcement of the postponement was made.

However, many of Jifas supporters have expressed certainty of victory for PDP come what may.

reported that INEC had shifted the 2019 general election over logistics constraints.

This was announced in Abuja by the chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmud Yakubu around 2.45 am on Saturday, February 16, after he held an emergency meeting with security officials, election observers and other stakeholders.

He said proceeding with the election as scheduled is no longer feasible and as result of this, the election was postponed by a week.

ASABA – Chief Mrs Grace Aghoghovbia , the Executive Assistant (E.A) to Delta State governor. Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, named the shift of the general election by the INEC’s chairman, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, which was supposed to be few hours to the commencement of the February 16 polls. That the reasons gave by commission, cited on logistics and operational plans has noting to do with both elections to prompt such harsh decision over postponements of poll with out prior decision and deliberations. Just barely few minutes to elections .

The E.A , said the reason for the postponement should have been announced earlier. ”I do not know how INEC would have to wait a few hours to the election. I am sure there are other people that are shocked as I am. The reason given for the postponement should have been identified earlier,” she said.

Aghoghovbia alleged that INEC may have got the order from the federal government to postpone the election.

”We all say this is fraud, because INEC is not supposed to cancel (the) election. We all (know) that it is impossible for Mahmud to declare the postponement just like that, in the early hours on the day of election. I believe the chairman got the order from a high profile government official , because they are afraid of PDP. We are not happy on the postponement because we are all ready.

Just as she urged the people of Ughelli South local government Area to remain steadfast, that the shift does not hinder the victory of the party PDP, go hone home and celebrate our party victory ; she said. That they should all remain calm, following the postponement of the general elections.

She also advised that the shift of the elections sign posted the recycling of failure under the All Progressives Congress (APC) . The effect of the postponement has affected a lot of Nigerians, even the so called die hard APC chieftains.. I think INEC was obviously not ready to conduct the elections at the first place.

Mrs Aghoghovbia also made clear that the cost implication is enormous, not for stakeholders alone, but for everyone one concerned with the election. She said, ”It is only in Nigeria this can happen.” and further , described the postponement as disappointment and incompetent of the chairman .

”As I am speaking with you, I am in my country home, and I cannot stay one week here the same as people who have travelled far distances. From all indications, we realised that the arrival of the materials was frustrated by the APCs, in other to ensure that elections in some states, are staggered.

We are accusing both the government of the ruling party All Progressive Congress (APC) and INEC of being responsible for the postponement, alleging it is a deliberate act to rig the polls.

As the February 16 Presidential and National Assembly election approaches its last hours count the Spokesman (Fiyewei) of the Great Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, Chief Godspower Gbenekama TDA (JP) has again in strong terms urged the federal government and politicians not to create panic or cause artificial insecurity in Gbaramatu kingdom, its communities, other Ijaw clans as well as other communities in Delta State and in the Niger Delta.

Chief Gbenekama enjoined Gbaramatu born politicians in the race and all other policians of Ijaw extraction to play the game according to the rules and regulations stipulated by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and make sure that everybody is allowed to vote as well as sustain the peace in the area during and after the polls.

He warned criminal elements who may intend coming from other places not to come to Ijaw land to cause security tensions such as pipeline vandalism, armed robbery and kidnapping to desist frim coming to the clan, adding that Ijaws are law abiding citizens and will continue to be so by handing over any suspected criminal to law enforcement agency.

The Great Gbaramatu Kingdom Spokesman declared that they will not allow their clan to be used as a battle field because of anybody’s selfish ambition because “when the chips are down, we would be left to suffer the consequences while such people go back to their communities and towns to live in their palatial houses”, Chief Gbenekama noted that they must ensure total compliance to the directive of the Pere of the Great Gbaramatu Kingdom HRM Oboro Gbaraun the 11 also known Monarch of the Niger Delta on peaceful coexistence as well as be vigilant during and after the elections in order to sustain the existing peace in the area.

He advised Gbaramatu indigenes and Ezon people to shun acts that will make people tag them as bad people as the security agents have been trying to do, just as he charged Gbaramatu people to mobilize and go to their various communities to cast their ballot and make sure they defend their votes.

The (Fiyewei) Spokesman appealed to the Niger Delta Avengers to give peace a chance and not preempt the elections outcome to cause tension and give feferal government benefit of doubt as ealier assured that the elections won’t be compromised, he also appealed to security agents to be professional while carrying out their duties and the head of Nigerian military to supervise strictly activities of their personnel deployed to the Niger Delta closely in order to avoid iltreatment meted out to indigenes of the area leading to serious abuse of fundamental human rights of the people.

WARRI- Top Ughelli South People’s Democratic party, Pdp, Chieftain high Prince Sunny Jifas said that Sen Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has done well for Deltans to deserve the people’s massive support in the March polls
Jifas said that Okowa ‘s developmental strides in Delta State is enough to prove his critics wrong

– The High Prince of the most recent ancient Kingdom of Agoni- Agbon urged the people to vote massively for Okowa’s re-election, and make sure they all come out to vote for Atiku for president and Oboro, Mariere for National Assembly seat come next tomorrow.

Jifas said this at a conference with youths of all Olomu kingdom that Okowa s developmental strides in Delta state in less than four years of his administration was enough to prove his critics wrong.

He listed the Newly reconstructed faculties and workshop centres at Arbor, Ughelli, Sapele, Isele Uku , Ofagbe, and utagba Ogbe technical colleges. And the newly dualised traffic light to cable point road Asaba in Oshimili South LGA, and Joseph Ebolo road okpanam in Oshimili North. And also the newly commissioned constructed Kpokpogri /Okuvo / Opuraja /Iriama road in Okpe LGA, Odiachi street off Nnebisi Road, Idheze Road, Oleh in Isoko South all in Delta State as some Of Okowa / Utuaro’s achievements

The Ogoni-Olomu prince therefore urged the people of Delta especially Olomu people to vote massively for Alh. Atiku , Oboro and mariere on Saturday, come 16th fabuary, 2019.

He admonished them not to. Vote for any other political party excerpt the People’s Democratic Party, pdp. He further charged them to vote for all PDP candidates from Presidency to House of Assembly in the forthcoming general elections come February 16th, to ensure the rapid transformation and continuity of development in the state

He expressed hope that okowa continuity would replicate success story in private business in governance, if elected.

Olomu people rejoice! Your light has come and the glory of God has risen upon you,” he said, amidst loud ovations from Pdp teeming supporters .