{"id":27294,"date":"2022-05-21T21:16:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T21:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=27294"},"modified":"2022-05-21T21:21:20","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T21:21:20","slug":"who-is-okowa-fooling-directs-ad-hoc-delegates-today-to-vote-for-hon-oborevwori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=27294","title":{"rendered":"Who is Okowa fooling? &#8230;directs Ad-hoc Delegates today to Vote for Hon. Oborevwori"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=19271&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=1800\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Despite Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa&#8217;s statement a few days ago that he had not endorsed any aspirant for the 2023 governorship election, today however, he summoned all ad-hoc delegates and directed them to vote for Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori as PDP governorship candidate while they may vote for any other person for the state and National Assembly primaries<\/p>\n<h3>This is not surprising because most of his aides have been openly campaigning for the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Hon. Sheriff \u00a0Oborevwori. However some of the delegates who spoke to <em><strong>newsroom247.com.ng<\/strong><\/em> said they have their own candidates<\/h3>\n<p>During the 2022 quarterly media interaction in Government House Asaba, the governor said \u201c\u201dif anybody tells you l have endorsed him as a sole candidate, he is not saying the truth, l have not endorsed anybody. So, don&#8217;t mind\u00a0 those who are saying I have endorsed one person or the other as a sole candidate in the forthcoming PDP primary election.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said however said he was of\u00a0 belief that whoever would take over from him as the Governor of the state would be a person that could not only initiate new\u00a0 projects\u00a0 to move the state to the next level but the person who could consolidate on the projects which he had done in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Okowa said further: &#8221; all l pray and know is that the person to take over from me is the one who can consolidate on the projects which l have done in the state&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>According to him, there are many projects, including roads\u00a0 which have been completed and many more are on going\u00a0 across the state especially in Asaba as well as Warri and appealed to Deltans to protect government&#8217;s property adding that whatever projects done in the state belongs to all not &#8216;Okawa&#8217;\u00a0 projects.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=19271&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=1800\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa&#8217;s statement a few days ago that he had not endorsed any aspirant for the 2023 governorship election, today however, he summoned all ad-hoc delegates and directed them to vote for Hon. 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