APC Primary: Emerhor Joins Delta Central Senatorial Race

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Unable to resist the continuous pressure from different groups of Urhobo Elders and Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the past few months for him to indicate interest, the leader of the party in Delta State, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor has joined the Senatorial race for Delta Central.

 The Urhobo Elders and Leaders of the All Progressive Congress (APC) yesterday stormed the residence of the Delta State APC Leader, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor in their hundreds pleading with the 2015 governorship election candidate of the APC, to take advantage of the massive support of Urhobo people and contest the Delta Central Senatorial position in the forthcoming general election, just as they also purchased expression of interest and nomination forms which they presented to Emerhor ostensibly to demonstrate their interest.

 The Urhobo Elders led by Chief Sylvester Kowho, while appealing to Emerhor on behalf other elders and leaders, said there was vacuum in the Delta Central Senatorial Seat, adding that the Urhobo nation for some time now have not been represented in the red chambers due to the incumbent Senator’s rascality.

 “The person we have there in the Senate is a rascal who has continued to disgrace the Urhobo nation. And we are saying that we want a change in the Urhobo Senate position. We want our Delta State APC Leader, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor to take over the Delta Central Senatorial position.

 “We want Olorogun Emeror to go there to make a positive change for the Urhobo nation by way of effective representation. We beg you, Olorogun, to please accept our plea and we have taken the pain to buy you the Senate expressing of interest and nomination forms and we hereby present it to you. Please accept it.”

 Responding, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor who expressed surprised over the decision of the Urhobo APC Elders to go to the extent of taxing themselves to purchase Senate forms for him, thanked them for the gesture, saying:

 “I have heard you. I am from Delta Central and I’m the leader of APC in Delta State. Delta Central is the heart beat of APC as you know; the representation of Delta Central must be to the interest of Urhobo and Delta State. We have the current representation but as the elders have said, the present Senator is not representing the Urhobo nation well and he is not reflecting the culture of the Urhobo in Abuja”.

 He added: “What we hear is rascality, thuggery. We don’t hear diplomacy, we don’t hear negotiation. He is even creating problems for President Muhammadu Buhari whom he claims he is supporting. But we will go there to represent Urhobo to solve problems and work with Mr. President; and do things in a way that he (Buhari) can implement his agenda; that is what we will do.

 “As they have come in their number to ask me to run, you know it is a serious matter; they bought the form worth N7Million by themselves and presented to me. I have heard them and I am going to consult my immediate family and my political advisers very soon because the form has a deadline.  It is a call to duty to come and give better representation to the people of Delta Central in Abuja.”

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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