Chief Gbagi distributing bags of rice to the people during the occasion
By Freedom Okpubeku, Ughelli
Delta State frontline People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in the forthcoming general elections, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, has again solicited the support of all Deltans to become the governor of the state come 2023 even as he called on the people to back up the presidency of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa if he aspires for it.
Gbagi who stated this during a political gathering meant to refresh his people in the new year and garner more support for his political ambition in the maintained that he is the most qualified to occupy the Government House, Asaba, in 2023.
Tagged “Newyear Retreat,”.the ceremony which attracted different support groups from different parts of the state, including the academia, was held Sunday, January 2, 2022 at Oginibo (his hometown) in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State.
In his speech, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi first corrected what he described as wrong information fed into the minds of people by opponents.
According to him, his present move for the Delta State governorship seat is his first attempt for the position but he admitted that he was a major sponsor of Prof. Oyovwaire for the governorship contest in 1998/1999.
He also debunked the allegation that he got some of his staff naked as punishment, saying it was not true but only a calculated attempt to discredit him. He added that even the court had vindicated him.
While explaining that it is unfair and ungodly for Delta South Senatorial District to struggle for the governorship position with Delta Central where he hails from, the Urhobo-born lawyer and industrialist asserted that with the internal rotational arrangement in the PDP, it is duly the turn of the Delta Central Senatorial District to produce the next governor of the state, having waited for 16 years by 2023.
“We cannot change the order in the middle of the game, for that would be ungodly and politically inaccurate,” he stated.
The former Minister of State for Education maintained that he is the most qualified of all the governorship aspirants some of whom, he said, were still in school when he started politics.
He then eulogized Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and asked the people to support him if he (Okowa) eventually decides to go for the post of the president or vice president.
Highlights of the occasion included goodwill speeches about Chief Gbagi, giving the people bags of rice in a van moving from one canopy to another, comedy dances and refreshment.
The different support groups that graced the occasion which had Prof. Emmanuel Ufuofu-Biri of the Mass Communication department of the Delta State University, Abraka, as the chief MC included the Gbagi Solidarity Movement (GSM) led by Chief Obofukoro, Ndokwa Support Group led by Comrd. Bright Enuesike, Ijaw Support Group led by Chief Y. Eragbene, Sapele Support Group led by Comrd. Samson, Urhobo Support Group led by Chief Nikoro, the Academia Group led by Prof. Jiff Mokobia, and Ex-militant Agitators Group led by General Figbele.
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