PDP Back the Incumbent Delta Governor Okowa Second Race

Former governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, finally put to rest rumours of his alleged cease and desist to the All Progressives Congress when he hosted leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party and his successor, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, at his Warri residence on Saturday. At the meeting, Uduaghan and other top leaders of the PDP from Delta South Senatorial District passed a vote of confidence in Okowa, endorsing the governor for a second term in office, with a pledge to queue behind him for the 2019 governorship election in Delta. This was coming months after it was rumoured that Uduaghan had concluded plans to join the APC in pursuit of his senatorial ambition in 2019. The Saturday meeting was the first public PDP meeting that the ex-governor attended since he left office. Sources at the meeting told our correspondent on Sunday that the former governor said with the return of a former governor and leader of the party in the state, James Ibori, nobody was leaving the ...