The recent public endorsement of Olorogun David Edevbie as the CHOICE of the Urhobo in the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) by the UPU, the oldest socio-cultural organisation in Africa is a further testimony to his general acceptance by the entire Urhobo nation.
We appreciate the leadership of Urhobo Progress Union, UPU for adopting Chief David Edevbie as the sole governorship candidate of Delta central senatorial district and affirm that this is a move that will bring greater glory to the state.
Since the PDP governorship primary is not an exclusive Urhobo affair, UPU has by this move demonstrated that there is the need for the Urhobo people to produce a unified candidate in the forthcoming governorship elections in the state. This move is borne out of the genuine desire to put Urhobo in a strong standing to contest and win the PDP ticket at the primaries.
This is not the time for the Urhobo to play into the hands of those who do not wish them well. How does one explain the Urhobos going into a party primary with over ten aspirants against another ethnic group projecting just three?
What UPU has done is to show a direction for the Urhobo in the face of obvious disequilibrium among the political players from Delta Central. With the plethora of aspirants from Delta Central, many of whom are sponsored by Okowa to cause disunity among the Urhobos, the Urhobos must device a means to avoid disgrace at the PDP primaries. At the last count, ten aspirants from Delta Central have bought forms for the governorship race and three from Delta South. Should they go to the primaries with this number, the Urhobos would have unknowingly perfected Okowa’s hidden agenda to handover the PDP ticket to an Ijaw candidate with Mrs Joan Oyemechi Mrakpor as deputy to spite the Urhobos.
We wholeheartedly congratulate Olorogun David Edevbie on the endorsement by the Urhobo Progressive Union (UPU), as the Urhobo consensus candidate for the 2023 governorship election.
We salute the courage and patriotism of the Urhobo Progressive Union (UPU), under the leadership of Olorogun (Dr) Moses Taiga, for deciding in favour of truth. It is a mark of honour that, without fear or favour, they chose for the Urhobo nation, indeed Delta people, the candidate that is acclaimed universally as the best for the state in the current dispensation of diminishing economic revenues.
