Defection: Senator Nwoko misfired, tried to blackmail Gov Oborevwori – Dr Oghenesivbe
…Misrepresented PDP as a Senator, ‘ll not be reelected in 2027
Senator Ned Nwoko willfully disrespected the leader of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and governor of Delta State, Dr (Elder) Sheriff Oborevwori in the discharge of his assigned constitutional responsibility as a senator representing the good people of Delta North Senatorial District.
Director General, Delta State Orientation and Communications Bureau, Dr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, made the assertion while speaking as guest of African Independent Television, AIT, prime time morning show “KAKAAKI” on Friday, January 31, noting that Nwoko made several unsuccessful attempts to blackmail his governor and leader.
According to the Bureau Chief, in less than one year in office as a Senator under the platform of PDP, Senator Nwoko started working at variance with the party structures, casting unwarranted aspersions at the governor and state leader of PDP, in a manner that openly question his public communication skills, competence and loyalty as a federal lawmaker.
Dr Oghenesivbe noted that Senator Nwoko tried effortlessly to blackmail governor Oborevwori by dragging him and the state government into a Joint Venture Agreement, JVA, between the federal government, AGIP Conglomerate and the NNPCL, even after the JVA had long been signed, sealed and delivered by the parties, pointing out that to get the state government involved, all parties to the JVA partnership must agree to amend the contract through rigorous legal processes.
He further stated that Senator Nwoko’s reason for defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC Delta, is to enable him negotiate for a second term ticket, knowing fully well that he misfired and acted ultra vires his powers by trying to control and dictate to the governor, and for not following due process in his complicated requests, as well as disrespecting constituted authorities within the party.
The PDP stalwart further noted that Senator Nwoko forget in a hurry the positive efforts made by governor Oborevwori and the state immediate past governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, to ensure that his lifetime ambition of becoming a senator of the federal republic of Nigeria came to fruition, and that it is foreseeable and crystal clear that Senator Nwoko will not return to the Senate in 2027.
And on whether the immediate past governor of Delta State, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, CON, will be contesting the Delta North Senatorial seat under PDP in 2027, Dr Oghenesivbe denied knowledge of such political ambition by his former Boss, saying that to the best of his knowledge, the immediate past governor did not at any public function or via press statement indicated interest to run for that office in 2027.
“Senator Nwoko knew that he misfired, a grave political error that promoted his defection to APC Delta. It’s unfortunate because I foresee Nwoko not returning to the Red Chambers in 2027.
“In less than a year in office as Senator representing the good people of Delta North Senatorial District, he started showing signs of disrespect for constituted authorities within PDP Delta leadership and political structures.
“He presided over a meeting in his private sitting room where he made derogatory statements about the state governor and leader of PDP Delta, Dr (Elder) Sheriff Oborevwori about Okpai Power stepdown. That project is protected legally by full force of law, between the federal government, AGIP and NNPCL.
“It would require amendment of the JVA signed by the parties to be able to accommodate the involvement of Delta State Government. Senator Nwoko ought to know as an international lawyer, well versed in contractual deals backed by law, that it requires more than a mere statement in his sitting room to get the state government involved in the JVA.
“The reasons Senator Nwoko gave for defecting to another political party is grossly inconsequential and it offends relevant sections of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended, more particularly at Section 68(1)(g), and to that extent not tenable. He misfired and that’s it,” Oghenesivbe said.
