2023 Poll: Group restate commitment to deliver Tinubu, Omo-Agege, other APC Candidates 

Coalition for Delta Interest, a political pressure group, over the weekend restated its commitment to ensuring victory for the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in next year’s election, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

The group also vowed to work for the victory of the Delta State governorship candidate of the APC, Ovie Omo-Agege, and all other candidates of the party.

Convener of the coalition, Austin Kpedi restated the commitment in Asaba, Delta State capital during a road show and subsequent inauguration of the group.

Mr. Kpedi said the group would be very committed to sensitising Deltans and indeed Nigerians, on the need to vote for APC candidates in 2023, saying that the party has fielded people with the capacity to deliver on the campaign manifesto.

He specifically stated that Omo-Agege, who is the current Deputy Senate President, has performed admirably across communities in Delta central and beyond, assuring that if given the opportunity to be governor, the yearnings of Deltans would be actualised.

“If you go to Delta central, there is no community he has not touched. He has made great impact, in fact, he has performed more than the governor. So we believe that if he comes in as executive governor, the yearnings of Deltans would be realised,” he stated.

According to him, the APC had always won the state in previous elections, lamenting however that the processes were always manipulated because of the weakness of the Electoral Act.

“APC has the structure in Delta State, we thank God for the new Electoral Act which has brought a lot of changes, you will see the results.

“The opposition has always been winning Delta State but because of the weakness of the Electoral Act, they have been manipulating the lapses within the Act to get results.

“Now there is not going to be incident forms. Our votes are counting now, look at Osun and Ekiti states. We are excited,” he added.

Kpedi, a native of Udu Local Government Area of the state, also dismissed the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, as a threat to Tinubu, noting that the former Anambra State Governor is only popular on social media and not on the ground in reality.

Secretary of the coalition, Esidamire Eric Ikomi who hails from Warri North, argued that the APC-led Federal Government has not disappointed Nigerians, insisting that the mess created by the People Democratic Party (PDP) in 16 was difficult to clear.

“Building takes a lot of time while destroying is very easy. PDP did a lot of damage to the economy, and a lot of looting was done with impunity.

“It is not easy to fix the mess PDP has plunged us into. But I know with time, people will come to realize what the APC has done.

“Buhari has restored trust in public accountability, he has done a lot of things. If it were to be in PDP’s government we had COVID-19, nothing would have been left. But with the prudent management of Buhari, we were able to go through it,” he contended.

On his part, the director of the welfare of the group, Ignatius Idoko described Omo-Agege as a “man of his word, he does not compromise, he has pity for the poor, he has the mind to deliver.

“He has been transforming many areas, in fact, Omo-Agege is the answer. He can deliver the state.”