By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye
Delta Central Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC, Okakuro Ede Dafinone on Wednesday at Ughelli, officially inaugurated his campaign council with a charge to ensure landslide victory for all candidates of the party.
In his speech, Dafinone charged the people of Delta Central to massively vote for APC candidates in the forthcoming elections, adding that the party will win convincingly as all votes will count during the forthcoming general elections, but said the victory will be decided at the unit level.
Dafinone, while commending Senator Omo-Agege for elevating the Delta Central seat at the National Assembly through his performance, called on Deltans to support and vote for the APC governorship candidate in the forthcoming elections.
He charged the campaign council members to return their units and wards and mobilise the people of Delta Central and Delta State to vote for all APC candidates across board.
“2023 is the election that our votes will count and won through unit by unit. Our event here today is directed at localising our politics. I started politics in 1998 in PDP and in 2006 in contested for the position of the Senate but lost in the primaries.
“With the APC, I have found my home. The party is united and we have formed a formidable party.
A Party that is positioned to take over Delta State come 2023. We owe this to our leaders and I want to thank DSP Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and other leaders of the party who have driven the process to where we are today.
“We are much stronger today in the party than ever. Our chances of winning the state from Presidency to governor, senatorial to House of Representatives and State Assembly in Delta State are incredibly bright.
“Today, I’m a politician and I am proud to be. This election will attract more people to APC because they see us as the winning team. We’re reaching out to people that are not currently our members. It’s a way of attracting them to join our fold.
“We will continue that process with the faith that many more are coming to join us as leaders and builders of Delta State come 2023. Anyone who wants to be in our campaign team will be accommodated”, he added.
Also speaking at the inauguration of the campaign council, the member representing Ughelli North, Ughelli South and Udu Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Rev. Francis Ejiroghene Waive charged council members to intensify mobilisation for the party’s victory.
Waive posited that APC will win Delta State in the 2023 elections convincingly, adding that Dafinone has the capacity to build on the achievements of Senator Omo-Agege at the National Assembly.
The campaign council has as Director General, Chief Adelabu Bodjor, Hon. Kevwe Agbroko as the Deputy Director, while Chief Advisers are Hon. Stella Erhuvwoghene Okotete, Chief Mrs. Veronica Ogbuagu, Dr. Rufus Ebegba, Sir Richard Odibo, Dr. Otive Igbuzor, Hon. Francis Waive Hon. Halims Agoda and a host of others.
In his acceptance speech, the Director General of the Campaign Council, Barrister Adelabu Borjor expressed gratitude for the position and urged all members of the party to work hard for the victory of the party in 2023.