{"id":12478,"date":"2018-10-06T19:54:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T19:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=12478"},"modified":"2018-10-06T19:54:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T19:54:03","slug":"forget-2019-anirah-tells-great-ogboru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=12478","title":{"rendered":"Forget 2019, Anirah tells Great Ogboru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u25aaSays Delta APC is a house divided against itself<\/strong><br \/>\nPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Sapele State Constituency, Chief Felix Anirah, on Saturday said the electoral process in choosing the House of Assembly flag bearer was transparent.<br \/>\n\u201cThe delegates have spoken and I am humbled by their support\u201d he said.<br \/>\nHe also urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Delta State, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru to forget the idea of occupying the Delta State Government House in 2019.<br \/>\n\u201cDelta State is one hundred percent PDP. APC cannot displace PDP in Delta State.\u00a0 The All Progressives Congress (APC), Delta State chapter is a house divided against itself. PDP will carry the day\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe candidate who spoke in Sapele described the outcome of the open primary as no victor, no vanquished.<br \/>\nAnirah, a chief of Okpe kingdom, said the recent party primary in Sapele was conducted in a responsible and orderly manner.<br \/>\nHe praised his opponents for their commitment to democratic values and ethics.<br \/>\nThe former Sapele Local Government Chairman beat Jonathan Okpako Amitaye, Julius Egbedi, Ufuoma Kerewi, Felix Abeke, Bright Abeke and Emmanuel Omuvwie in Thursday\u2019s primary race.<br \/>\n\u201cDemocracy is alive and well in Sapele. Our constituency and party are the better for it. It is a victory for democracy, a victory for all. We should work together in the spirit of the party\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe PDP chieftain sees governance as a social contract between the leaders and the people. And he says he is determined to fulfill his own terms of the contract if elected in 2019.<br \/>\n\u201cI know the functions of a lawmaker. I will do whatever is within my power to create wealth, get employment opportunities for the good people of Sapele, enhance the infrastructure of the constituency and work with others to increase the stakes of councilors in the state\u201d<br \/>\nHe promised to upgrade Sapele Technical College to Federal Polytechnic and increase the industrialization level of Sapele.<br \/>\nAnirah also spoke on his chances and blessing of key political gladiators and king makers in Delta State.<br \/>\n\u201cMy chances are very bright. I was in APC, now in PDP. The opposition is planning some unfriendly strategies to scuttle the 2019 elections. I am sure with the support of the people; PDP will coast to victory in 2019\u201d he said.<br \/>\nHe urged PDP influential grassroots leaders not to give way to detractors.<br \/>\nHe also urged supporters of his opponents to coalesce behind him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u25aaSays Delta APC is a house divided against itself Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Sapele State Constituency, Chief Felix Anirah, on Saturday said the electoral process in choosing the House of Assembly flag bearer was transparent. \u201cThe delegates have spoken and I am humbled by their support\u201d he said. He also urged the All [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}