UGHELLI — CANDIDATE of  the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Saturday’s  Delta Central senatorial by-election, Chief Emmanuel Aguariavwodo,  yesterday, rounded off his campaign tour with an assurance to position the Urhobo nation in its pride of place if elected to the Senate.

Endorsing Aguariavwodo in Ughelli and Otu-Jeremi, the state deputy governor, Professor Amos Utuama, SAN; South-South chairman of PDP, Dr. Steve Oru; former Secretary to the State Government, Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege;  Olorogun John Oguma; Chief Fred Majemite and Olorogun Taleb Tebite, said: “PDP is the answer to the political problems of the Urhobo nation.”

Speaking in Otu-Jeremi, Utuama urged the people to come out en-masse and vote PDP in Saturday’s senatorial by-election, noting that Aguariavwodo has the capacity to address the needs of the Urhobo people at the national level.

Oru, who spoke at the rally in Ughelli, said: “Aguariavwodo is a man that is experienced in legislative business and does not need to learn the ropes when he gets to the Senate.”

Omo-Agege said it was the business of the Urhobo to decide who their senator should be, adding that Governors Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Rochas Okorocha of Imo State and Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, who were on the campaign train of the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Olorogun O’Tega Emerhor, would not be around to attract development to Urhoboland. He assured that Ughelli North would be delivered to the PDP.

Olorogun Oguma, on his part, described the choice of Aguariavwodo as a square peg in a square hole, appealing to the people of Ughelli South and the entire Urhobo nation to turn out in their numbers to vote PDP.

Also speaking, Chief Majemite and Olorogun Tebite, noted that this was the time for the Urhobo to right the wrongs of the past. Meanwhile, Chief Aguariavwodo, who spoke in Ughelli and Otu-Jeremi, said that his mission to the Senate was to attract development to Urhoboland.

Noting that he would see to the building of the Okwagbe port and reopening of the Sapele port, Aguariavwodo added that he would initiate legislation that would promote youth employment and empowerment in the area.

Chairman of the campaign council, Professor Sam Oyovbaire, stressed the need for the Urhobo to come out of opposition by voting for PDP in the forthcoming senatorial by-election.