In the PDP, there are two classes of politicians. Those who came in to build the party, to organize the party and celebrate it and put it in the winning form in general elections and even local elections. And there is the other group of politicians who came in to sit and obtain posts in elections. You will expect the actions of these politicians not to be uniform, but to be in agreement with their own desires.

Politically, you know I am a founder and not a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). There is a distinction and that is why I am making it. As at today, we are about three of such founders still remaining as members on the PDP Board of Trustees. I am, therefore, a life member of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of PDP.

Senator Odion Ugbesia, a former political science lecturer, is one of the associates of Chief Tony Anenih. For more than two years after he was reportedly stopped from picking the PDP gubernatorial ticket just before the 2007 general elections, Ugbesia kept a low profile, rejecting requests for media interviews. It was not as if he was quiet in that period as he kept to his duties both as a senator and in his learning as a faithful loyalist of Anenih.

THE South South region is an area united by the oil resource generated from their lands for the sustenance of the nation’s economy. Consequently, almost all sections of the region suffer the problem of environmental degradation and pollution arising from oil exploration. They also share a common problem of political marginalization in the Nigerian state owing predominantly to their status as a minority.

First, I believe that PDP, the governor and the government are on course. There is no gainsaying that the face of Delta state you see today is different from the face of Delta of yesteryears. That can be credited to the past and present administration and of course, the PDP government of Delta state.