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The defectors during a chat with news men said, the APC government have done much for them in terms of effective representation by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, stating that even though the APC is not the ruling party in Delta State, yet, it had performed far better than the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which they alleged abandoned them after working hard to push them into victory.

“We have come to campaign to all of you here in Udu, not to only PDP but to everyone including APC and members of other parties. I am appealing to the Udu people to stand for us and for me. I want to tell you that there is no need to change a winning team. I have lived with you, and I am well known to all of you and hence I am here today to solicit for your support”, he added.

The campaign management Committee in a statement on Sunday, by the Assistant Deputy Director of Media and Publicity, Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe Esq, said the exercise will begin on Monday November 7, in compliance with the campaign Council directives, Chaired by the State Governor and PDP Vice Presidential candidate, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, CON.

Aniagwu disclosed this at a news conference in Asaba and urged the general public to be wary of the protesters as they were obviously playing the cards of their political sponsors.
He said that some of the retirees appreciate the effort of the state government in helping to clear the outstanding pension liabilities and remarked that a certain woman leader of the APC was being used to blackmail the governor and paint him in bad light.