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Ogboru is a Victim of Conspiracy?
By Phrank Shaibu
Newsdiaryonline Thur Sep 8,2011
But for the fact that a job had to be done, reading through
Doyin Iyiola’s unnecessary
‘epistle' entitled "Ogboru is a victim of conspiracy’’ in
the Wednesday, August 31st 2011 issue of ‘’The Nation’’ is to
say the least, a waste of productive man hours. It was a shoddy
treatise: a synopsis of the frustrations of a terribly
beleaguered and humbled political camp. The deepening sense of
the wholesome reality of consistent defeats in the hands of both
the electorates in Delta State, and the courts appear to have
badly impacted on the intellectual psyche of the writer. The
piece is eulogized as a sublime example of how not to
‘’maltreat’’ the English language. More worrisome however, are
the absurdities and illogicalities our obviously, flustered
writer on behalf of his bellicose D.P.P so incoherently tried to
communicate.
For the records, Great Ogboru has never in his chequered
political career earned or enjoyed the privilege of gaining the
political or electoral mandate of the great people of Delta
State. Not only has he lost in all the elections he has
contested to the ruling P.D.P, he has also lost a sizeable chunk
of followership because of his unfortunate posture as a
"desperado, whose only ambition is to be the governor of Delta
State at all costs".
It is doubtful if any failed governorship candidate in
Nigeria can equal or
match Ogboru’s
penchant for
petitions and running to electoral tribunals with the same old
song, IT WAS RIGGED! But, more poignant also, is the fact that
no other failed gubernatorial candidate has recorded more losses
in the election tribunals too, than Great Ogboru.
If anyone had suggested to him to discontinue his string of
petitions and work with the one that was, and still is the
popular choice of the people – Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, it
should be because the essence of partisan politics is to improve
on the equality of life of the constituents and to move the
State forward. When a man has suffered multiple defeats both in
elections and at tribunals and still declines to work with the
magnanimous government of the day, it truly means “Ogboru’s
constant resort to courts was self – serving and it betrayed his
desperation to become the governor of Delta State’’.
Perhaps, Ogboru’s biggest problem is the synergy, he so poorly,
constituted.Ogboru’s projection to Deltans in particular has
been simply catastrophic. Today the name Ogboru evokes the image
of the rebellious – rebelling against the wishes of Deltans
as expressed in all the
governorship elections Ogboru has contested in till date and
more drastically against the sanctity of an independent
judiciary and the rule of law. Endure the following excerpts
from the write up by Chief Great’s media consultant, the very
fluent Doyin Iyiola;
"Delta State like any other State in Nigeria needs effective
leadership. The State has since 1979 being(sic) under relative
siege. It has not really enjoyed good governance and it has had
its affairs poorly managed by a leader with questionable
authority."
The English is
appalling, what would one make of the irrationality of his
wretched reasoning. Iyiola and Ogboru will not mention the fact
that they, like other Deltans now fly straight from one of
Governor Uduaghan’s landmark achievements-the Asaba airport to
any part of Nigeria. They will also not mention the peace and
tranquillity that has so methodically replaced youth restiveness
which the worst governor Deltans will never have;OGBORU has so
painstakingly strived to revive in the state.
Ogboru’s mouthpiece has ridiculously asserted also that the
Government of Delta State under Dr. Uduaghan has deliberately
delayed proceedings at the
petition tribunals in order to deny Ogboru justice.
Iyiola makes this
claim in impeccable English thus : "and they deserve the blame
for long period of hearing of Ogboru's
petition.
The petition lasted three and half years. It was finally
resolved in November 9, 2010 when
the election annulled and a re – run was ordered."
Please be pretentious about his curious English. Is Iyiola
saying justice delayed, is justice denied?
The most flippant and indeed criminal of the D.P.P’s latest
distractive tendency is the allegation that the P.D.P government
in Delta State bought its victory at the election petition
tribunal which delivered judgment on July 25, 2011. It hinges
its rascally, irresponsible and criminal allegations on a report
by Sahara reporters.
This is a different song from the one Ogboru and his team
had sung in honour of the Judiciary on November 10, 2010,
when the election petition tribunal had ordered for a re – run
of the governorship election in Delta State.
With such comments, Ogboru seeks to bring the Judiciary he so
frequently runs to, into disrepute! Now he seems ready not to
bolster, but to erode the people’s confidence in the Judicial
process. Ogboru should as much as possible continue to exercise
his fundamental right to seek redress in the courts. But, he
must learn to have faith in the Judicial system, otherwise, he
is indeed a surmountable distraction.
Ogboru should realize that Democracy comes with a temperament.
Its ultimate good is to attract sustainable economic, social and
political growth. He cannot serve his people by force. He must
be made to comprehend that in partisan politics it is the
overall interest of the people, and in this case, Delta State
that matters. He reserves the right to contribute meaningfully
to the progress of the State, by embracing
the olive branch the amiable Governor Dr. Emmanuel
EwetaUduaghan has always extended to him or continue to be a
case study in manageable distraction.
Indeed, Great Ogboru is a victim of conspiracy. What is partisan
politics if not conspiracy?
A political party after all, is a group of people who
share the same political vision and who plan, strategize and
make the common vision to their constituents, translating into
electioneering
victory based on the inalienable rights of the people to choose.
The D.P.P brand of conspiracy is inferior, unlethal and poorly
marketed to the great discerning minds that make up “the Big
heart’’, Delta State.
Phrank Shaibu,Media Aide to Governor Uduaghan of Delta State
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