Ogburu received, ran away with N42m election money –Clark Elder statesman and foremost Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark has made startling revelations on how the governorship candidate of the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) in the 2007 and 2011 general elections in Delta State, Chief Great Ogboru ran away with N42m contributed for him to pursue his aspiration. He also advanced reasons why the gubernatorial bid of former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsdey Orubebe may hit the rocks, saying the people of Delta State will not vote for him. Clark, who spoke when top contender for the 2015 governorship race, Obaisi Ovie Omo-Agege visited his Kiagbodo country home in continuation of his consultation with stakeholders on his gubernatorial quest said, Orubebe cannot be governor “if we are still fighting for Jonathan to be President.” Recalling the political upheavals that engulfed the State in the aftermath of the emergence of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan as the State Governor in 2007, he said: “For sometime Delta was divided, there was no peace. I now met people like Great Ogboru to come and intervene but for reasons best known to them they lost. One has to be sincere. In this house, I collected money from people, I gave Ogburu on this floor N42 million I collected from people for him. What did he do with the money? When he failed, he ran away with the money to Lagos. Read more... politicsgovernance/?p=1235
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 10:57:11 +0000
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