Delta 2023: Labour Party guber cadidate, Ken Pela, visits Edwin Clark, receives blessings
The Delta State Labour Party Governorship candidate for the Saturday March 18 2023. Gubernatorial and state Houses of Assembly elections in the state, Ken Pela on Monday paid a visit to Elder statesman and leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Clark, where he received blessings from the great Ijaw leader.
Pa Clark received Pela during a courtesy visit by the candidate at his residence in Abuja.
The elder statesman said, “My hope, whoever becomes the governor of Delta State, my home state, should be a straightforward person, competent, respected and with good character, not a person that will ‘eat’ our money at the expense of the state.
“Nothing can prevent me from giving my blessing, so God will therefore guide you.
“You will have my blessings and my sons are in the field, whoever follows the process and wins is my governor.
Fielding questions from journalists, the governorship candidate noted that this election season is unlike the previous ones as power is vested in the people, and the chances of the LP are bright because they have the people’s support.
The governorship candidate who maintained that the chances of his party winning Delta State in the March 18 governorship election were very bright, however, lamented that INEC acted with impunity by not transmitting the presidential election results according to the Electoral Act of 2022.
While mocking the ruling APC in the state, which was beaten by his party during the presidential election, the governorship candidate said Clark’s blessing to him was more than words.
He said, “The chances of the Labour Party are very bright in Delta and I am sure that we are all aware that in the last election, the PDP, the ruling party in Delta, was beaten for the first time by an opposition party.
“This election circle is different, power resides with the people. Our chances are very bright because we believe the people are solidly behind us. We will win this election fair and square.
“We did not have any fear going into the last election; we felt with the new Electoral Act and BVAS, there was no fear and INEC promised us several times, but they did certain things that we did not expect.
“They acted with impunity, and contrary to the law, they did not transmit the results as they were supposed to. We will not let that happen again. We are prepared for them this time.
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