Move by political associate of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of
Delta State and PDP Delta Chapter to woo
an All Progressives Congress strong man, Olorogun Jaro Egbo back to the Peoples
Democratic Party before the 2019 governorship elections, has been turned down,
BigPen Online can report.
Egbo, who decamped from PDP to APC just after President
Goodluck Jonathan surprised 2015 presidential election defeat alongside an
Itsekiri youth leader, Chief Ayirimi Emami, said he can’t afford to return to
“Egypt” (referring to PDP) where he left for the “promise land” (APC).
A former political opposition leader in Ethiope West chapter
of the Peoples Democratic Party and ardent supporter of Governor Okowa, who is
championing the reconciliation moves, Chief Duncan Oghenochuko Eghweree had
pleaded with Egbo to heed the calls for his return to PDP saying that there was
no future in the APC where he had sojourned.
Eghweree in on open letter to Egbo posted on Facebook, gave
a graphic details of how Egbo at a time, when he (Eghweree) held sway as
opposition leader lured him back to PDP fold despite the fact he was ill
treated by the power-that-be.
He said that APC has no future or structure in Delta State,
urging Egbo not to waste his political career in APC, rather return to PDP
where he is known as a mobiliser and would be accorded his due place in the
party.
“I address this letter to you through the press to return to
the same house we all built together.
“Because come to think of it, who did you met there when you
left your beautiful house (PDP)? I am tempted
to say nobody…..
Eghwere said that Egbo would only continue to remain a
“national messenger” in the APC family and not a grassroots politician,
pointing that APC and its leaders are ill prepared to take up governance when
the chips are down.
“You can be so influential in national politics, but once
the grassroots are not there, you become a national messenger. That is the
major implication!
“Those political opposition leaders over whose causes you
struggle today are ill prepared to take up any challenge when the real
political struggles starts.
“Some of them will not have the heart to execute political
plans if you draw up one. So what are we
talking about?
He, therefore, called on Egbo to call off his journey with
APC assuring him that the leadership of the PDP in the state led by Olorogun
Kingsley Esiso would accord him his due place when he eventually make up his
mind to return.
Eghweree said that he was head bent on ensuring Egbos return
to the PDP as 2019 approaches to make things work well for Governor Ifeanyi
Okowa.
But Egbo in a terse reply posted on the Facebook trend,
swiftly rejected the offer saying he is done with the PDP.
He wrote: “My big bros and dear in-law, Olorogun Ewhere D
Oghenochuko …I have left Egypt to the
promised Land no looking back..Thanks all the same for ur love and concern”.
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