They spoke during a familiarization visit by the party leadership to Isoko North local government area of the state. Esiso, a lawyer, who addressed members of the party at Isoko North Secretariat, Ozoro, said: “It is imperative we unite the party in Isoko North and other areas where we are having pockets of differences in the state and the country because whatever successes we have recorded in the past was largely due to the unity that existed between the party echelon and the people.
“I appeal strongly to the leaders of our party in Isoko North to put aside their differences in order to make the party greater than it used to be,” Esiso said, disclosing that the Isoko North Chapter of the party is very important to the State because they have always delivered the party’s candidates from 1998 to date.
Minority Leader of House of Representatives, Hon. Leo Ogor, acknowledged that there were pockets of differences in the area which would be resolved in the interest of the party and the people.
Earlier, the chairman of the party in the local government, Prince Godwin Ogorugba, had assured Esiso and his entourage of the unalloyed loyalty and support of party faithful in the area to the SMART Agenda of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa declaring, “there is NO VACANCY at Delta Government House come 2019.”
The familiarisation visit was witnessed by several party bigwigs in the area including Majority Leader of the Delta State House of Assembly Hon. Tim Owhefere; Delta State Commissioner for Housing, Joseph Ogeh; Isoko North Council Chairman, Hon. Emmanuel Egbabor; Commissioner, DESOPADEC, Hon. Ovie Oghoore; Special Adviser, Security to the governor, Prof. Saliba Mukoro; Chairman, Delta State Post-Primary Education Board, Dr. Patrick Akporuno; Immediate past SSG, Comrade Ovuozourie Macaulay among others.
Pioneer Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Emmanuel Okoro, moved a motion for vote of confidence to be passed on Governor Okowa, the party leadership from national level, led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi, National Vice Chairman, South South, Elder Emmanuel Ogidi; Senator James Manager and others. The motion was was seconded by the State Legal Adviser, Barr. Bernard Odior, and unanimously adopted.
