Delta 2023: Gbagi has all it takes to be governor of Delta, Okumagba urges Okowa

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The traditional ruler, the Orosuen of Okere Urhobo Kingdom, Delta State, His Royal Majesty (HRM), Emmanuel Okumagba II, has reaffirmed his unflinching confidence in the Frontline gubernatorial aspirant under the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Olorogun Barr. Kenneth Gbagi in succeeding the incumbent Governor, Dr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa.

The royal father who described Barr. Gbagi as an ideal replacement for Okowa, stated blankly that the former remained the best person to deliver the dividends of democracy to Deltans come 2023.

HRM Okumagba, made the statement on Tuesday March 2022, when well-wishers paid him homage at his Palace to mark his 75th birthday anniversary.

The revered monarch, insisted that “If Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, will handover to any Urhobo man, it will be Chief Kenneth Gbagi.

One of the subjects of the king, who wore the campaign face cap of the renowned Industrialist and Private investor, Olorogun Gbagi, to the Palace, disclosed that Okumagba II, the Orosuen of Okere Urhobo kingdom, made the declarations “when I went to felicitate with him on the occasion of his 75th birthday today”.

Speaking, he said, “The issue came up because I wore the Olorogun Barr. Kenneth Gbagi face cap to the Orosuen’s residence this morning, and the unfolding argument ensued as to who will the Governor handover to in 2023”.