Okowa: Obi won S’South, S’East on account of religion, ethnicity

Delta State Governor and vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, says the presidential flag-bearer of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, won states in the South-East and South-South regions of the country during the February 25 poll over religious and ethnic sentiments.

Okowa said the agitation that a southerner should succeed President Muhammadu Buhari, a northerner, also contributed to the sweeping victory recorded by Obi during the just concluded presidential election.

The governor said this while reacting to the outcome of the February presidential poll in Asaba, the Delta State capital, on Monday.

Obi won in the southeastern states of Abia, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, and Anambra.

The former governor of Anambra State also won in Okowa’s state, Delta, as well as Cross River and Edo states.

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“A lot of factors contributed to the sweeping victory of Obi in South-South and South-East.

“The agitation that the Presidency should come to the southern part of the country, religion and Igbo presidency are key factors.

“The Obidient movement is a movement that swept across the South-South and South-East.

“The people wanted Obi as a change. They believe it is the turn of South-East. I believe that people have exercised their rights in a democratic process but INEC did not follow the Electoral Act,” Governor Okowa stated.

Speaking on the mass defection by the PDP members in Delta State to the All Progressive Congress (APC), Okowa said everyone has the right to defect.

He stated that some members of the APC in the state were also defecting to the PDP.

The Star