Delta 2015: Keyamo declares intention, says incumbent PDP government is corrupt

Some Deltans and friends of Delta state at the weekend declared their support for the gubernatorial ambition of legal practitioner and human rights activist, Barrister Festus Keyamo.

Among those who endorsed his candidature was anti-corruption campaigner and former member of the House of Representatives, Otunba Dino Melaye.
Last Saturday, the ancient town played host to hundreds of guests from different parts of the country. Various local government areas also joined members of the Delta Forces United (DFU) Ughelli North chapter to show solidarity to Keyamo
Keyamo who used the occasion of the town hall meeting that was held at Ekiagbon hall, Ughelli, to declare his intention said he has the structures to fight the ruling Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, in the state.
His statement is a response to statements credited to some PDP leaders in Delta State, that the lawyer lacks the structure to pursue his 2015 gubernatorial ambition.
He reminded members of the PDP in Delta State that he made his name outside Asaba, the state capital, declaring that he knows the opposition in and out.
According to him, “We have no link with the treasury in Asaba. We made our name outside Asaba. There is nothing they have that we do not have. I have the structures to fight for the opposition in Delta State. We will not allow them rig our votes again”.
The human rights activist who is yet to openly declare his membership of any registered political party save for his newly formed DFU, vowed that he was ready to go to prison or be detained in the course of fighting to liberate Deltans from the stranglehold of a small political clique.
He assured members of DFU that should anyone be arrested in Delta State to Abuja or Alagbon Close in Lagos State (location of DFU offices) in the course of the struggle, lawyers are already positioned to defend them without taking anything for legal services.
The governorship hopeful who branded the youth empowerment programme by various administrations as a “complete fraud,” said “what youth in Delta State need are permanent jobs as well as an enabling environment for businesses to thrive”.

He promised that if given the gubernatorial mandate in 2015, his administration will tackle unemployment through agriculture, just as he vowed that he will address corruption in governance by “publishing every contract awarded, to whom it was awarded and when such contracts will be completed and commissioned”. This is contrary to what obtains at the moment.
According to Keyamo, he has not come into politics as an Urhobo candidate and neither was he out to run a sectional agenda but principally to create an environment that gives hope to all Deltans irrespective of ethnic groups.
Ughelli North Coordinator of DFU, Mr. Osiwe Otega Anthony, charged members as well as Deltans to work with their conscience and work for the emergence of “credible candidates like Festus Keyamo and not to be tempted to vote for tribes because it is what has been killing the state”.
A Former Chairman of Ughelli North local government, Hon. Akporoka Julius who claimed to have wined and dined with top PDP members in the state vowed that DFU in collaboration with any registered Party would seize power from the ruling party for the purpose of developing the state.
Others who pledged their loyalty to DFU in their separate remarks included Aniocha South Coordinator of DFU; Comrade Chuks Okpunor, Joy Onajiteh Ugbobor, Pastor Ochuko Adjebredafe and members of the Isoko Youth Development Foundation led by Comrade Godspower Okare.
The Chairman of Ekeremor Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, Hon. Serekibina Sabo was also among the friends of Delta who were at the town hall meeting to give support to keyamo.