Delta youths didn’t chase Elumelu away – Campaign group

Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, was not chased away from Oko community in Delta State during the Peoples Democratic Party campaign, the lawmaker’s campaign organisation has stated.

The Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu Campaign Organisation stated that the campaign train was welcomed in Oko the Oshimili South Local Government of the state during their visit on Wednesday.

The PUNCH had reported that the community youths had prevented Elumelu from entering the community over failure to address community challenges as a lawmaker over the years.

But in a Thursday statement by the Director of Oshimili South Campaign
Elumelu Campaign Council, Eloke Aziekwu, there was no such occurrence.

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The statement partly read, “At no time was the well-received PDP Ward to Ward Campaign in Delta North Senatorial District disrupted or challenged, let alone prevented in Oko by angry youth as claimed in the said publication.

“Also, at no time did any persons, group of persons or youths challenged or stopped the Minority Leader, Rt. Hon Ndudi Elumelu from entering Oko Community or any other community for that matter as purported in the misleading report.

“Contrary to the said report, PDP Ward to Ward Campaign train which had the Minority Leader and other leaders like Senator Ned Nwoko, Bridget Anyafulu and all the PDP candidates in the forthcoming 2023 elections, was excitedly received by the people of the Oko Community, especially the youths, who came out enmasse particularly to cheer and celebrate Hon. Elumelu for his numerous development projects and citizen empowerment in the area.”

The statement added that the campaign train was welcomed by the youth leader.

It added, “The youths of Oko community, through their leader, properly identified as Mr. Chukwudi Okolie, warmly welcome and appreciated the Minority Leader for attracting projects to their Communities and declared their resolve to re-elect him to the National Assembly.

“The community recalled the numerous empowerment schemes and infrastructural projects by Hon. Elumelu, including the 26-point Oko landing bay, initiated and completed by him as part of his constituency project, with 8 brand new 22-seater speed boats to shuttle between Oko and Asaba, which will be commissioned in January 2023.

“The Youth Leader, however, used the opportunity to call for intervention about the state of a particular road and the issue faulty transformer and urged the campaign train to take their message to the state government.”