Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has been mandated to mediate and resolve the crisis rocking the Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Newly inaugurated State Chairman, Cyril Ogodo, and the leader of the party, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor disclosed this during the expanded State Executive Committee meeting held at the party’s secretariat in Asaba, the state capital on Saturday.
Ogodo, speaking at the meeting stressed that SEC would give the minister and Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee their support towards easy resolution of the crisis rocking the party in the state.
The party chairman, however, noted that crisis in the party would not affect its chances in the forthcoming 2019 general elections as the party is poised to dislodging the Peoples Democratic Party-led government from the state.
He commended APC chieftains in the state for standing firm in the face of the many challenges, saying that in no distant time the party will unite and fight together to unseat the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa-led government.
In his remark, the State Leader of the party, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, while briefing SEC members on the state of affairs of the party in the state, congratulated Ogodo and his executives for their successes at the congresses and for their successful swearing-in.
He added that the new National Chairman was misled which enabled the Ogboru/Agege group to obtain an alleged fraudulent consent judgement.