Delta state chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Barrister Kingsley Esiso, on Tuesday, dismissed the threat issued by Adams Oshiomhole, the former governor of Edo state and APC national chairmanship aspirant, that he would fight to take over Ekiti, Delta and Rivers states with particular reference to Delta, as a figment of his imagination.
Oshiomhole, who is gunning for the APC chairmanship and reported to be the favourite of President Muhammadu Buhari, had said that he would concentrate his energy after emerging chairman on claiming Ekiti, Delta and Rivers states but paid much reference to Delta state.
But speaking with journalists in his office, Barrister Esiso said Oshiomohle enjoys talking and trying to paint himself as a saint when he is not one, noting that the people of Delta and PDP are waiting for him to come and seize Delta from PDP and perfect his threats in the 2019 general elections.
He said as far as he is concerned, Delta is a PDP state and the state will remain PDP irrespective of the threat of Oshiomhole, the immediate past governor of Edo state and who has made himself one of the biggest rivals of the PDP in the country.
However, on the threat of Delta state APC chairman, Cyril Ogodo, who was newly inaugurated and vowed to sack Governor Ifeanyi Okowa from government house in 2019, Barrister Esiso underrated his threat and declined to comment, saying it was unnecessary to comment on that as he does not have the capacity to lead Delta APC to win the governorship election.