Delta State Governor, Mr
Sheriff Oborowheri is currently having a cold war with his godfather, Mr
Ifeanyi Okowa, Despite public denial that all is well between the both of
Governor, EkweAnaedo confirm it through a liable source that Sheriff is already
tired of the immediate past governor’s interference in his government.
Okowa has repeatedly complained
to close friends and family that he regrets installing Sheriff as a governor.
Sheriff has systematically reduced the political influence of the henchmen
planted around him as appointees by Okowa through the starvation of funds to
their offices as well as non payments of contracts awarded in the last
government to his boys. Okowa’s right hand men who controlled the government in
the last administration are currently wailing and already plotting how to
de-market Sheriff and apply the Ambode treatment to him in the next election if
he continues to undermine Okowa and his boys.
“One of the issues that has
irked Okowa is how Sheriff exposed the huge debt nature of the state that he’s
still paying, yet the former governor still want patronage in form of contracts
to his boys when there’s no money to pay but just to service debt that he
handed over to him. Another lingering issue that was kept away from the public
is the alleged resignation of Okowa’s brother, Mr Tonobok Okowa from his
membership of the committee formed for the recently concluded 8th National
Youth Games hosted by Delta State Government. We gathered that Tonobok met the
Chairman of the Committee, Mr Solomon Ogba and told him that his brother,
Ifeanyi Okowa has directed that he should be given the contract to supply the
uniforms to be used during the competition and the Governor is also aware. Ogba
noted that he was not aware and will need to call Mr Sheriff to confirm, which
Tonobok urged him to do on the spot. Ogba according to our sources placed a
called to Sheriff and asked if he has given the mandate for the supply of the
competition uniforms to be supplied by Tonobok. “Our Corspondent gathered that
Sheriff immediately flared up in anger over the phone shouting, “No try am o.
Give that criminal, that thief? Who say make he collect such contract? The one
he thief never do”. The phone was on loud speaker unknown to the governor.
Tonobok walked away in shame claimed our sources and immediately deleted
Sheriff’s number from his phone and reported to his brother before tendering
his resignation from the committee. This particular one allegedly angered
Ifeanyi Okowa before he was detained in EFCC custody for days. He flew to
London after his detention and summoned Sheriff immediately for a meeting which
he attended for over a week where he got his commitment not to cooperate with
the EFCC to jail him.
EkweAnaedo gathered that
Sheriff flew into Nigeria from London on Thursday ahead of his ADC’s wedding
taking place on Saturday in Abuja.
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