The President of the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Dr. Bitrus Pogu has accused Dekta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa of betraying the Southern Region for his own “selfish interest.”
Pogu, during an interview with Arise TV, alleged that Okowa worked against the South during the PDP presidential primary which produced Atiku Abubakar as the party’s flagbearer.
He blamed Okowa for playing a major part in the crisis rocking the PDP, adding that the governor ensured that the his delegate cast their votes for a Northern candidate.
The Southern governors had a meeting in Delta State, in the government house of the current PDP Vice Presidential candidate and he read their communique.
“In the presentation of the communique, he read and said that the southern governors, irrespective of political parties, the presidency should go to the south. That all of them should not, therefore, not accept to be running mate to any northern candidate.
“Now, the funny thing is that the governor of Delta, in whose place this meeting was held and who read the communique, first of all, not only betrayed the South by ensuring that his delegates cast votes for a northern candidate, but he also grabbed the position of vice president. This is double jeopardy,” Pogu said.