The Fred Majemite Campaign Organization has rejected the report of the Screening Committee which disqualified him from running for the 2023 Delta State governorship race.
Point News247 reports that the campaign organization insists that the report of the Screening Committee set up by DC-23, which was presented Wednesday, does not represent the wishes of the majority of Delta Central and Deltans in general.
The group maintained that Barrister Fred Majemite is the most qualified candidate, faulting the Screening Committee for coming up with this “script called report which does not reflect public expectations”.
The rejection was contained in a statement signed by Ovie Edomi,
Campaign Manager and Head of Media/ Public Communication, for the Majemite Campaign Organization.
Edomi said the report of the Screening Committee; “did not come as a surprise to most of us Deltans because speculations have been on-going concerning how the group is working for a particular candidate but Olorogun Barrister Fred Majemite decided to respect the Urhobo leaders despite the rumour making the rounds believing that the Screening Committee made up of academics, clerics and other distinguished Urhobos will not be allowed to be used to hatch the plan of some persons”.
The Campaign Manager added that; “The disturbing thing which equally makes the DC-23 Screening Committee’s report unacceptable is that the Committee listed five persons without stating the criteria for selecting the five. One expects a report of this nature if it must be credible and acceptable to follow some procedures that show transparency, fairness, objectivity, constitutional democracy and respect for human rights”.
The statement continued; “For instance the Screening Committee’s term of reference includes picking an Urhobo aspirant using certain criteria. If we may ask how did the Committee rate and determined the financial strength of the aspirants? Did the Screening Committee equally carry out a poll to know the popularity / acceptance rating of the Urhobo aspirants by the generality of Deltans? How did the Committee measure the capabilities of the aspirants. How was their health status and fitness determined? Equally astonishing is how an aspirant who attended the screening only once out of three stages of the screening excercise made the list”.
Saying the report of the Committee seems scripted, Edomi added; “Unfortunately, the Committee left right thinking people in doubt of their capacity to do a thorough job or were they playing a written script as was being speculated? Again, we were not surprised because one of the Committee members had confided in a respected Cleric in the land that the screening Committee was being teleguided hence the inclusion of an aspirant who attended the screening excercise once. The Screening Committee member further told the notable cleric that the aspirant who attended only once but made the list of five will not make the last three”.
“At the end of the screening excercise, we will not be surprised that the name that has been speculated as the one the Committee is working for, will emerge. At that point, Urhobos and Deltans will realize that we have all been taken for granted”.
“We expected the Screening Committee to invite members of the press to the screening excercise including Civil rights organizations but it was not so all through the entire excercises. This action and the eventual report which has been predicted will only strengthen Olorogun Barrister Fred Majemite the more”.
The Campaign group posits that
Majemite is a frontline aspirant for the 2023 governorship election in Delta State and will continue to pursue his ambition to a logical conclusion.
Edomi added further that; “Majemite believes in our party the PDP and its leaders in the state as well as at the national level. He believes they have the final say on who becomes the flag bearer of the party. Till they so decide, we shall continue to seek the support of all, including the members of Urhobo Progressive Union, UPU, the apex Urhobo Cultural group and other unions that have men and women of undiluted integrity”.
“Once again, we honestly reject the report of the lobby group screening committee
Let it be placed on record that Majemite is a man of peace and would continue to reach out to the people to promote his manifesto in preparation for party primaries in 2022″.
“Whatever yardstick used to judge the pedigree and eligibility of those shortlisted remain an internal intrigue of the lobby group, and it is completely rejected as long as the process lack depth, transparency, fairness, objectivity and democratic tendencies.
We therefore urge all supporters and political associates of Olorogun Barrister Fred Majemite in Delta Central Senatorial District and across Delta State and beyond to keep hope alive. Power comes from God so together we shall by the grace of the one that gives power prevail at the party primaries next year”.
