(DPP) representing Delta Central Senatorial district in theNational
Assembly today has sent tongues wagging in Delta State forcing the
state government to urge calm.
Since the announcement of Ewerhido's death today, the Delta Central
Senatorial district and Delta state in general have been thrown into
mourning.
Several of the late senator's constituents and family members wept
uncontrollably when the sad news was broken to them around 5:50 PM
Nigerian time.
Some political associates of Senator Ewherido told Saharareporters
that the death of the senator was due to "spiritual attacks" that took
place few days ago which boils down to 2015 elections.
According to our sources, Senator Ewherido slumped three days ago
while answering a phone call and had blood gushing out of his mouth
and nose before he was rushed to the National Hospital in Abuja .
Since his hospitalization, the Delta State government had reportedly
begun preparations to fly him to Germany for treatment before he gave
up the ghost this evening.
Another source close to the senator told Saharareporters that Ewherido
has already been designated as the Delta state governorship candidate
of the yet to be registered All Progressives Congress (APC) in the
forthcoming 2015 elections and all plans to that effect were already
sealed awaiting the registration and full fledge take off of the
party.
However, a medical source at the National Hospital told
Saharareporters that the senator died of heart attack after he had a
stroke some 48 hours ago.
Senator Ewerhido was recently expelled from the Democratic People's
Party (DPP), accused of attending the meetings of the APC without
authorization.
Insisting that the senator was "killed' by his enemies, our source who
was speaking in a solemn tune further disclosed thespiritual attacks
have several angles to it, saying that they suspect an unnamed
politician serving in governor Emmanuel Uduaghan's government who had
a running battle with Ewherido during the PDP primaries for the
senatorial district before the senator cross carpeted to the DPP and
defeated him inthe 2011 elections. He allegedly boasted severally that
he is still a senator in waiting.
Our source also disclosed that a onetime governorship aspirant and oil
magnate from Sapele who is based in Port Harcourt, was also
"spiritually attacked" by the same politician but the he survived
through divine intervention.
"My brother the death of Senator Pius Ewherido is not ordinary. Delta
state has lost a gem, our only hope for 2015 election. The most
painful aspect of it all is that he has already gotten the ticket to
fly the APC governorship flag in the state and now look at what has
befallen us. Delta state politics has turned into something else.
Those behind the death of Chief (Barr) Pius Akpor Ewherido, our
distinguished Senator, alias "Gogorogo" shall never go unpunished", he
said before hanging up the phone.
Several political associates of the senator who did not want to
bequoted lamented the sudden demise of Ewherido describing himas their
best hope for a shot at the governorship of Delta state in 2015. They
said he was a fine gentleman and astute politician who has brought
succor to his people.
In the past two months social media platforms as well as political
groups have been buzzing with the of plans by Ewherido to contest the
governorship seat come 2015.
Meanwhile, the Government of Delta State has commiserated with the
family of senator Ewherido.
In a statement released and signed by the Secretary to the State
Government, Comrade Ovuozourie Macaulay and made available to media,
expressed its deep condolences to the family at this trying moment and
advised Deltans, particularly members of his constituency to remain
calm.
"We pray that God grants his family, constituents and all of us,the
fortitude to bear the irreparable loss." The statement said.
As at the time of writing this report the social media have been
flooded with a series of condolence messages and the life and time of
Ewherido.
It would be recalled that the Delta state chapter of the Democratic
People's Party (DPP) on May Ist, 2013 suspended Senator Pius Ewherido,
the acting national deputy chairman, Olisemeka Akamukale, the vice
chairman of Delta central senatorial district, Henry Olori as well as
a leader in Sapele LocalGovernment Area of Delta State, Cyril Ogodor
from the party.
Briefing the press in his office, Asaba, Chairman of the DPP in the
State, Chief Tony Ezeagwu had explained that the decision to suspend
the members was reached at the state executive council as a result of
what he called gross misconduct and anti-party activities.
"We inaugurated a 12-man committee to midwife our joining the APC, and
we officially applied, but the application was not approved. But
Ewherido and Akamukale went ahead and been attending APC meetings when
we have not been admitted into that fold. Akamukale went to INEC to
say that he is the acting national chairman of the party in his bid to
force us into the merger."
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