Fear grips opponents as all is now set to returned Senator Agadaga unopposed on Monday

By Our Correspondent 

Ahead of Monday 18th All Progressives Congress (APC) Senatorial Primaries, political opponents are in perpetual fear as all arrangement have been concluded to returned Senator Benson Sunday Agadaga unopposed.

L -R Dr Iti Orugbani and Senator Benson Agadaga.

This was sequel to his endorsement by the Stakeholders of Bayelsa East Senatorial District to run for a second term.

Dr. Iti Orugbani, a former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, said his endorsement was based on the federal lawmaker’s track record of good deeds and massive execution of projects across communities in the senatorial district.

Orugbani highlighted some of the projects, including landing jetties, telecommunication masts, town halls and others, noting that Agadaga’s performance has surpassed that of those who hitherto represented the oil-rich area.

Bayelsa East Senatorial District comprises Ogbia, Brass and Nembe Local Government Areas of the state.

He said the state’s eastern political enclave  respect the 2022 zoning agreement, which guaranteed a second term for senators from the district and urged them to strengthening the existing unity, peace and love among the people  in the forthcoming 2027 polls.

He said: “In 2022, leaders and stakeholders across party lines from Bayelsa East held a meeting and altered the old single-term agreement for senators from the district. They signed that, beginning from 2023, any senator emerging from the district must serve a minimum of two terms.

“The stakeholders in 2022 changed the old political agreement because they saw that it was no longer beneficial to the district. And because it was Ogbia Local Government Area that started the old zoning arrangement by producing the first senator in 1999, that was why  Ogbia begin the new two-term zoning agreement.”