Death Of Delta APC Would-Be Governorship Candidate, Senator Ewerhido Attributed To “Spiritual Attacks” Over 2015 Elections

Akpor Pius Ewerhido
By SaharaReporters, New York
The death of Senator Pius Ewherido ofthe Democratic Peoples Party
(DPP) representing Delta Central Senatorial district in the National
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 5:50PM
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 hadblood 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 fortreatment 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
ofthe 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 diedof 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 the spiritual 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 in the 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 basedin 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 be
quoted lamented the sudden demise of Ewherido describing him as 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
broughtsuccor 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 messagesand 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 leaderin Sapele Local Government 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 theAPC, 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 INECto say
that he is the acting national chairman of the party in his bid to
force us into the merger."