DELTA 2023: IS CHIEF JAMES AUGOUYE THE MESSIAH TO COME?....Sanco Ese Darlington

Governorship Aspirant

"I am not in Chief James Augouye's campaign team neither am I speaking as a party faithful but, I commend him for having the courage to aspire to be Governor come 2023".... Sanco.

Whoever has a problem of inferiority and intolerance will not like this. He or she might insult me or feel insulted by my unbiased presentation on this great son of OSU Federal Constituency. 

In any case, insults mean nothing to me. They only fuel my resolve and strengthen my determination. They are like water off a duck's back and neither can they deter me from speaking my mind on any pressing or burning issue, no matter how unpopular my position might be. 

Those that do not have the presence of mind or, the discipline to read beyond three lines, see beyond their nose or that are so filled with hate and blighted by ignorance, to the extent that it has beclouded their better judgement, should not bother attempting to read this contribution. 

For those that are interested in knowing the truth and in actually learning something about a man that was as maligned, misrepresented and misunderstood as I have been over the years, should please go ahead and do me the honor of reading it. Whichever way, it takes absolutely nothing from me. 

Yesterday, my leader, my friend and brother, Chief James Augouye, the immediate past Commissioner for Works, under His Excellency, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa paid a consultative visit to the National Executive of OSU Governorship Movement, OGM.

It was a moment of joy and fulfillment to the Okpe, Sapele and Uvwie (OSU) people as he declared his intention to run for Governor, come 2023. It was particularly so since he is the only one who has openly consulted his immediate constituency to inform them of his ambition.

I am not in Chief James Augouye's campaign team neither am I speaking as a party faithful but, I commend him for having the courage to aspire to be Governor come 2023.

His ambition stands him out from other OSU federal constituency politicians of the APC and PDP extractions. 

When the facts of history are written, he will go down as a man of great courage who did not run away or maintain a conspiratorial silence when it was the right time to redeem his people. The prayers of the OSU people are with him because he carries the collective burden and aspiration of a people so traumatised by the fear of neglect, political subjugation and ethnic domination. 

In all of my sojourn in the murky waters of politics, I have never seen a politician who has traversed the length and breath of Delta state with a documented road map to peace, unity and development of Delta State like him. The peculiar responsibilities assigned to him and knowledge gathered while in government, makes him way higher above other aspirants in terms of the needs and aspirations of Deltans.

His level of humility,courage and inexplicable love for his immediate constituency and Deltans at large, still remains a mystery for students of contemporary politics in our modern democratic dispensation. 

Chief Augouye is an Okpe man from OSU Federal Constituency who has the courage and conviction to say that he wants to be Governor for now. Why should we not stand with him, encourage him and give him our support?

We come from completely different backgrounds and we may not agree on everything but, we have a similar disposition and we share the same perspective on most things.

Like most politicians of our time, he is not bound up in fear and he is not chained down by political correctness. 

With humility, he speaks the raw and bitter truth and he stands up for the weak, the vulnerable and the defenceless.

Like me, he moves in the prophetic and his source of strength is the Spirit and power of God.

We both love God and we are both men of strength, courage, faith and destiny.

The Spirit of David and Jehu runs through us both. We neither fear death, disappointment, incarceration nor bow down to the enemy and we hate injustice, evil and oppression.

I am very proud of him and I never desert or abandon my friends. He is and will always be my friend, leader and brother. How many politicians of OSU from either APC or PDP have the guts to dare aspire as it were today? I am not talking of pretenders but I am talking of contestants. 

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter because, the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

We must give up the silly idea of folding our hands and waiting on God to do everything for us. If God had intended for that, then he would not have given us a mind. Whatever you want in life, you must make up your mind to do it for yourself.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends and those who were supposed to show the way 

Chief James Augouye is a man of destiny and he is the most sought after politician in Delta state as it is today. He is humble, accessible and gentle. He is the only man from OSU in the contest who represents, respect, listens, assists and carries our collective burden and aspirations as at today.

The two greatest virtues are courage and loyalty. 

If you have them, you are everything. If you lack them, you are nothing.

As we journey towards 2023, may God give us more men of courage, character and style. IJN! 

Sanco Ese is my name and I am God's Pen of Intervention