Delta commissioner for information Charles Aniagwu on Wednesday spoke openly about the rumoured political future of Marilyn Okowa-Daramola, daughter of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.
Aniagwu said she is qualified to run for any political office in the state in 2023.
Briefing newsmen in Asaba, Aniagwu warned that political agitators should address issues rather than attacking individuals for cheap political blackmail.
He said that a certain section of Ika North East had, for 20 years, occupied the state political space, especially in the House of Assembly, adding that it would not be asking for too much for the other section to take its turn.
“I am from the council area and I urge the agitators to address issues, and not attack individuals. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s daughter is eminently qualified to run for House of Assembly election,” said Aniagwu.
“Governor Okowa is reluctant, but people of the community and the LGA are pushing her, knowing her pedigree, competence, intelligence and creativity and that she has the ability to represent them.
“If the governor’s daughter is qualified. So, why not? People of divergent views must not look for those to pull down, after all a particular section of the council area had been occupying the position in the past 20 years.”
Okowa-Daramola is her father’s senior special assistant on girl-child empowerment.
