An Appeal to Party Stakeholders, Delegates & Constituents
To the distinguished leaders of our great party; to the elders who have carried its flame through storm and sunshine; to the Local Government Chairmen, Ward Chairmen, party faithful, and to every man and woman across the eight Local Government Areas of Delta South who still believes that a senator can be more than just a name on the ballot this appeal is addressed to you.
The primaries are upon us. The hour of consequential decision has arrived.
And in moments like this, Delta South does not need sentiment. It does not need another season of unfulfilled promises from leadership defined more by absence than achievement.
Delta South needs a senator who has already demonstrated what he will do because he has already done it.
That man is Sir Itiako Ikpokpo Malik KSM.
> “Where others speak of bridges, Malik has already crossed them — with every tribe, every community, and every ward.”
A Candidate Accepted Across All Tribes
Delta South is not a monolith. It is a living mosaic; Isoko, Ijaw, Itsekiri, and the Urhobos of Warri South and Patani four proud peoples with distinct histories, voices, and aspirations.
Any senatorial candidate who cannot genuinely speak to all four has no business representing all four.
Sir Malik is the rare exception.
Across the breadth of the senatorial district, his name carries no stain of ethnic partiality. He is received in Isoko communities with the warmth of kinship; welcomed in Ijaw communities with the trust reserved for proven allies; embraced in Itsekiri circles with the recognition of a leader who has always regarded their interests as inseparable from the collective destiny of Delta South; and respected among the Urhobos of Warri South and Patani as a statesman who sees Delta South as one people, not fragmented interests.
This is not a coalition hurriedly assembled on the eve of primaries. It is the natural harvest of years of sincere relationships built across communities.
Sir Malik did not begin learning the names of communities because he decided to contest. He never stopped knowing them.
For Delta South, this kind of authentic multi-ethnic acceptability is not merely a political advantage. It is the very foundation of effective representation.
*A Man Whose Relationships Are Already Working for Delta South*
Politics, at its most honest level, is the management of relationships.
Power does not flow merely through speeches or slogans. It flows through trust cultivated over time, across meetings, negotiations, and moments that matter.
Sir Malik has spent decades building precisely this architecture of trust, and it spans every layer of Delta South’s political and civic structure.
From respected party elders who remember when political struggle demanded sacrifice, to Local Government Chairmen whose collaboration determines governance at the grassroots, Sir Malik is known and more importantly, trusted.
Ward Chairmen across the district have witnessed his consistency. Ordinary constituents, the fisherman in Burutu, the trader in Oleh, the youth in Warri, know a man who does not reserve his humility for campaign seasons or cameras.
This network of relationships is not incidental to his candidacy. It is the engine of it.
When Sir Malik enters the Senate, he will not spend his first years introducing himself to the institutions and people necessary for development. Those relationships are already operational.
The C.L.U.E Agenda
A Clear Path to Reposition Delta South
Delta South has endured enough political visions that disappeared immediately after inauguration ceremonies.
Sir Malik arrives with something different a structured, collaborative, and people-centred legislative blueprint known as the C.L.U.E Agenda.
C — Communicate
Effective representation begins with communication.
A senator who does not engage the people cannot truly understand their struggles, priorities, or aspirations. Disconnect between elected representatives and constituents is the birthplace of failed representation.
Sir Malik proposes quarterly town hall engagements across Delta South to create a continuous feedback mechanism between leadership and the people.
L — Legislative Excellence
Focused, research-driven, and constituency-responsive lawmaking.
Representation that is influential, respected, and heard in the National Assembly not merely physically present.
U — Unity & Inclusion
Ensuring that no tribe, ward, community, or local government is excluded from senatorial attention, opportunities, or developmental priorities.
E — Empowerment & Economy
Driving youth empowerment, women’s economic inclusion, entrepreneurship, small business development, and wealth creation initiatives anchored in federal legislative support.
Most importantly, the C.L.U.E Agenda is not designed as a one-man show.
Its implementation envisions collaboration among Local Government Chairmen, party stakeholders, traditional institutions, civil society, and the communities themselves.
This is governance as partnership not governance as spectacle.
Prepared for Abuja Before Arrival
Delta South’s challenges are not merely local. They are deeply connected to national policy, federal budgetary structures, and legislative negotiations within the National Assembly.
A senator who understands only the constituency but not the Senate itself leaves his people perpetually disadvantaged.
Sir Malik understands national politics.
His service as Director General of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) at the national headquarters in Abuja gave him something few candidates possess: operational familiarity with the federal system.
ALGON — the apex body representing Nigeria’s 774 Local Governments — placed him at the centre of intergovernmental coordination, legislative advocacy, and national policy engagement.
He understands the corridors where decisions are made because he has already worked within them.
When Sir Malik walks into the Senate Chamber, he will not be learning governance. He will be ready from day one.
“Delta South does not need another senator who learns on the job.
It needs one who arrives prepared.”
A Grassroots Politician Who Understands the People
Intelligence without empathy produces policies that never touch lives.
Experience without accessibility produces leaders people cannot reach.
Sir Malik is neither.
As a two-term Chairman of Isoko South Local Government Area, he governed from the realities of everyday people balancing limited resources against enormous community needs while remaining accountable to the public trust.
He knows what it means when roads collapse during rainy seasons. He understands what it means when healthcare centres lack basic supplies. He understands youth unemployment not as statistics, but as lived frustration.
He does not require briefing notes to understand the condition of Delta South. He has lived among the people whose voices he seeks to represent.
The Strategic Candidate APC Needs
Let us speak plainly.
Every senatorial seat in 2027 will contribute to the broader success of the APC at both state and federal levels.
A divisive candidate weakens the ticket. A polarising candidate forces party leaders into unnecessary political firefighting. A candidate disconnected from the grassroots becomes a liability.
Sir Itiako Ikpokpo Malik KSM represents the opposite.
His cross-tribal appeal, grassroots relationships, and political accessibility make him a unifying force rather than a burden on the party structure.
His candidacy strengthens President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda in Delta South.
It strengthens Governor Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori’s legislative stability and political coalition.
Most importantly, it gives the APC a candidate capable not merely of contesting but of genuinely winning with dignity, unity, and broad-based acceptance.
Standing Firmly with Governor Oborevwori & President Tinubu
Political loyalty is not blind personal attachment. It is strategic alignment for collective progress.
Sir Malik’s support for Governor Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has been principled and consistent not opportunistic.
Likewise, his support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda reflects genuine conviction that Delta South must actively participate in Nigeria’s rebuilding process rather than remain politically isolated.
A Malik Senate seat is:
A seat that works with the Governor.
A seat that strengthens the President’s agenda.
A seat that amplifies Delta South’s relevance at the national level.
A Record Already Proven
Sir Itiako Ikpokpo Malik KSM does not come before Delta South as an aspirant without history.
He comes with a record tested, visible, and productive.
As Director General of ALGON, he engaged directly with ministers, governors, legislators, and federal institutions on matters affecting local governance nationwide.
Accessible at the ward level. Experienced at the national level. Accountable to the people.
This is the candidate before Delta South today.
To every delegate preparing to cast a vote in the coming days:
This is not merely a party decision. It is a Delta South decision.
Choose the man who unites where others divide.
Choose the man who connects where others are absent.
Choose the man who understands both the corridors of Abuja and the realities of Burutu, Oleh, Warri, Patani, Bomadi, and every corner of Delta South.
Choose competence.
Choose inclusion.
Choose preparedness.
Choose victory.
Choose Sir Itiako Ikpokpo Malik KSM for APC Senatorial Candidate, Delta South Senatorial District.
Godspower Ogoru
A Voter in Warri South
