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Delta 2023: Omo-Agege Accused Of Promoting Ethnic Disunity In Warri, Delta

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4 years ago

December 2, 2021

DSP Ovie Omo-Agege

By Celestine Ukah, Warri

Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ovie Omo-Agege has been accussed of encouraging ethnic disunity among the various ethnic groups in Warri and its environs.

A Warri based lawyer, Chief Robinson Ariyo, Esq., who made this accusation in an electronic tarse he made available to newsmen in Warri on Thursday, said utterances made by the DSP in recent time are capable of igniting violence in the area and Delta State at large.

Ariyo, a Warri palace Chief said Omo-Agege, being a public servant occupying positions that is being paid with tax payers contributions, it is “expected of him and his aide, Otive Igbuzor, to keep their public expression of ethnic bigotry in their closets and not exhibiting such openly as they have recklessly done in the past few days.”

Ariyo described their actions as “terribly bad example and a violent disrespect for public office especially for a team aspiring to power in such a multi ethnic state as Delta in 2023, at a time when the people are in dare need of a viable but certainly not a more terrible alternative.”

The Warri palace Chief who further stated that Delta will not support “conflict generators in 2023 election, added that “ethnic bigots as the group is currently exhibiting cannot be elected as governor in the state.”

He advised all who mean well for the state to shun such group of people clustering around them.

The Warri based legal practitioner therefore called on President Buhari to urgently call the senator representing Delta Central and Deputy Senate President to order in order to avert another ethnic conflict in Warri and its environs as early as possible.

Further expressing concern on recent political happenings in the state, he noted: “For one, we have two educated people; one a lawyer and the other a development practitioner. What more does one ask from exposure than such trainings?,” He questioned.

He continues, “It would therefore be ironical if notwithstanding, such heights of human capacity building, the cancer of ethnic bigotry can yet have the better of us and position us as major sponsors of disunity, possible unrest and ethnic conflict in our own state; while we are paid to do the exact opposite.

“Let us view civilisation for what it is; the act of living peacefully together in a large group! Remember your contribution when the soup you are cooking now is done and ready for consumption. I will remind you if you forget.

“The consequence of radicalization is what we see today in Bokoharam; easy to begin but difficult to manage. May the consequence of any unrest we nurture and sustain hit us first before any other person, amen,” He stated.

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JUST IN: Former APC National Youth Leader Dumps Party

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Abubakar who disclosed this in an interview with Newsmen in Bauchi on Wednesday, explained that his decision was unconnected with the hardship faced by many Nigerian homes due to difficult policies and programmes by the APC.

According to him, the move was also driven by an objective of securing free and fair victory in future election primaries so as to continue to serve the people with strength and integrity.

He stated that his decision followed a series of consultations with family, friends, political associates and stakeholders saying this was after a careful reflection on recent developments within the party structure and internal arrangements.

“It is high time to adopt a party with a more clear vision and the compassion to help the common man.

“The APC processes are not working, the party is not just and fair. I’m leaving the party because there is no fairness in the electoral processes of the party as well as the consensus.

“And I know that they are not going to be fair in the forthcoming primaries but they will only use the power of incumbency.

“Also, what the party is doing to every family is becoming something else as it’s becoming too hard to put a three square meal on the table,” he said.

The Former APC National Youth Leader however, affirmed that he would soon reveal the new political party of his destination in no distant time.

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Defection: Peter Obi Simply Looking For ‘Food Is Ready’ Party – Wike

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Speaking during a media parley on Wednesday, Wike said Obi is looking for a ‘food is ready’ political party.

The minister said, “Obi was in APGA, he couldn’t build APGA. He went to Labour, he ran away again from Labour. All he’s looking for is food is ready political party.”

Recall that Obi and Rabi’u Kwankwaso, former presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, on Sunday officially joined the NDC ahead of the 2027 general elections.

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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed claims that there is widespread support for Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara to return in 2027.

Speaking during his monthly media parley on Wednesday in Abuja, Wike suggested that Fubara can’t claim to enjoy unanimous backing from the public.

He explained that the political crisis in Rivers State had earlier been addressed through the intervention of President Bola Tinubu, particularly during impeachment proceedings initiated against Fubara.

According to Wike, the President advised all parties to embrace peace, leading to the withdrawal of the impeachment move by the State House of Assembly after agreements were reached.

Wike, however, alleged that the governor failed to fully adhere to the terms agreed during the arbitration process.

Reacting to claims that the people were urging Fubara to seek re-election in 2027, Wike rejected the assertion, insisting that such narratives were misleading.

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He said: “The President, intervened in the impeachment proceeding. I said withdraw, let their be peace. And the governor said, look, I’m ready for peace. Look, I’m no longer interested for this. I will not do this. The Assembly went and withdrew the impeachment.

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Wike continued, “This one is what I don’t like. Nobody wants anybody. Please, don’t tell me that. Excuse me.

You can go and tell that to the market people or children. Two years that people say he should come out. Who told you that?

“Which politician will say that I was sleeping they came and woke me? Even if people people come to wake you, can’t you say, no, I won’t do it. I’m not prepared for it.

“That you appeared before a President of the country on arbitration, the two parties on arbitration, and these people respected Mr. President, and have done their own part.”