They said as a group committed to the peace and development in the Niger Delta, “We seldomly comment on such issues which we consider strictly personal business concerns of individuals, but the sustained media campaign and the barrage of attacks against High Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) has made it necessary for us with these positions”, the open letter reads.
His efforts according to him, is to compliment the good work of the state governor, Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, who has prioritize education among others and establishing 22 new Primary and Secondary Schools in the state.
The group in a statement dismissed the attempt to link the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, to the report, saying that their Okpe kinsman had never being involved and convicted over any criminal conduct.
The Commissioner of Police on his part noted that any further escalation of the crisis between both communities will not be treated with levity and whoever is found wanting will be duly prosecuted.
Agbogidi Obi Nduka once again, emerged from his inner chambers of the Palace, dressed in red royal regalia to receive his Palace Chiefs whose day is the day of Ishu Onicha to pay him homage and receive Royal handshake (Inaka).
He said, “Gbagi has continued to dish out lies upon lies. You know that he contested on the platform of the PDP and because of his very unpopular stand he could not secure up to two votes in the primary of that election, and what he did, because he still wants his name to appear on the ballot, was to go into a party that is not known in Delta.
A source in the warring Communities in a telephone call from the bush said, two people were killed, but confirmed that military personnel have taken over the disputed area.
The threshold Of A New Dawn In Nigeria: The Church teaches that politics is for the common good, in which it finds its full justification and significance and the source of its inherent legitimacy (cf. Vatican II, The Church in the Modern World, 74). As such, political authority has to be exercised within the limits of the moral order and directed towards the common good.
He said that PDP as a national party was committed to the ideals of freedom of speech and expression as guaranteed by the Nigeria constitution, adding that individuals in the party were exercising their democratic rights and helping to widen the democratic space.
He said; “You are eminently qualified, it shall be well with you, what you find you shall get, though the campaign has not started. I hereby urge all kingdom President Generals to stand firm ahead of the election because Urhobo will present he who the cap fits.”