No rotational agreement between Ijaw, Itsekiri on constituency- Boro Opudu
By: Tonebsky Nesta
The declaration to run for 3rd term by Hon. Daniel Mayuku Saturday October 2 at the premises of Warri South West Council Secretariat in Ogbe-Ijoh attracted a large gathering of political heavy weights, women, youths and men groups from across the state.
The lawmaker who is the current chairman, House Committee on Finance and Appropriation in Delta State House of Assembly arrived the arena on foot at exactly 12:05pm in company of jubilant youths to a rousing reception. Soon after the chairman of Itsekiri Regional Development Committee, Mr. Mofe Pirah and Delta State Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Frank Omare spoke glowingly about the performance of Hon. Mayuku, the lawmaker who is a lawyer by training made his formal declaration this way, “I have been on errand in the past 7 years doing your mandate. I’m willing and ready to represent the people at the state House of Assembly in the next 4yreas”. He listed the construction of the road leading to Warri South West Council Secretariat as well as the magistrate and customary courts in Ogbe-Ijoh as some of the constituency infrastructural projects he has attracted as a lawmaker.
The Delta State Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Frank Omare in his description of Hon. Mayuku said, “Mayuku respects the Ijaw, middle class and the rich. He should consolidate, most of his projects are in Ogbe-Ijoh”.
The Warri South West Chairman of PDP, Mr. Ayiri Emami averred, “Mayuku has a right to declare his intention, he has the party’s blessing, he has performed very well”.
The Vice Chairman of Warri South West local government, Hon. Blexon Omadoye summed his feelings this way, “Mayuku is a man of the people, he’s a grassroots man. I don’t think he has any opposition, he’s the right person in the right position at the right time”.
Secretary to Warri South West local government, Hon. Emmanuel Golly enthused, “he is free, open hearted and magnanimous. If there’s something above 100%, I will give to him, we know he’ll do more in his 3rd tenure”. On the controversial rotation of the constituency seat in the State House of Assembly, Hon. Golly stated, “there’s nothing like that, the only area was the Chairmanship seat. But this time, it’s turn of the Itsekiri of Benin River, nobody negotiated the House of Assembly with the Ijaws”.
The Chairman of Itsekiri RDC and former aspirant of Warri Federal constituency seat at the National Assembly, Mr. Mofe Pirah declared, “the arena speaks for itself, 5 members of Delta State House of Assembly, Commissioners, people from Isoko, Ibo and the 3 Warris are here. He shows the man has worked very well”.
A House of Assembly hopeful, Chief Vincent Okudolor stated, “he is a man of the people. If the people know you are good to them, they can say go for 3rd or 4th tenure. It’s only when you are bad to the people that they will even go against 2nd tenure”.
Meanwhile frontline PDP Ijaw Youth Leader and CEO of Edy-Bo International Nigeria Limited, Hon. Boro Opudu has debunked insinuations of any rotational agreement between the Ijaws and Itsekiris regarding the Warri South West Constituency Seat, just as he described Hon. Daniel Mayuku as both Itsekiri and Ijaw by living and character.
He put the rotation controversy this way, “there was nothing like that, whether written or verbal. I was part of the peace process and I’m a member of the committee which wrote that memorandum of understanding for the Ijaw and Itsekiri to work together. For the House of Assembly, we did not say one person should go this year, another person should go next year. The only agreement we reached for the position of House of Assembly is for a constituency to be created for the Ijaws of Warri South West”, he quipped.
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