IJAW/ITSEKIRI FACE-OFF OVER POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS IN WARRI NORTH

There could be fresh possible break down of law and order resulting to ethnic crisis between the Ijaws of Egbema Kingdom and the Itsekiri in Warri North local government area of Delta State over imbalance and marginalization of political appointments.

It is a case of lopsided appointments and marginalization of the Ijaws of Egbema kingdom in the council area by the Itsekiris, in connection of the provocative a unconstitutional exclusion of the Ijaws from the participation in the council and government of the state.

This was disclosed in protest letter addressed to the Senate President, signed by Chief Abel A. Ugedi, National Chairman of Egbema General Assembly, and ex-presidential aspirant, Chief Midwest Mukuru, National Secretary and mave available to Newsmen, decreid that since the creation of Warri North in 1991, the Ijaws of Egbema were completely neglected and marginalized in political appointments, and civil services despite the fact that the Ijaws were more in population as ninety percent of political appointments in the area fovoured only the Itsekiris to the detriment of the Ijaws of Egbema kingdom.

It also stated the negative action of former governor James Ibori, and the present administration of Dr. Uduaghan as completely breach and violation of the fundamental rights of the Ijaws of Egbema in the Warri North, insisting that if the imbalance and marginalization is not urgently and properly corrected , the Ijaws of Egbema may be force to react.

And that the federal character commission in the past wrote to the then council chairman, Hon. Mike Diden in a letter dated 14th June, 2005, directing him to redress the imbalance and marginalization of the Ijaws of Egbema within three weeks, but was ignored and aborted.

It therefore called on the Senate president to kindly prevail in correcting the deadly imbalance of the Ijaws of Egbema in warri North and bring to book those involved in the deliberate defiance of the mandatory provision of section 14 (3) and (4) of the 1999 constitution.