Communities in Delta State, South-South Nigeria have called for the immediate release of their former Governor Chief James Ibori, who is presently incarcerated in the United Kingdom having been convicted of fraud.
This was contained in an 11-point communiqué issued at the end of the Oghara 2016 Summit held in Asaba, the state capital, on Thursday, where the communities allege that Ibori’s travails was as a result of his clamour for fiscal federalism to enable the people of the Niger Delta region to control their resources.
The communiqué was signed by an elder brother to the former governor and the Unugbrogodo of Ogharefe, Chief Williams Ibori; the Unugbrogodo of Oghareki, Chief Williams Usabor; and the Chairman of the summit, Chief Emmanuel Ighomena, Punch writes.
They lauded the former governor for his developmental strides in the state and decried the continued neglect of the Oghara Independent Power Plant.
The communiqué, signed by the people of Oghara Kingdom in the Ethiope West Council Area of the state, read in part: “Despite his good works for which he was lauded by all and sundry, the travails of our son, Chief Ibori, is mainly the fallout of his unrelenting stand and clamour for fiscal federalism through the control of resources of the Niger Delta by her people. We therefore unequivocally call for his immediate and unconditional release by the British government.”
They implored the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to expedite action towards ensuring that the abandoned IPP project was concluded, as it could add 138 megawatts of electricity to the grid.
Furthermore, the group called for unity as a means of advancing the cause of the Urhobo nation.
“Though the Urhobo Progress Union has made appreciable impact on the polity, the summit urges the umbrella body to put its house in order to strengthen the unity and progress of the entire Urhobo nation of which Oghara is an integral part.”
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