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  • Delta Govt., other stakeholders meet to curb Drug Abuse in Warri

    The Delta state government has scheduled a stakeholders meeting to curb the alarming surge of drug abuse among youths across Nigeria.

    The meeting which is being organized by the National Orientation Agency, Delta State Directorate, in conjunction with the Foundation for Development and Community Engagement (FDCE), will hold on Thursday May 10, at Seko Hotels, in Warri.

    The Director, Ivan Okoro, in a statement made available to journalists yesterday, disclosed that it is a mandate of the agency to curb anti-social behaviours such as “street  trading (hawking), urinating along streets, cultism, prostitution, exam malpractices and drug abuse.

    He explained that these vices have led to several disturbing tragedies around Warri and its environs, as revealed by a technical study conducted by the FDCE.

    “The agency collaborated with the Foundation for Development and Community Engagement to initiate a social research on the proliferation of the use of hard drugs and related substances in Warri and environs as a pilot which study he said revealed very disturbing details, including a plethora of had drug centers located within and outside residential areas across the area and increasing cases of female victims of drug induced sexual abuses like rape and bestiality.

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    “The reality which was revealed by the said study is such that no responsible government or private actor can afford to be nonchalant about a challenge as massive as this since no meaningful solution can be developed, driven and sustained without a solid public/private partnership like the one that will hopefully emerge from this roundtable.

    “There is a need to pursue this effort with all vigor and that is why we at this initial stage, invited key but selected stakeholders from both the public and private sectors in the area for this activity which we hope would be escalated as soon as possible to accommodate more stakeholders” Okoro stated.

    Meanwhile, the FDCE director of research and advocacy, Mrs. Tsaye Mene has accused some law enforcement agents, as well as so civilians of promoting drug abuse, explaining that this has tackling the issue difficult.

    Lamenting the poor attention given to the use of hard drugs and other related substances, she expressed hope that with the political will on the part of government, this challenging area will be addressed.

    Over 30 organizations have been invited for the round table discussion including non governmental organizations, multinational companies and religious bodies.

  • Cross River APC chieftain backs Oshiomole for National Chairman

    A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Utum Eteng, has thrown his support behind Adams Oshiomole as the next national chairman of the party.

    Eteng, a lawyer and also the General Coordinator of Companions for Buhari, a support group made up of professionals for the President’s reelection, said Oshimole has the capacity to match propaganda of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

    In a statement made available to The Nation in Calabar on Wednesday, he said, “I hereby affirm my support to the good news that our dear President Mohammadu Buhari has thrown his support behind His Excellency Adams Oshimole still from Edo state as Oyegun as the possible replacement for the exalted office of APC National Chairmanship.

    “Let me boldly and openly commend the President as the leader of the APC for his foresight, wisdom and well-thought out choice of Oshimole to replace Chief Oyegun whose tenure from an unbiased and objective assessment has been uneventful, unprofitable for the peaceful existence and cohesion of the ruling APC nationwide.

    “I wish to commend the leadership of the South South Zonal APC Ntufam Hilard Eta for having the courage to convene an enlarged Zonal meeting of the APC in Benin City where the candidature of Oshimole was confirmed with some State Chapter in attendance and also adopting Adams as the man of the moment.

    “Thirdly, the leaderships of Edo and Delta State APC are similarly commended for leading the vanguard for the overwhelming adoption of Oshimole.  The public adoption from all intents and purposes amounts to passing a technical vote of no confidence on Chief Oyegun, the reason why every right thinking APC members nationwide should support this adoption with immediate effect and align with the choice of Oshimole by the President.

    “The APC, after having gone through four years of inactivity, docility, and inept leadership, needs a man as firm, brash and rugged as Adam Oshimole whose experience as the former National leader of the Labour Congress would matter a lot and count in his determination to reposition the ruling APC.

    “Oshimole without mincing words has the capacity to match words for words and action for action against the recent noise making and propaganda of the PDP that took advantage of the docility of the Oyegun Led NWC and resorted to vilifying the APC.  The choice of Oshimole is a perfect choice.  His doggedness, ruggedness, brashness and capacity to speak out boldly will in no small measure compliment the calm disposition and nature of the President.

    “APC members cannot continue to pretend that all is internally well with the party in the many State Chapters, and within the leadership of the National Assembly.  Chief Oyegun did not handle these conflicts well at all.  He may not like to hear this, but this is the whole truth.

    “At this moment, the APC needed to be promptly redeemed from the stress of hanging as a worn-out skeleton onto the frame of the President and Jagaban Tinubu due to the ineptitude of the Oyegun led National NWC and NEC exposed the party to.   APC members are urged on to identify with the choice of the President if the ultimate is to move the party as a ruling party forward.”

  • ICPC chief accuses lawyers of glorifying corruption

    Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) Acting Chairman Dr. Musa Usman Abubakar have accused lawyers of glorifying corruption rather than joining the fight against it.

    He said some lawyers serve as mouthpieces to those accused of corruption contrary to the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners.

    Abubakar said it was “disheartening” that such lawyers have become clogs in the wheel of justice.

    He backed calls for the establishment of a special anti-corruption court, but said it would not solve the problem of delays if lawyers do not change their attitude.

    The ICPC chief spoke at the Fifth Criminal Justice Reform Conference in Asaba, the Delta State capital. It was organized by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Criminal Justice Reform Committee chaired by Chief Arthur Obi Okafor (SAN).

    Abubakar said: “In as much as the ICPC subscribes to the establishment of special court, I make bold to say that there would hardly be any difference if the defense lawyers maintain their usual tactics of frustrating the smooth administration of justice.

    “I, therefore, urge that as ministers in the temple of justice, you champion this fight and be the vanguard of anti-corruption in Nigeria. You must avoid glorifying corruption but insist on ensuring that justice is done. We should strive to leave a good and lasting legacy for the coming generation.

    “This will require attitudinal change by strictly adhering to the relevant provisions of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners, notably Rules 14, 30 and 37, most especially Rule 30 which provides that a legal practitioner shall not conduct himself in any manner that may obstruct, delay or adversely affect the administration of justice.

    “Despite these clear provisions, it is disheartening how some lawyers derive pleasure in frustrating corruption cases by serving as the mouthpiece of their clients. We must, therefore, put public interest far about our client’s interest.”

    Abubakar believes special courts were necessary because delays in regular courts may be due to some factors beyond the control of the judicial officers hearing such cases.

    “The judges hearing corruption/economic crime cases are also saddled with the responsibility of hearing other cases, both civil and criminal. This jam-packs the courts’ case dockets and leads to delay.

    “The same judges who handle corruption/economic crime cases also sit on appeal on cases from the inferior courts, notably from magistrate’s courts and Customary Courts. During the period of appeal sessions, the courts normally adjourn other cases in order to concentrate on hearing appeals. Consequently, even corruption/economic crime cases are also adjourned, which invariably leads to delay.

    “The same judges are assigned national assignment such as hearing election petitions, in which they are posted far away from their various jurisdictions. Cases are usually kept in abeyance pending the conclusion of election petition cases; hence, the delay.

    “Recording proceedings in long hand slows down trial process too,” Abubakar said.

    According to him, a recent research by ICPC revealed that delays were caused by assigning too many cases to one judge, with 83 per cent of respondents endorsing the creation of specialised courts to handle only corruption cases.

    He said ICPC believes that creating a special court would help achieve the objectives of Section 396(3) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), 2015 which provides for day-to-day trial, among others.

  • Community protest cripple oil production activities on OML 30 in Delta

    Nigeria’s oil production output suffered a setback yesterday as members of the host communities to Oil Mining Lease ( OML ) 30 in Delta state took over two flow stations in protest of alleged lack of faith by the operators of the lease.

    While men, women and youths from Orogun and Kokori, under Cluster 4 of OML 30 sealed off and occupy the access into the Erhoike Flowstation in Kokori, Ethiope East council area of the state, Isoko women from Oleh community in Isoko South council area occupied the Olomoro Flowstation.

    However, the experiences at the two protest sites were not the same. While the protesting women at the Olomoro Flowstation had a rough encounter with the security men at the facility; three protesters were reportedly beaten up by soldiers and their leader arrested, the protest at Erhoike was unchallenged.

    The host communities said they were expressing anger over various alleged inhuman activities of the operators of the lease; Heritage Energy Operational Services ( HEOS ), which include some certain unfulfilled commitments to them and an to attempt circumvent a direct interface with them (communities), through the use of a non-government organization, thereby bypassing the community development board, which is the registered body mandated by the communities to interface on their behalf.

    Speaking on the reason for the protest at Erhoike, the secretary of Cluster 4 under the lease, Pastor Adese Andy alleged that the operators of OML 30, Heritage had been contacted and had been given a 7 day ultimatum to address their various grievances, adding that the flowstation would remain inactive until the communities’ call is heeded.

    “Heritage should listen to us and hear our cry because the host communities have suffered enough. If we are to enumerate what we have passed through in the past decade, which our forefathers also suffered and this coming generation is about to experience.

    “If they don’t come, we will continue to be here and there’ll be no operation until they answer us. As we speak now, this flowstation is not operating, it is shut down. Not just here, but the entire OML 30 fields. I just read the communiqué and you saw that all the president-generals of all the fields signed.

    One of the community youth leaders in Erhoke-Kokori, Mr. Oghenero Onuhwo who spoke to our reporters said apart from the Community Development Board, CDB, they don’t recognize and will not have anything to do with any other body whether NGO or its type, saying that CDB has always represented their interest to the fullest.

    In Olomoro, the Oleh Community Development Committee, CDC, Chairman Chief Ekokobe Obaro said right from inception, they have always been sideline as there was no Oleh name has appeared in the operations of the oil firm and not even in their map when Oleh produce about 80% of the oil coming from the area.

    Another woman leader, Mrs. Evwoma Ochweru, from Oleh host community, said their women neither their youths feel the impact of Heritage Oil Services Company, no empowerment, scholarship for their children or any plan to enhance the development of their host communities.

    “When we got here around 4am we sat down and that was when soldiers came over to attack us. They injured three women, we have rushed them to the hospital. They took our women leader away in their vehicle and before they took her away, they beat her thoroughly. They broke our chairs and the boy who brought canopy here was also beaten very well”, Mrs. Ochweru said.

    However, Chief Obaro confirmed that the Commanding Officer of the soldiers, whose name could not be obtained at the time of filing this report, had ordered that the arrested women leader should be released to returned to where she was taken.

    Efforts to get a reaction from the company was yet to yield a reaction at the time of filing this report as a response being expected from Heritage’s Executive in charge of Community Relations, Mr Richard Cutts, was not received.

  • Jubilation as Okowa presents staff of office to Ebu monarch

    It was a carnival atmosphere at the vast playground of Ubueni Primary School, Oshimili North L.G.A. with the large crowd thronging the school. Many drummed, sang and danced.

    Huge colourful billboards placed at strategic location around the community proclaimed the event. Residents of this mainly agrarian community took the day off. Socio-economic activities were suspended and the famous Ebu yam market was closed.

    Before the event proper, the crowd which hitherto was a trickle had transformed into a deluge as the young and old from the five quarters of Ebu community besieged the venue of the ceremony.

    Music blared from loudspeakers around the playground. The mood was jubilant as visitors from neighbouring community joined in the celebration.

    The famous Ebu masquerade captivated the audience. Guests marveled at its magical powers. The cylindrically shape masquerade clothed in light brown spotted  canvass material rose to dizzying heights only to  contract  into a tidy neatly  folded heap fitting into a 3ft by2ft box.

    The occasion was the coronation and presentation of staff of office by the Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa to His Royal Majesty Paul Odilile Opili, Onu Umukojordu,  Onu of Ebu.

    The Ebu people were expectant having been without a king for many years following the untimely demise of the last king, HRM Aninta Ojorjadu 11.

    But soon the wait was over as the convoy of the Deputy Governor; Mr. Kingsley Utuaro who represented Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa drove into venue.

    The President General of Ebu Development Union, (EDU) Akpeli Tom Nwakalor kicked off the event with his address.

    He said that Ebu community is the only Igala speaking community in the State surrounded by Igbo speaking communities, adding that their uniqueness has impelled them into developing the community and much of the relevance it enjoys in the scheme of things in the present Delta State.

    His words, “Ebu is the only Igala speaking community in Delta State and regarded as a minority in Anioma group in the State. In the light of this apparent disadvantage, one would expect the Ebu community to have sunk in her endeavor to develop. No, this was not to be. Rather our sons and daughters have remained undaunted and held to their faith and belief that God had his purpose for locating Ebu in its present abode and for giving it, its peculiar character.”

    He appealed to government for intervention in infrastructure, stressing that the community has not had light in over ten years.

    He appealed for a new public secondary school, stressing that   said as a result of government policy, Ebu Grammar school  was handed over to the missionary  and a a consequence  students who could not  afford the new fees charged by the missions have relocated to the primary school compound.

    Chairman, Oshimili North L.G.A, Mr. Louis Ndukwe praised the Ebu people for resolving the kingship issue without bloodshed or litigation, while describing the maturity shown as “legendary and commendable”.

    He said the installation of the monarch of Ebu brings to six the number of gazzetted kings in the local government area, adding that it was a welcome development given the “enormous roles they play in ensuring peace in their respective domains.”

    According to him, Ebu is important to the local council due to the fact that it is a frontier community and an entry point into the State for people from the North, while stressing also its value as a “strong internally generated revenue base of the local government area.”

    He urged the monarch to uphold the sanctity of the culture and traditions of Ebu land, maintain peace and harmonious relationship between the various quarters.

    Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa commended the Ebu people for rallying round their king, adding that the large number of Ebu people witnessing the coronation of their monarch was reflective of their “extreme regard they have for the traditional stool. It expresses their love and respect for the royal father”

    He assured that his administration will support traditional institutions in the State through the provision of conducive environment for their leadership to thrive, adding that this support would galvanise the paramount rulers to mobilise their subjects to support government policies.

    Okowa listed the achievements of his administration and assured the Ebu people that the request by the community will be addressed by the appropriate authorities.

    The high point of the ceremony was the presentation of the staff of office by Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa to the new monarch.

    Present at the occasion were the Delta North Senatorial Chair, Moses Iduh, Delta Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ukah, Obuzor of Ibusa, HRM Prof Louis Nwaboshi, Obi of Akwukwu-Igbo, Obi Azuka, Ugoani of Okpanam, HRM Michael Mbanefo Ogbolu,Attah of Igala HRM, Dr. Michael Idakwo Ameh Oboni 11,Chief Moses A Braimoh, Amana Attah of Igala, Chief Ibrahim Adama Atadoga,Inalogun, Attah Igala and HRM  Ibrahim Gambo Amodu ,Onu Ido Okoliko amongst other dignitaries.

  • Delta APC knocks Okowa over N13bn contract

    The Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has knocked Governor Ifeanyi Okowa over a N13.6 billion contract for the construction of new secretariat building for the state’s civil servants.

    At a media briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, a governorship aspirant of the APC in Delta State, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, described the contract as inappropriate, saying the state government should, rather focus on payment of salaries and pensions arrears to civil servants in the states.

    “The Delta state government that has not been able to pay salaries, pay pensioners, construct any single road in the state, suddenly became interested in building secretariat that the civil servants do not need, for the sole purpose of enriching the person of the governor”.

    Ojougboh alleged that the indigenous firm, North China Construction Nigeria Limited, which was awarded the contract has not undertaken any construction work in the country

    According to him, the company, which was incorporated in 2014 with a share capital of only N20 million, should have no business with a contract worth N13. 6 billion.

    He blamed a new generation bank for granting the company loans running into billions of Naira, elegant that the entire contract was shrouded in secrecy.

    Ojougboh said, “Our submission is that the drawings and bills of quantity for the contract should be handed over to an independent professional team of quantity surveyors for vetting and all the companies that participated in the bidding should be made known with their individual profiles.

    “While the contract schedule was dated December, 2016, we discovered that since the agreement was signed and till date, disbursements of the contract money has continued unabated without commensurate work on ground. Not even five percent of the contract has been done.

    “The annoying part is that from start to completion of this project, the total repayable is N21 billion of taxpayers’ money of a contract of N13.6 billion. This is wicked, irresponsible and act of war against the people of Delta State.

    “Our hearts go to the civil servants, who have not received salaries in the past months and who have worked hard to promote the state. 95 percent of them are opposed to this contract, even the commissioners of the state. We learnt that more than 90 percent of them opposed the contract, which they believed would mortgage the future of the state.

    “The future of Delta people is what we are discussing here, we will not fold our arms and see one person destroying our state. Enough of this waste and pilfering by a man, who is supposed to show concern for the welfare of our state”.

     

  • NSCDC destroys 300 illegal refineries in Delta

    The Delta State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has destroyed over 300 illegal refineries in the State in the last 12 months.

    The Corps State Commandant, Mrs. Sam Ego Ezeagbogho made this known  on Monday  in Asaba when Commandant of Naval College, Port Harcourt, Rear Admiral Thaddeus Udofia and participants of Course 2 of the institute visited.

    She said the exercise has enabled the country save billions of naira, adding that the successes were due to collaborative efforts with sister security agencies.

    She said the agency secured the conviction some persons while others are in court.

    Mrs. Ego Ezeagbogho assured Nigerians of the corps resolve to carry out its core mandate and make the nation safer.

    Rear Admiral Udofia said college was established to sharpen the knowledge of officers in finding solution to critical security issues.

    He said ,”We are in the State and after the tour we will come out with reports tha would check security issues particularly in coastal States and the nation in general.”

  • Why I want to govern Delta State, ex-Tinubu aide

    A former Special Adviser on Revenue Mobilisation to Chief Bola Tinubu, Dr. Charles Nwadiani, has said the reason he wants to govern Delta State from 2019 is to enable him expand the frontiers of governance and rescue the people of Delta State from oppressive governance.

    Dr. Nwadiani who is a governorship aspirant of the All Progressive Congress spoke to newsmen at the Benin Airport.

    Nwadiani noted that Governors in Delta State have failed to replicate good governance as applicable elsewhere in the country.

    He stated that having helped to lay the foundation for modern Lagos while serving as a Special Adviser to former Governor Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos state, he hoped to replicate the same feat in Delta State.

    Dr. Nwadiani said he would focus on improving security, youth empowerment and making the state an attraction hub for investors through massive investment in agriculture.

    His words, “The most important thing is bringing the culture of good governance and expanding its frontiers to the Niger Delta, making Delta State, the root of great developmental strides. We have limited our action plans to 4 years and we will implement in these 4 years and successive governments will build on it.

    “We will mount surveillance cameras everywhere, make the state safe for investors because if you do not have investors, you will only end up killing the people with multiple taxation and we will achieve this within the first 6 months in office”

    “We will create an organ called Delta state emergency agency (DELSMA). The DELSMA will involve us building a microfinance bank for the youths of delta state. The youths will have access to loans of up to 5million Naira to build their entrepreneurial skills, thereby becoming employers of labour”.

    “We also will employ a lot of youths into the Agricultural sector. We have vast land in the state that can be converted for agricultural purpose and this, we intend to do. After we have done these, we can then conveniently secure the trust of investors. We will have more investors coming and even those that ran away from the state will come back”

    “We will rebuild our industries, our moribund factories through adequate funding and putting competent hands and then, we can begin to look at revenue generation in the next one year”, he noted.

  • Okowa vows to ensure peace in Delta

    Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said that his administration would do everything possible to ensure that peace returns to the state.

    Okowa gave this assurance on Friday at a public lecture/book presentation held in honour of his deputy, Kingsley Otuaro in Warri.

    The book with the theme: Governance, Security and Peace Building in Niger Delta, was written by the Society for Peace Studies and Practice, Nigeria, South South Zone to mark the 50th  birthday of Otuaro.

    Okowa said that people must realise that whatsoever damage done to the facilities in the state was destruction done to the people of the state.

    “I think there is still a lot to be done in Delta, even when we are enjoying so much peace at the moment.

    “People must continue to realise that whatever we do to destroy any of the facilities we have in Delta is actually a destruction done to ourselves,” he said.

    Okowa said that governors alone could not build peace, noting that peace building effort had to involve everybody.

    “Governors alone cannot build peace, it is a participatory thing; all the people of Delta have to be involved so that the partnership will be strong.

    “We have peace building structures, those of us in government must provide that partnership because without that we cannot achieve peace,” he said.

    The governor lauded the Society for Peace Studies and Practice, Nigeria, South South Zone for the great work.

    He directed that copies of the book be given to the 60 traditional rulers in the state as well as the President-Generals of the communities in Delta.

    Okowa thanked God for giving Otuaro the grace to celebrate 50 years and wished him more successful years.

    Earlier, Prof. Isaac Albert, the Director, Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ibadan in his lecture, stressed the need for Delta to build a consensus.

    “There is the need for us to know the kind of Delta we want; if we destroy our state, who will come from other state to build it for us.

    “Among the Niger Delta governors, there is also the need to build a consensus to tackle the main problems in the region,” he said.

    The 383 page book was reviewed by Prof. Chris Ogbogbo, the President, Historical Society of Nigeria, University of Ibadan.

    In his remark, Utuaro thanked God and the organisers for the honor accorded him.

    “I thank God for the gift of life and mercy; I am overwhelmed and glad to see this great day; being 50 is heartwarming and exciting,” he said.

    In attendance were the, immediate past governor of Delta, Emmanuel Uduaghan, Delta lawmakers at both the state and national assemblies, government functionaries, traditional rulers among others.

    NAN

  • 2019: Itsekiris back Emmanuel Uduaghan for Senate

    Immediate-past governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has received yet another boost which will help reinforce his senatorial ambition as the tempo of political activities increases ahead of the 2019 general elections.

    This time around, one of the three ethnic groups making up the Delta South Senatorial District of Delta State, the Itsekiri, has thrown its weight behind the former governor citing his pedigree and antecedents as reasons for their unwavering support.

    Speaking recently on behalf of the ethnic group, the president of a political pressure group, Itsekiri Movement for Good Governance, IMGG, Mr. Jolomi Oritsegbemi said aside from Dr. Uduaghan’s influence which will positively rob off on the development of the entire state, the Itsekiri had had the least representation at the National Assembly over the years.

    According to him, “It is the turn of Itsekiri to produce a senator representing Delta South and Dr. Uduaghan is the only Itsekiri man who will make us reap the dividends of democracy come 2019. He is a true son, a man of the people who believes in developments and impacting lives. Over time, he has proven this, even when he was the governor of the state for eight years. In fact, this is the kind of leader Nigerians need to move the nation forward.

    “It is only the Itsekiri ethnic nationality that has not produced a senator to represent the district since 1999. In the interest of equity and fair play, this should be our turn without any arguments. It is time to prove that Itsekiri people are not made to deliberately play the second fiddle to the other tribes.”

    He further reminded Deltans that an Itsekiri man was last in the senate 39 years ago. “Itsekiri also had two federal constituencies, where Late Hon. Vincent Jemide and Late Hon. Sunny Dabor represented them. The two federal constituencies were to be reduced to one when Chief Chamberlain Abeki from Patani LGA, was appointed as national commissioner into the then Federal Electoral Commission, FEDECO,” revealed Mr Oritsegbemi.

    From 1979 till the current dispensation, five senators have represented Delta South Senatorial District. Out of these five, two were from Isoko (Senator Stella Omu and Senator Francis Okpozo of blessed memory) and another two were from the Ijaw tribe (Chief E.K Clark and Senator James Manager, the incumbent). The first and only senator who was from the Itsekiri stock was Chief Franklin O. M  Atake in 1979.

    Interestingly, the incumbent senator, James Manager, an Ijaw man has been returned to the senate on four occasions consecutively. By the end of 2019, James Manager would have spent a total of 16 years in the Red

    In a related development, Pa Daniel Pessu, a former Delta State lawmaker who is 96 years old now, has declared his support for the former governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan senatorial bid.

    Speaking on behalf of six of the 30 surviving former lawmakers in the state, Pa Daniel who represented Warri South constituency in the then Bendel State House of Assembly between 1979 and 1983 thanks

    Dr. Uduaghan for taking care of them while he was governor of the state. He also prayed for his success at the polls in 2019.