{"id":4768,"date":"2025-09-01T14:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T14:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/01\/this-tactical-delay-must-stop-announce-the-final-ward-delineation-report-for-warri-federal-constituency-now___group-blasts-inec\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T14:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T14:37:19","slug":"this-tactical-delay-must-stop-announce-the-final-ward-delineation-report-for-warri-federal-constituency-now___group-blasts-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/01\/this-tactical-delay-must-stop-announce-the-final-ward-delineation-report-for-warri-federal-constituency-now___group-blasts-inec\/","title":{"rendered":"This Tactical Delay Must Stop: Announce The Final Ward Delineation Report For Warri Federal Constituency Now___Group Blasts INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Esther David<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OPEN LETTER TO INEC AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RE: THIS TACTICAL DELAY MUST STOP: ANNOUNCE THE FINAL WARD DELINEATION RESULT FOR WARRI FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY NOW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From: Concerned Ijaw & Urhobo Stakeholders of Warri Federal Constituency
Date: [1\/9\/2025]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. When Truth is Delayed, Falsehood is Empowered<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    We write in anger and pain because the deliberate tactical delay by INEC in publishing the Supreme Court\u2013ordered final ward delineation result for Warri Federal Constituency is nothing but an insult to the Constitution and an open provocation to peace in our land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Let it be stated without ambiguity: the Itsekiri have no valid petition. What they parade as petitions are born out of fear, fear that their lies, manipulations, colonial favoritism and decades of fraudulent advantage have finally been exposed by the delineation exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Supreme Court in SC\/CV\/1033\/2023, Timinimi v. INEC has spoken. Section 287(1) of the Constitution makes obedience compulsory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “The decisions of the Supreme Court shall be enforced in any part of the Federation by all authorities and persons, and by courts with subordinate jurisdiction to that of the Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Why has INEC obeyed delineation rulings in Ebonyi (2007), Kano (2013), Anambra (2015), Kaduna (2019) but refuses in Warri? This is selective justice, unconstitutional and dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    1. Historical Declarations They Want to Hide<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      The Itsekiri cry of \u201cfraudulent delineation\u201d collapses before history itself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1485 (Duarte Pacheco Pereira): Documented the Ijaw (Gbaramatu & Ogbe-Ijoh) as the original inhabitants of Escravos and Warri creeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1716 (Dutch Records): Recorded Ijaw naval dominance in the Warri axis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1928 Warri Township Intelligence Report (Mr. Prethero, CSO 26\/Vol.6\/08549): Confirmed Ogbe-Ijoh as the original landowners of Warri Township.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1932 Warri Intelligence Report (CSO 26\/08549): Warned colonial officers that Itsekiri were fraudulently laying claims to Ijaw and Urhobo lands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1952 Olu Title Fraud: The British deceitfully changed the title from Olu of Itsekiri to Olu of Warri, against protests of Urhobo and Ijaw leaders. Chief Mukoro Mowoe of the UPU rightly declared: \u201cThis is a travesty to turn landlords into tenants in their ancestral home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      These records prove Itsekiri dominance is manufactured fraud, not history. INEC\u2019s delineation simply aligned with truth, population and the Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \n
      1. The Constitutional Mandate Betrayed<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        INEC\u2019s delay is an affront to the Constitution:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Section 14(2)(b): \u201cThe security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government.\u201d INEC\u2019s silence is stoking unrest in Warri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Section 42(1): Prohibits ethnic discrimination. INEC\u2019s selective obedience discriminates against Ijaw and Urhobo while privileging Itsekiri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Sections 112\u2013115: Ward delineation must reflect population, contiguity and community of interest. That is exactly what was done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Section 287(1): Compels obedience to Supreme Court rulings. INEC\u2019s delay is unconstitutional defiance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        No clause in the Constitution allows INEC to obey the Supreme Court in Kaduna but ignore the Supreme Court in Warri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \n
        1. INEC Must Stand on Truth, Not Manipulation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          INEC, you went to the field. You saw the Ijaw and Urhobo majority in Warri South, Warri South-West and Warri North. You counted polling units. You measured landmass. You acknowledged population figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Why then are you silent now? Because of threats and propaganda?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          No colonial fraud, no propaganda, no manipulation can erase the truth you verified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \n
          1. Our Irreversible Position<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            We declare without apology:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            No Final Ward Delineation, No Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Warri cannot enter another electoral cycle under the fraudulent structure that gave six wards to Itsekiri, four to Ijaw and zero to Urhobo. That apartheid arrangement has collapsed under the weight of law and history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              \n
            1. Final Word: Obey the Supreme Court, Announce the Result<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              The Federal Government must call INEC to order. Nigeria cannot afford another Warri crisis. The Constitution is clear. The Supreme Court has spoken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Enough of tactical delay. Enough of selective obedience. Enough of manufactured petitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Publish the final ward delineation result for Warri Federal Constituency NOW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              History is watching. Posterity will not forgive cowardice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Signed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Chief, Timothy Ovie
              (President)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Chief, Ebikeme T. Godstime
              (Secretary)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Concerned Ijaw & Urhobo Stakeholders of Warri Federal Constituency<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Cc:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              National Assembly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              National Security Adviser<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              International Community<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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