{"id":4793,"date":"2025-09-10T16:29:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/10\/re-the-shameful-falsehood-of-the-itsekiri-youths-elite-group-against-ijaws-and-urhobos-and-the-urgent-need-for-inec-to-publish-the-final-ward-delineation-report\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:29:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:29:22","slug":"re-the-shameful-falsehood-of-the-itsekiri-youths-elite-group-against-ijaws-and-urhobos-and-the-urgent-need-for-inec-to-publish-the-final-ward-delineation-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/10\/re-the-shameful-falsehood-of-the-itsekiri-youths-elite-group-against-ijaws-and-urhobos-and-the-urgent-need-for-inec-to-publish-the-final-ward-delineation-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Re: The Shameful Falsehood Of The Itsekiri Youths Elite Group Against Ijaws And Urhobos, And The Urgent Need For INEC To Publish The Final Ward Delineation Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u200eBy Esther David<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OPEN LETTER TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND INEC
\u200e
\u200eFROM: WARRI FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY DEFENDERS OF TRUTH AND JUSTICE
\u200e
\u200eRE: THE SHAMEFUL FALSEHOODS OF ITSEKIRI YOUTHS ELITES (IYE) AGAINST IJAW AND URHOBO PEOPLE AND THE URGENT NEED FOR INEC TO PUBLISH THE FINAL WARD DELINEATION RESULT
\u200e
\u200eDate: [10\/9\/2025]
\u200e
\u200eA Rotten Lie on National Record
\u200e
\u200eThe recent statement by the so-called Itsekiri Youths Elites (IYE) is not only a lie, it is a disgrace, a spit on history and an insult to justice. They shamelessly called the peaceful Ijaw and Urhobo protest at INEC Headquarters \u201cmisguided.\u201d They claimed INEC\u2019s draft delineation is \u201cfraudulent.\u201d They dared to paint themselves as the aboriginals of Warri.
\u200e
\u200eBut truth cannot be buried. We, the Warri Constituency Defenders of Truth and Justice, stand to expose their fraud.
\u200e
\u200eThe Constitution Has Already Judged Them
\u200e
\u200eThe Nigerian Constitution is our weapon, not their propaganda:
\u200e
\u200eSection 14(2)(b): Government exists to secure the welfare of ALL people. Representation is welfare. To deny Ijaw and Urhobo wards is to trample on welfare.
\u200e
\u200eSection 42(1): No Nigerian can be discriminated against on the basis of ethnic group or origin. Saying Ijaws \u201chave Bomadi\u201d or Urhobos \u201chave Ughelli\u201d is ethnic hatred codified into a lie.
\u200e
\u200eSection 91: Representation in the House of Assembly must reflect population and equality of votes. In Warri Federal Constituency, the Ijaw and Urhobo populations dwarf the Itsekiri, yet the old Ward formula 6-4 (Warri North), 6-4 (Warri South West) and 6-6-0 (Warri South) enslaves the majority under the minority. This is injustice written in bold letters.
\u200e
\u200eElectoral Act 2022, Section 115: INEC is bound to correct anomalies. Not recycle fraud.
\u200e
\u200eThe Supreme Court in SC\/CV\/1033\/2023 (Hon. George Timinimi v. INEC) gave INEC no room to play games: it ordered fresh delineation based on truth and population, not on Itsekiri noise.
\u200e
\u200eHistory Crushes the Itsekiri Fraud
\u200e
\u200eThe IYE boasted about being \u201caboriginal.\u201d What a rotten joke!
\u200e
\u200eIn 1485, Portuguese explorer Duarte Pacheco Pereira wrote of Ijaws (Ijoes), Sobos in Escravos and Forcados. No Itsekiri. They did not exist.
\u200e
\u200eOde-Itsekiri (Big Warri): The land they parade as their headquarters is Ijaw ancestral land. Prince Ginuwa, their Benin ancestor, was ferried and settled there by Ijaws who gave him land and a wife. They are tenants. Ungrateful tenants.
\u200e
\u200eCourt Cases:
\u200e
\u200eOgegede v. Dore Numa (1925) exposed the Itsekiri\u2019s fraudulent land grabbing.
\u200e
\u200eOmetan v. Dore Numa (1926) affirmed that Ijaw lands were wrongly stolen through colonial manipulation.
\u200e
\u200eShell v. Tiebo VII (1996) Supreme Court recognized Ijaw ownership in Gbaramatu against corporate and Itsekiri interests.
\u200e
\u200eIf aboriginality means \u201cfirst settlers,\u201d then the Itsekiris must sit down and shut up. They came last, begged for space and now shout like lords.
\u200e
\u200eThe Voters Register Deception
\u200e
\u200eThe IYE claim that wards must be based on the existing Voters Register. This is their loudest fraud. The so-called register was built on fraudulent wards that disenfranchised Ijaws and Urhobos for decades. To use it again is to multiply injustice.
\u200e
\u200eThe Supreme Court knew this and ordered a new delineation. INEC must not rely on a rotten register. It must start afresh, based on real communities, real population and real justice.
\u200e
\u200eWho Truly Deserves More Wards?
\u200e
\u200eLet the facts roar:
\u200e
\u200eIjaws: Largest population, widest landmass, aboriginal settlers, owners of the creeks, rivers and lands of Warri South-West, Warri North and Warri South.
\u200e
\u200eUrhobos: Settlers with large contiguous communities, recognized by history and demographics.
\u200e
\u200eItsekiris: A minority enclave, created by exile, surviving on Ijaw goodwill and kept afloat by colonial fraud.
\u200e
\u200eThe equation is clear: Ijaws are the Majority while the
\u200eItsekiris are Minority of Minorities. Representation must follow truth, not lies.
\u200e
\u200eOur Final Warning and Demand
\u200e
\u200eWe, the Warri Constituency Defenders of Truth and Justice, declare:
\u200e
\u200e1. INEC must announce the final ward delineation result now. The delay is deliberate injustice.
\u200e
\u200e2. The Federal Government must compel INEC to obey the Constitution and the Supreme Court.
\u200e
\u200e3. Any blood spilled in Warri because of this delay will be on INEC\u2019s head. History will hold them responsible.
\u200e
\u200e4. Itsekiri blackmail must end. Nigeria cannot continue to bow to a noisy minority.
\u200e
\u200eConclusion:
\u200eTruth Will Outlive Lies
\u200e
\u200eThe IYE\u2019s statement is nothing but the cry of a cornered fraud. Their words reek of desperation, fear and minority arrogance.
\u200e
\u200eWho deserves more wards? The Ijaws and Urhobos because history, law, population and geography are on their side.
\u200eWho deserves shame? The Itsekiris because they live on borrowed land and borrowed lies.
\u200e
\u200eWe call on the Federal Government and INEC: Announce the final delineation result NOW. Enough of the delay. Enough of the lies.
\u200e
\u200eSigned:
\u200e
\u200eHon. Willman Kenebo
\u200e(Chairman)
\u200e
\u200eDr, Francis Onoge
\u200e(Secretary)
\u200e
\u200eWarri Constituency Defenders of Truth and Justice
\u200e
\u200eCc:
\u200e
\u200eThe Delta State Governor
\u200e
\u200eThe National Assembly
\u200e
\u200eThe National Security Adviser
\u200e
\u200eDelta State House of Assembly
\u200e
\u200eInternational Community<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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