{"id":4869,"date":"2025-10-02T14:04:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/robinson-ariyos-book-titled-inec-corrupt-practices-filled-with-falsehood__says-right-group-in-an-open-letter-to-barr-temi-harriman-inec-federal-government-of-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T14:04:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:04:28","slug":"robinson-ariyos-book-titled-inec-corrupt-practices-filled-with-falsehood__says-right-group-in-an-open-letter-to-barr-temi-harriman-inec-federal-government-of-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/robinson-ariyos-book-titled-inec-corrupt-practices-filled-with-falsehood__says-right-group-in-an-open-letter-to-barr-temi-harriman-inec-federal-government-of-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Robinson Ariyo\u2019s Book Titled \u201cINEC CORRUPT PRACTICES\u201d Filled With Falsehood__Says Right Group In An Open Letter To Barr. Temi Harriman, INEC, Federal Government Of Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Esther David<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Title: Truth Before Falsehood: Setting the Records Straight on Warri\u2019s Ward Delineation Crisis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Hon. (Barr.) Temi Harriman,<br \/>Dear Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),<br \/>Dear Federal Government of Nigeria,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We write with deep anger, yet with clarity of purpose, to refute the selective narratives recently circulated at the launch of the book \u201cINEC Corrupt Practices: The Siamese Twins and Warri Federal Constituency.\u201d While we respect your distinguished career and your father\u2019s legacy, your remarks \u201cabide by law or risk chaos\u201d as reported in the media, are themselves a tragic distortion of the true legal and historical position of the Warri ward delineation crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Law Must Be Quoted in Full, Not in Fragments<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court of Nigeria in Timinimi v. INEC (SC\/CV\/1033\/2023) gave a clear, final and binding directive: INEC must conclude and publish the final ward delineation results for Warri Federal Constituency. This is not an \u201cimmediate judgment\u201d that can be revisited at will; it is a judgment of the apex court of the land, binding on all persons and authorities under Section 287(1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). Selectively invoking an interlocutory order from 1997 while ignoring a Supreme Court judgment of 2022 is the very definition of contempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the late jurist Chukwudifu Oputa once warned: \u201cJustice is not a one-way traffic. It must be seen to be done to all sides equally.\u201d To continue to freeze Warri Federal Constituency in a fraudulent ward structure struck down by the Supreme Court is to insult both the law and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Historical Truth Cannot Be Erased by Banquet Halls<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Your speech recalls the Willink Commission Report of 1958. That report was not an Itsekiri charter; it was a British acknowledgement of the fears of Nigeria\u2019s minorities, including the Ijaw and Urhobo peoples, about domination by numerically smaller groups armed with colonial privileges. The same report recommended special protection for the Niger Delta peoples who were then and remain, the economic backbone of Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colonial files\u2014CSO 26\/Vol.6\/08549, CO 554\/120\/5 and Portuguese explorer Duarte Pacheco Pereira\u2019s 1485 testimony, all pre-date the Itsekiri kingdom\u2019s later claims. They confirm the presence and political organization of Ijaw settlements in Gbaramatu, Ogbe-Ijoh and Diebiri long before any so-called \u201cWarri South\u201d ward structure was concocted in 1997. Quoting the Willink Report while ignoring these records is intellectual dishonesty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Technical and Democratic Equity<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Under Section 14(2)(c) of the 1999 Constitution, \u201cthe participation by the people in their government shall be ensured in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.\u201d Yet for decades the Ijaw and Urhobo majority populations of Warri Federal Constituency have been locked into minority ward structures, while one small ethnic group enjoys disproportionate representation. This is not merely a legal matter; it is a technical breach of electoral equity, population data and constitutional democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, once said: \u201cINEC must be an impartial umpire, not a player.\u201d By delaying the publication of the final ward delineation, INEC is behaving not as an umpire but as a party to a fraudulent status quo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cAbide by Law or Risk Chaos\u201d We Agree, But the Law Is Clear<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You said, \u201cRespecting the law is the only way to sustain peace. Nigeria is not a jungle.\u201d On this, we agree wholeheartedly. But respecting the law means obeying the Supreme Court judgment, not cherry-picking old interlocutory orders. Nigeria becomes a jungle when apex court judgments are ignored, when violence is rewarded with more wards and when communities that have waited decades for justice are told to \u201cbe patient.\u201d Patience is not weakness; but patience abused becomes resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Our Demand<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>We therefore demand, educationally, legally, historically and technically that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>INEC immediately publishes the final ward delineation result as ordered by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Federal Government directs INEC to comply forthwith to avert unrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public figures, including former lawmakers, refrain from misleading the public with half-truths dressed as legal wisdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Martin Luther King Jr. reminded the world: \u201cA right delayed is a right denied.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We shall not register under fraudulent wards already struck down by the Supreme Court. No final ward delineation result, no Continuous Voter Registration. No CVR, no election. This is not a threat; it is a constitutional stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"6\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Conclusion<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Hon. Harriman, it is not enough to call for credibility; one must also resist the temptation to distort history and law for ethnic comfort. Democracy dies not only by bullets but by silence and selective memory. We will not be silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yours faithfully,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hon, Timothy Ebiotubo<br \/>Spokesman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On behalf Of The Concerned People Of Warri Historical facts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cc:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Delta State Government<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Security Adviser<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Assembly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International Observers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media Houses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Esther David Title: Truth Before Falsehood: Setting the Records Straight on Warri\u2019s Ward Delineation&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[1480,1066,1483],"class_list":["post-4869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-federal-government-of-nigeria","tag-inec","tag-robinson-ariyos-book-titled-inec-corrupt-practices-filled-with-falsehood__says-right-group-in-an-open-letter-to-barr-temi-harriman"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_3422.jpg?fit=739%2C632&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4925,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/22\/release-fieldwork-report-now-and-begin-new-voter-registration-in-warri-federal-constituency__group-charge-inec\/","url_meta":{"origin":4869,"position":0},"title":"\u201cRelease Fieldwork Report Now And Begin New Voter Registration In Warri Federal Constituency\u201d__Group Charge INEC","author":"Freeborn Abraye","date":"October 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Uche Alvin AN OPEN LETTER TO THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC)\u200eWarri Federal Constituency Demands Action: Release Fieldwork Report Now and Begin New Voter Registration!\u200e\u200eThe Chairman,\u200eIndependent National Electoral Commission (INEC)\u200eINEC Headquarters\u200eAbuja, Nigeria\u200e\u200eDear Sir,\u200e\u200eWe, write to you as concerned citizens and stakeholders in the democratic future of Nigeria, particularly with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_0668-2-1.jpg?fit=235%2C214&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4568,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/02\/re-urgent-demand-for-compliance-with-supreme-court-judgement-in-hon-george-timinimi-others-v-inec-sc-413-2016\/","url_meta":{"origin":4869,"position":1},"title":"Re: Urgent Demand For Compliance With Supreme Court Judgement In Hon George Timinimi &amp; Others V. 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