Emerging reports suggest that
traditional rulers in Delta state stormed out of a peace meeting with Vice
President, Yemi Osinbajo on Monday, January 16
Vanguard reports that it was
a hectic one-day visit to Delta State for Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo,
as he witnessed the explosive nature of the region, with the Ijaw and Itsekiri
ethnic groups disagreeing on the ownership of the site of the Nigerian Maritime
University, NMU, Okerenkoko, whose take-off is a major demand by the Ijaw of
Gbaramatu Kingdom.
Prof Osinbajo also found
himself in another tight spot when monarchs, who waited for several hours for
his arrival at the Petroleum Training Institute, PTI, Conference Hall, Effurun,
got tired and angrily stormed out of the venue.
The appearance of the Vice
President, who made an emergency landing at about 5p.m. with his chief host,
the governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, moments after they staged a
walk out, did not persuade some of the monarchs from returning, but security
operatives locked the entrance, stopping their drivers from leaving the
premises.
Some reluctantly returned in
the circumstance. Osinbajo was accompanied on the visit by the Minister of
State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty At the
troubled Gbaramatu Kingdom, in Warri South-West Local Government Area, the
people complained that they have become more endangered and estranged by the
current Nigerian state, calling on the Federal Government to reconcile them
back to the national union.
The Vice President, who
touched down at Oporoza onboard a Nigerian Navy 231 helicopter, at about
1209hrs, first held closed door talks with the Pere (King) of Gbaramatu, HRM
Oboro Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba and his Council of Chiefs as well as host
governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, among other stakeholders before an open and broader
open air interaction.
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