Urhobo UPU Saga: Rex Anighoro Threat To Bar Prof Osibanjo From Delta Central Irresponsible, Anti-Democracy

By Our Correspondent

Otega4Governor Campaign Organization has swiftly reacted to a press statement by one Mr. Rex Anighoro purported to be speaking for the entire Urhobo Youth through a group he called “Coalition of Urhobo Nation Youth Leaders and Stakeholders” (CUNYLS), in which he issued a seven day ultimatum on APC Vice Presidential Candidate, Prof Yemi Osibanjo to disassociate himself from the Chief Tuesday Onoge faction of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU).

A statement by the Director of Media and Political Communication, Dr. Fred Oghenesivbe said that Anighoro is fully aware that the Uvwiamuge Declaration document does not have room for the Labour Party (LP), rather it was an offer to the two national parties; the APC and the PDP for which APC accepted the UPU offer and gave Urhobo land the gubernatorial candidate in the person of Olorogun O’tega Emerhor.

The Delta APC Campaign mouthpiece further asserted that if Anighoro , UPU and Chief Omene were sure that LP was part of the bargain ab-initio and did wanted Chief Great Ogboru of the Labour Party to fly the urhobo flag during the elections, they ought to have presented him (Ogboru) the very first time they struck a deal with Governor Uduaghan and the PDP, adding that if David Edevwie had won the PDP primary, then of course Chief Ogboru would have been left in cold to nurse his absolute rejection by the UPU, Chief Omene and Anighoro’s group.

He condemned Anighoro’s political rascality saying that the contracted group lack the moral and legal justification to issue such ultimatum on APC Vice Presidential candidate and a seasoned Professor of Law.

Dr Oghenesivbe further disclosed that Anighoro has veered off the part of equity and truth which is why he made a sudden u-turn from the part of justice and good conscience to compromise his dignity and sincerity, adding that Urhobo Youth can neither be forced nor coerced into accepting Chief Great Ogboru of the Labour Party (LP) who could not win three straight governorship elections plus a re-run.

He said Anighoro during the UPU Youth Interaction with Governorship candidates which APC Olorogun Emerhor attended (Ogboru absent) told the huge crowd that the Urhobo Nation was no longer interested in doing business with PDP for failing to give Urhobo a gubernatorial candidate, adding that Anighoro’s utterances and declarations at the event are on tapes, both visuals and audio.

The APC Campaign Media Director further explained that Anighoro’s statement published in today’s Vanguard (February 18, 2015) is strongly worded such that can snowball into a fierce war between Youth of the two factions of the UPU, if something urgent is not done to revert the said malicious publication, noting that Anighoro, Chief Omene and the said Coalition of Urhobo Nation Youth Leader and Stakeholders should be held responsible for any militia outbursts in urhobo land during the forth coming general elections.

Oghenesivbe said that the sixteen years of PDP misrule in Nigeria and in Delta State is the reason why the people are yearning for change, pointing out that there is little or nothing the PDP and Anighoro can do to stop the wind of CHANGE that is blowing across the political landscape of Nigeria. He is optimistic that the APC as a progressive party with the economic prosperity “change formula” will win the general elections and in Delta State, in a ground style.

He asserted that the governorship election in Delta State is between the APC candidate, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor and Senator Ifeanyi Okowa of the PDP, adding that Chief Great Ogboru of the LP will be a mere spectator and observer.