Prominent Niger Delta activist and Akulagba of Warri Kingdom, Chief Ayirimi Emami has raised alarm, saying Itsekiris in Escravos and other parts of Warri South-West Local Government Area in Delta State cannot participate in the ongoing INEC voter registration as a result of the Aladja/Ogbe-Ijoh crisis.
Chief Emami who spoke to Fresh Angle International in an exclusive phone chat from Akpakpa-Ajudaibo, Ugborodo in Warri South-West in the early hours of Thursday May 4, declared that since the commencement of the ongoing voter registration Thursday April 27, Itsekiri of eligible age have been shut out from the exercise, saying they cannot go to INEC Office at Ogbe-Ijoh because of the tension created by the protracted Aladja/Ogbe-Ijoh land dispute.
Chief Ayirimi Emami
While stressing that the unfolding scenario will disenfranchise Itsekiri people of Warri South-West Local Government Area in the build-up to the 2019 election, Chief Emami called on the Federal Government and the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu to immediately direct the Electoral Officer for Warri South-West Local Government Area to create registration units in Escravos and other Itsekiri communities in Warri South Local Government Area, to enable Itsekiris participate in the ongoing exercise.
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