Okowa urged to intervene to avert crisis in Ekpan Community, as Chairman fingers Hon. Ighedo, Iffie as culprits

Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has been enjoined to intervene in the recent Ekpan Community Liaison Officers ,CLOs' issues to avert Crisis in the community.

The Chairman Ekpan Development Committee, EDC in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Stephen Omamuromu Akemu, made the appeal in Ekpan, while speaking with Newsmen. 

Mr Akemu, alleged that the current Vice Chairman of Uvwie Local Government, Hon. Daniel Ighedo and the CLO of Nestoil Company, Mr. NewYear Iffie,whose tenure had reportedly expired, are purportedly peddling falsehood aimed at truncating his tenure as chairman of Ekpan Development Committee, because of his stand against their intentions to influence their stay as Community Liaison Officers CLOs to various Companies against the wish of Uvwie Kingdom.

Fresh Angle International, understands that the EDC Chairman, stated that his problem started when he decided to support the Traditional leadership in their quest to settle the lingering Community Liaison Officers' debacle, stressing that he did not see the justification in individuals laying hold to a Community Liaison Officer position in a company for over ten years, against the wish of the community that placed them there.

He said the Community Liaison Officers' issue is the exclusive business of the Traditional leadership of Uvwie Kingdom, adding that he was never part of the Decision.

Mr Akemu, disclosed that Mr. Ighedo and Mr. Iffie, are spreading false rumour that he is a member of All Progressives Congress, APC, inorder to give him a bad name and discredit him before the Governor of Delta State. 

Mr. Akemu, said he is not in any other political party except the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP under which he is currently a serving Member of the Land and Water Ways Security Committee, Delta state, PDP Ward Nine Assistant Secretary Uvwie Local Government Area as well as the National Youth Leader, Delta Central DC23. 

He stated that his dealings with other politically exposed persons of any other party, including the APC both within and outside the Ekpan community is no more than normal dealings that are apolitical, stressing that he has never received gifts of any kind in anticipation of switching his loyalty to any other political party as they have rumoured.

The EDC Chairman, further stated that Ekpan community has never in recent times enjoyed the kind of peace being enjoyed since they took over the reigns of leadership in the community.

He urged the Delta State Governor to use some of his instruments within the local government to ask residents of Ekpan Community how the town has faired since the Community leadership was saddled on his shoulders, adding that he has done his best to curtail criminality and gun running in Ekpan community. 

Mr. Akemu, disclosed that Developers are coming back to Ekpan community, because of the prevailing peace.

It would be recalled that the accused persons opposed the decision while some of them, lobbied their friends in the government to overturn government earlier decision on tenure-ship to favour them in complete contempt for the government’s report, headed by  Chief Edwin Uzor (JP) former Special Adviser, to the Governor on Peace Building And Conflict Resolution which declared that, “the current community liaison officers (C.L.O) and community relations committee, CRC, members have served long enough and are given up till 30th September 2020 to wind up their activities and accordingly, vacate office on the date 30th September 2020. Within this period, the community should appoint replacement for them through the Unuevworo of the various quarter in consonance with the EDC chairman.”

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