Suspecting that the White Paper on the crisis that rocked Umusadege Community in Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State has been swept under the carpet, another round of crisis has been triggered.
Hundreds of protesters on Wednesday trooped to the state’s Government House, Asaba, the Deputy Governor’s Office and media houses across the state, demanding the immediate release of the White Paper.
They were shocked that after a year, the committee that sat over the matter failed to release or implement the outcome.
According to the protesters, the non release and implementation of the White Paper has sustained the crisis in the community.
A year ago, the mayhem in Umusadege led to shooting, bombing, burning of houses and destruction of other properties, including the palace of the traditional ruler of the Kingdom.
In a protest letter, co-signed by one Macaulay Jackson, Eke Sunday, Azuka Omogu and Omem Henry, circulated round the state, the protesters were grieved that some cabals want to hold on to power perpetually to the detriment of the community.
The protest letter reads in part: “In resolving this matter, since 2011 and the need to follow due processes, the traditional rulers in Ndokwa nation, the King of Emu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Obuenwe John Ulu; the King of Umukwata, His Royal Majesty, Friday Abaja; the Delta State Commissioner of Police; the Ndokwa West Local Government Council, the Commissioner for Oil and Gas and finally, the State Security Council headed by the Deputy Governor, all of them were involved in finding a solution to the crisis.
“The State Security Council ordered the renegade Umusadege-Ogbe Community Development Chairman (name withheld) to step aside and cease to function, but he has since defied government’s restraining order in connivance of certain persons, and so Umusadege is still in the tenterhooks.”
While they appealed to the government to release the White Paper of the State Security Committee meeting of September 18, 2013, they threatened to match those fomenting troubles against the community strength to strength if the report is not implemented.
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