Arising from an enlarged meeting of Isoko ethnic nationality in Delta State on Friday, the people of the axis have demanded for the slot of the deputy governor in 2015.
The ethnic nationality vowed to cast their votes for any other popular party other than the Peoples Democratic Party, should the slot of the deputy governor of the state be conceded to another ethnic nationality in Delta South Senatorial District for next year’s election.
The people did not only threaten protest votes against the ruling PDP, they decried an age-long “disappointment and acute marginalization” inflicted upon them by the federal and state governments since 1999.
The emergency meeting was conveyed by the Isoko National Assembly, the umbrella of Isoko political leaders, held at the Wisdom Hall of Chief Eriri’s Palace in Emede, Isoko South Local Government Area of the state on Friday.
At the meeting, the INA called on the ruling party to swiftly consider an Isoko man as Senator Ifeanyi Okowa’s deputy.
Senator Okowa, the flag-bearer of the PDP in the state, against all odds, polled 406 votes to beat his closest rival, Chief David Edevbie, who scored 299; and another leading aspirant in the race, Sir Tony Obuh, who got five votes, and 21 others who contested for the party’s governorship primaries.
The meeting, attended by Isoko prominent political leaders, observed with displeasure that dividends of democracy have eluded the ethnic nation for years.
A communique at the meeting, co-signed by the President of the Assembly, High Chief Paul Eriri; the National Secretary, Hon. Barrister Joe Arausi; the Head of Media/Publicity, Chief John Araka; and Chief Barrister Mike Edegware, Legal Adviser, made available to The Eagle Online, resolved for the position of state’s deputy Governor.
Besides, the Assembly vowed to mobilize the entire Isoko population to vote for the candidate of any political party that concedes the position to the Isoko nation in the next dispensation, if PDP fails to do so.
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