Delta: Tension Brew in Urhobo Community Over Alleged Irregular Election
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Tension is brewing in Ekuigbo community, Ughelli North Council Lrea of Delta State over election process for 19 executive positions to represent the community for the next three years.
The election earlier slated for last Saturday was held amidst calls by the oldest man of the community, Pa Ilori Akunurien on the need to postpone the election until all issues trailing the delegate list and petitions were concluded to forestall likely breakdown of law and order in the community.
Though the electoral committee declared winners for the various positions, a group of contestants, boycotted the election declaring it as a sham that would not stand the test of time, and vowed to undo the “wrong” done to them.
Speaking on behalf of the contestants that boycotted the election, a candidate for the position of youth chairman, Eka Oghenemere, accused members of the electoral committee of bias in favour of some candidates who had no prerequisite qualifications to run for the respective offices.
Appealing to his supporters to stay calm, Oghenemere said: “As a result of the issues trailing the delegate list and other pending petitions, Pa Akunurien who has the final say in the community, called for the postponement of the election, yet in flagrant disregard, the electoral committee went ahead to conduct a sham under the guise of a supposed election.”
