Ijaw and Itshekiri Apc disagree over NDDC Appointment

WARRI—ITSEKIRIS in Delta State All Progressives Congress, APC, have, described the choice of Adjogbe Ajenakevwe, one of Delta’s nominees on the board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, as an illegality against the Act setting up the commission.

In a petition to President Muhammadu Buhari by Robinson Ariyo, Felix Ighonmieyetan and David Omadeli, APC candidates in Warri South constituency I and Warri North in the 2015 election and Leader, APC Warri South-West respectively, the Itsekiri APC members expressed disappointment over the development.

They said: “The entire Itsekiri nation, particularly some of us, committed members of the APC are disappointed and piqued, to say the least, because of the names sent to the Senate for ratification as members of the proposed board of NDDC.

“We are compelled to mention that one of our own, Tuoyo Omatsuli occupied the position of Executive Director of Projects, EDP on the board of NDDC for two years (December 2013 through December 2015) before Your Excellency dissolved the board and appointed a Sole Administrator.

“For the two years, Omatsuli held the position of EDP, his performance speaks volume till date and it was only normal for us as Itsekiri, in line with the Act establishing NDDC, to expect that an Itsekiri man should at least be appointed to complete the remaining two years.”

Denying any form of illegality and rancour in the nomination of Ajenakevwe, however, the 2015 governorship candidate of the party in the state, Olorogun O’Tega Emerhor said: “A development like this is a reminder to the public that there is no faction in Delta APC. Factionalisation is just the figment of the imagination of those who don’t mean well.”

Contacted on the development, Sen. Spanner Okpozo, factional leader of the Delta APC choose to keep mum, saying, “I will not say anything on this matter. I am a leader of the party as it stays.”

Vanguard.