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The leadership
of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Worldwide has called on the Executive
Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, to call a state serving
Commissioner in DESOPADEC, Hon. Vincent Oyibode, to order over the purported
inauguration of an Urhobo Youth Wing recently.
In a release by
the National Publicity Secretary of the UPU, Hon. Abel Oshevire, and made
available to the press, the UPU noted: “The attention of the Urhobo Progress
Union (UPU) has been drawn to the inauguration of a purported UPU Youth body at
the hotel premises, owned by a former youth leader and politician in Udu Local
Government Area, Delta State Oshevire said that the executive UPU Youth Wing
was dissolved on Friday, the 6th of December 2019. In its stead a new national
executive UPU apex youth body, (Ukoko R’ IgheleR’Urhobo) led by Comrade
OvieEbireri, was inaugurated by the President-General, UPU, Olorogun (Dr.)
Moses Oghenerume Taiga, JP.”
The UPU fingered
Hon. Vincent Oyibode as the brain behind what it termed a perfidy: It is instructive to mention that this inauguration (of a fraudulent
youth body) is a fallout of the open threat of a serving Commissioner in
DESOPADEC, Hon. Vincent Oyibode, who has been fingered as brain behind this
perfidy, to cause a breach of the peace in Urhoboland, when his attempt to
force his favoured candidate on the UPU as President of the apex Youth body
failed. Other identified co-travellers in this misadventure are persons,
who lobbied for themselves or their preferred candidates to be appointed, and imposed
as President of the Youth body. It is now clear that their mission was not
patriotic but for self-aggrandisement.
“We consider the rascality and purported inauguration of another youth body as unconstitutional, illegal, and an affront on the Urhobo Nation, UPU, the President-General, Urhobo Kings and all peace-loving Urhobo People worldwide. It is also a desecration, violation and total disregard of the authority of UPU, her sovereignty and leadership.”
The UPU then
urged Senator Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, to immediately call Oyibode to order, and
called on Security Agencies to beam their searchlights on his activities. The UPU also warned the entire Urhobo Nation,
Delta State Government, Security Agencies, Corporate Organisations and other
Stakeholders to beware of engaging with group. “We are by this notice warning
that any dealing with any other body outside the OvieEbireri-led youth
executive is illegal and criminal. Importantly, such dealing will be deemed as
a move to further cause a breach of the peace and disunity in Urhobo Nation. We
shall not fold our hands and watch this happen.”
“We wish to also
bring to the notice of the entire Urhobo Nation, Delta State Government and
Security Agencies that this DESOPADEC Commissioner, whose obvious ride to newfound
affluence has made him bereft of every sense of decency, respect for elders,
and laws, customs and tradition of Urhobo, continues to scandalize the name of
the UPU PG, Olorogun Moses Oghenerume Taiga, and spew out falsehoods,” UPU
noted.
While further
warning that the UPU will no longer tolerate the reckless use of Urhobo name as
title or tag to all self-seeking groups and associations, the Union called on
Hon. Oyibode and his co-travelers, including their sponsors outside Urhoboland,
to call themselves to order and drop what it described as ‘childish
shenanigans.’
In closing, the
UPU noted: “We use this medium to reiterate that the UPU, as the umbrella body
of Urhobo People, is peace-loving and progressive. We welcome multinational oil
companies, industries and corporate institutions to Urhoboland to give jobs to
our people, especially the youths, even as we must also emphasise that Urhobo
youths are well-educated, accommodating, law-abiding and industrious.
“To the Urhobo
Nation, we reiterate that we shall not be distracted and will resist any
attempt to foist disorder and illegality on this sacred Union of Urhobo People.
Our vision and mission to reposition the Urhobo Nation is clear, and we shall
not disappoint you,” it concluded.
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