Ijaw, Itsekiri agree power-sharing deal over Warri Federal Constituency

Ijaw and Itsekiri stakeholders have agreed a power-sharing deal on Warri Federal Constituency II of Delta State after President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the dispute over INEC’s ward delineation exercise.

The two Delta ethnic groups sealed the agreement during a high-level meeting chaired by the National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, and attended by representatives of the Ijaw and Itsekiri ethnic groups.

In the terms of the agreement, the House of Representatives seat in the proposed Warri Federal Constituency II will rotate between the Ijaw and Itsekiri nationalities.

According to the agreement, the Ijaw will occupy the seat for the first two consecutive terms, after which it will rotate to the Itsekiri ethnic group for the next two terms.

This came after President Tinubu’s meeting with Delta stakeholders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

At the meeting, Tinubu directed that two representatives from each of the three ethnic nationalities involved in the dispute meet under the NSA’s supervision to develop a mutually acceptable political framework.

Signatories to the agreement include former Deputy Governor of Delta State, Kingsley Otuaro, and Dr. Eric Omare for the Ijaw nationality.

The Itsekiri delegation was represented by Sir A.S. Mene and Chief Robinson Ariyo.

The agreement was endorsed on behalf of the Federal Government by the NSA, while Olorogun Victor Okumagba and Chief Westham Adehor signed as witnesses.