By Austin Ogwuda
THE raging controversy over the creation of Anioma State to become an additional State within the South East region of Nigeria, has continued to receive both support and disapproval from different people and groups even outside the geographical entity Delta North populated by the people popularly referred to Aniomas.
The latest disapproval turned threat action came from Delta State socio-political group, which styled itself as “The Ndokwa Renaissance”.
The group has called on Senator Ned Nwoko representing Delta North Senatorial District of Delta State, Nigeria, sponsoring the Bill which has passed through the First Reading to withdraw same or face dire consequences.
They warned that if Senator Nwoko fails to withdraw his proposal which they described as dangerously self serving, undemocratic and unconstitutional they will be left with no option than to institute legal action to compel him.
In addition, the group has threatened to mobilise the people of Delta North Senatorial District to recall him (Senator Ned Nwoko) as their representative at the Senate.
This was part of the resolutions reached by the group after its emergency National Executive meeting held in Abuja, weekend.
In the resolution signed by its President, Hon. Chinedu Ebgenumolise and Secretary, Dr. Uti Onyeukwu, the group condemned Nwoko’s proposal without due consultation of the people of Delta North who will be negatively affected by such a move.
According to the group, Delta North had been an integral part of the South South from colonial era to date and wondered why the lawmaker would want the peaceful and progressive Anioma land to be made part of the South East where violent agitation for secession has heightened insecurity.
They resolved as follows:
“We must emphasize that the long overdue and very deserving creation of Anioma State is a dream we fondly hold dear as Anioma people and will work in support of any genuine effort towards the early realisation of this noble aspiration.
“It is of a great disservice therefore for the Distinguished Senator to embark on such a geopolitical re-engineering with the potential to cause devastating geopolitical dislocation we may never recover from as a people. No one can pretend to be unaware of the current countrywide political intricacies that typify the South East Region as generally and historically violent, prone with widespread disdain for Nigeria and its symbolic institutions of state leading to almost always a blanket of siege over the region from both State and non-state actors.
“These are traits that are alien to the Anioma people and do not represent societal features that promote peace , growth, development and communal prosperity”, the resolution stated.
Source: The Story