‘Let’s keep the peace in Delta’

The Nation

5 May 2011

‘Let’s keep the peace in Delta’

FOLLOWING certain moves by some individuals and groups aimed at invalidating the election of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, the United Niger Delta Forum, a political pressure group, has warned that such moves would be unacceptable to the people of the State who had taken a decision on who would govern them.

Addressing journalists at a press conference at the Conference Hall of Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos, Prof. Chukwuma I. C. Nwose who spoke on behalf of the group said the warning became necessary as a result of what he called ‘frenetic efforts by some disgruntled elements who want power at all costs to distabilise the peace and unity in Delta State.”

The don, who is Head, Inter-ethnic and Inter-governmental Relations of United Niger Delta Forum and Patron Active Nigerians for Positive Change noted that claims by Chief Edwin K. Clark on the conduct of the gubernatorial election in Delta State were not only unfounded but also misleading.