The AAC candidate stressed that the people of Warri Federal Constituency deserved representation that reflects the realities of ordinary residents rather than political elitism.
The African Action Congress (AAC) has picked Indigenous peoples’ rights advocate and environmental justice campaigner, Ojumude Tosan Bishop, as its candidate for the Warri Federal Constituency ahead of the forthcoming general elections in Delta State.
Bishop emerged as the party’s candidate during the Delta State AAC primaries held in Asaba over the weekend, a development political observers say could reshape conversations around minority inclusion, environmental protection and grassroots representation in the oil-rich Warri axis.
In his acceptance message after clinching the party’s ticket, Bishop thanked party members, supporters and residents of the constituency for what he described as their “belief in a new kind of politics centred on justice, inclusion and people-oriented governance.”
He pledged to pursue legislation that would address longstanding complaints of marginalisation among Indigenous communities, environmental degradation caused by oil exploration, youth unemployment and unequal access to political representation.
