Warri Federal Constituency II: Warring parties agree power sharing after Tinubu intervention - Businessday NG

Representatives of the Ijaw and Itsekiri ethnic nationalities in Delta State have agreed on a power-sharing arrangement for the proposed Warri Federal Constituency II following the intervention of President Bola Tinubu aimed at resolving the lingering dispute over electoral ward delineation in the area.

The agreement was reached on Friday after a meeting convened at the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, in Abuja.

The meeting at the NSA’s office, which lasted about two hours, was chaired by Ribadu and attended by the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi.

This followed an earlier engagement between President Tinubu and representatives of the Ijaw, Itsekiri and Urhobo ethnic groups from Warri Federal Constituency at the Presidential Villa on June 11. Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, also attended the meeting.

According to the resolution signed by representatives of the Ijaw and Itsekiri groups and witnessed by stakeholders, the parties agreed on a rotational arrangement for the House of Representatives seat in the proposed Warri Federal Constituency II.