FEB 02, 2019

Ahead of the February 16 and March 2, 2019 elections, stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ikpide-Irri riverine community, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, have threatened that any indigene who casts his or her vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) would be banished from the community.

SaharaReporters reliably gathered that the decision was taken on Friday during the PDP stakeholders meeting held at John Kpokpogri's residence, a retired admiral at Ikpide-Irri community and attended by Aggrey Apena, a strong PDP member and Archbishop of Bethesda Gospel Mission, Pius Otolo, John Kpokpogri, Immanuel Emoefe, Chairman of PORTPLUS limited, a marine firm handling the N736,404, 555.60 road contract said to have been a ‘kola’ gift to the firm by Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State.

Speaking in confidence with our correspondent, a PDP member, who attended the meeting, said other decisions were reached during the meeting but what was top on the agenda was the “banishment” of any indigene who cast his or her vote for APC in the February 16 and March 2 elections.

He said: "At the meeting, the issue of the arrest of Mr. Endurance Ukpethu over the protest concerning the controversial ‘kola-nut’ road contract was also raised and Immanuel Emoefe, chairman of PORTPLUS limited, a marine firm handling the controversial Ikpide-Irri N736,404,555.60 road contract vowed to deal with the local government council chairman, Itiako Ikpokpo, for backing Ukpethu. Immanuel vowed to fight with the last drop of his blood to make sure that Ikpokpo and Ukpethu are jailed.

"At this juncture, Aggrey Apena, Archbishop of Bethesda Gospel Mission, Irri, cautioned him to tread with caution as those protesting against the controversial substandard road project meant well for the community and should be invited for a dialogue. However, Immanuel vehemently turned down the cleric’s advice. As I talk to you, following the banishment threat targeted at APC members, so many persons in the past two days have been dumping the APC for PDP for fear of being molested and banished.”

A community leader, who preferred not to be named for fear of attack by "political thugs" working for the PORTPLUS Limited Chairman, said: "The issue of banishing APC members in Ikpide-Irri by Immanuel and PDP leaders in the community as threatened is a fact and must not be handled with kids gloves at all.

"Before now, Immanuel and Kpokpogri, a retired Navy Admiral, had vowed to use their connections to occupy the community with soldiers and other security agents, who will harass and intimidate APC members during the general election. In the 2011 and 2015 elections, that was how Immanuel and Kpokpogri occupied the entire community with soldiers, harassing, beating and intimidating members of the opposition. I can also tell you that Immanuel has brought in wrappers to be distributed to women and girls, including cash, during the elections.

"Though I don't belong to any of the political parties in the community and I don't vote, a level playing ground must be allowed for all parties in the community during the elections. You know Immanuel will do everything to protect his food from the PDP and to grab more multi-million naira contracts and amass illicit wealth to the detriment of the community indigenes. A case study is the controversial Ikpide-Irri road contract which he said was given to him as kola-nut Governor Okowa.”

A member of the APC in the community, who simply identified himself as Orowo, confirmed the development to our correspondent, stating that “series of secret meetings have been going on at the residence of the owner of PORTPLUS limited, perfecting plans on how to rig the elections and use soldiers to harass, intimidate and beat us members of the APC in the community which they have done in the past before now. You can't turn a whole community into a one-party community.

"We APC members in Ikpide-Irri community want to use this medium to call on President Muhammadu Buhari, the party’s governorship candidate, Chief Great Ogboru, the immediate past governor of the state and APC Delta South senatorial candidate, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and Honourable Joel-Onowakpo Thomas of Isoko federal constituency to come to our aid and also put solid measures in place for the protection of our members in Ikpide-Irri during the elections.

"How can a man will so be desperate and dubious and fraudulent and plan to maim his own people because of elections? This is a man, for reasons best known to him, changed his real name from Emmanuel Omojefe to Immanuel Emoefe. This is a man that was given a road contract of almost one billion Naira as kola by Okowa, according his elder brother and president general of Ikpide-Irri, Mike Omojefe. Immanuel and his cohorts have always been involved in vote buying in this community during elections.

"At the end, he will use the community to negotiate for political appointment for his family members and grab contracts. For good sixteen years now, the senator representing Delta South senatorial district, James Manager, and member representing Isoko federal constituency, Leo Ogor, have failed the people Ikpide-Irri community and Isoko in general, as such must be voted out. Blood will flow should they carry out their plans to rig the elections and use soldiers to harass and intimidate us,” the APC declared.

At the time of filing in this report, all efforts to reach out to Immanuel Emoefe and other PDP leaders who participated in the stakeholders’ meeting, proved abortive as their mobile lines were not be reachable. However, a community member disclosed that the riverine community has no mobile network due to the terrain.

http://saharareporters.com/2019/02/02/isoko-community-vows-banish-anyone-who-votes-apc

any means to stop the demonic party of death and hunger is welcome.

very good decision

Lifeless FC isn't welcome in the south side

I think the isoko elders are wrong on this directive. Even though i am a PDP supporter, i believe that everyone has a right and is entitled to vote for whoever he/she wishes to vote for.
This is jungle justice on the electorate. This is hate speech and it should be investigated and its promoters be dealt with.

Nonsense n ingredient

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You don't need to blame them. Their experiences since 3+yrs have thought them bitter lessons. They have not forgotten the price of rice and other staple food before APC came on board. Then they were told if they vote APC their life will change for the better, but their standard of life became worse. So pls don't blame.

This is preposterous


But any means adopted to end APC's misrule is a welcome development

Nigerians are Atikulated!!Anybody that's supports Buhari at this stage should be considered an enemy for life ..What conscience has buhari to ask Benue, Taraba, Niger, kogi, Zamfara, Adamawa, Kaduna, Plateau, Nasarawa to vote for him after "deliberately" allowing fulani herdsmen to kill thousands of their people and rendering many homeless? Is it not shocking that over 73 people were killed in Benue in a day by people who are still in our midst? Why is Buhari protecting serial murderers like the fulani herdsmen? Why have we not seen any serious effort from the govt in arresting and prosecuting these mass murderers instead of asking Nigerians to submit their land for ranch or be killed? Is anything wrong with those supporting Buhari or are they part of the killer-herdsmen? Mr Buhari lacks the least of competence required to be a modern president. A good leader protects all his nationals including those who hate him but Mr Buhari is very strange. His ethnic and religious infantile chauvinism has polarised Nigeria the more. Nigerians on social media now wage rabid inter-tribal media wars instead of tackling the real issues threatening our existence. How would you expect people who were buying a bag of rice for 9k, a litre of fuel for N97 to buy them at 28k and 145 respectively, to be happy, to praise you and vote for you again? Have their brains been rewired?Vote wisely! Avoid sentiments while casting your votes. Hunger and hardship knows no tribe, religion or party affiliation.Say no to vote buying
PDP WILL WIN APC-hain IN SOUTHWEST.

rusher14:
"We APC members in Ikpide-Irri community want to use this medium to call on President Muhammadu Buhari, the party’s governorship candidate, Chief Great Ogboru, the immediate past governor of the state and APC Delta South senatorial candidate, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and Honourable Joel-Onowakpo Thomas of Isoko federal constituency to come to our aid and also put solid measures in place for the protection of our members in Ikpide-Irri during the elections.

"How can a man will so be desperate and dubious and fraudulent and plan to maim his own people because of elections? This is a man, for reasons best known to him, changed his real name from Emmanuel Omojefe to Immanuel Emoefe. This is a man that was given a road contract of almost one billion Naira as kola by Okowa, according his elder brother and president general of Ikpide-Irri, Mike Omojefe. Immanuel and his cohorts have always been involved in vote buying in this community during elections.

Kindly migrate to daura to continue your madness

Not in Isoko


Isoko wado!!!!!!!

satelliteDISH:
I think the isoko elders are wrong on this directive. Even though i am a PDP supporter, i believe that everyone has a right and is entitled to vote for whoever he/she wishes to vote for.
This is jungle justice on the electorate. This is hate speech and it should be investigated and its promoters be dealt with.

First investigate "Dog and baboon will be soaked in blood "

When you comeback, we shall join you to investigate this one

Over sabi

NaijaMutant:


Kindly migrate to daura to continue your madness

Not in Isoko


Isoko wado!!!!!!!

You do realise the heading is misleading, don't you?

I'm just wondering the population of isoko and the total number of registered voters.does isoko people really vote APC last general election.but that shouldn't be the issue a thorough investigation should carry out about this threat.after all we still have some loyalists APC members there.

How do you expect them to support Buhari after he lost his brothers to the blood thirst Fulani matches

good, i like people who dont celebrate mediocrity

This is wrong in all ramification. Every body has the right to choose. Some will choose life or some will choose lifeless. It is every mallam with his kettle. I wouldn't want to blame the so called elders, they saw hell within the past four years of the lifeless one.

This people no even know what is wrong with them

rusher14:


You do realise the heading is misleading, don't you?

He's dumb na...
Can't even read

NIGERIANS MUST VOTE OUT BUHARI





BUHARI MUST FALLbuhari runs a govt of 'blame game'
he considers himself above the Law and can jettison the justice system to be subservient to his service He recruited one of the most incompetent persons to serve as Ministers
He recruited certificate forgers and Law breakers to serve as Ministers
He appointed dead people into federal parastatals
He likes appointing old people to sensitive offices
He believes on the superiority of his ethnic group or region to other regions
He introduced Double digit inflation to the country
He banned relevant items without a good plan of how to locally substitute them
The currency of the country was devalued under his watch as the currency lost more than 50℅ of its value on just few months
Under his watch, the stock exchange lost more than 50℅ of its value
He Encourages World leaders to deport citizens of his country that fled the country
They have to interpret English into English to him*
He runs away from intellectual discussions like debates*
He never established a single business close to thirty years after leaving power
He never wrote a single book, a sign of a dormant brain*
He never improved himself academically thirty years after leaving power*
He never suggested to any leader an idea as to how to make the nation better*
All he did when he lost election was to threaten the country
Lives are always lost due to his comments whenever he loses elections
The worst DISASTER in the history of the country

Excellent. No road for terrorists into the south

Must all the people from the community support PDP?

Moreover the statements was made by Pdp chieftains not the Isoko people

satelliteDISH:
I think the isoko elders are wrong on this directive. Even though i am a PDP supporter, i believe that everyone has a right and is entitled to vote for whoever he/she wishes to vote for.
This is jungle justice on the electorate. This is hate speech and it should be investigated and its promoters be dealt with.

Shat up !

helinues:
Must all the people from the community support PDP?

Moreover the statements was made by Pdp chieftains not the Isoko people

APC are terrorist party buhari is herdsman.

We don't want terrorists in our land.

Binikingdowm:
APC are terrorist party buhari is herdsman.

We don't want terrorists in our land.

And you think some communities also want corrupt party in their lands?

helinues:


And you think some communities also want corrupt party in their lands?

even though, we can manage corruption, is it your oil? Does your people have oil? Why are your complaining?.

APC is a terrorist party spreading Islamisation

Binikingdowm:
even though, we can manage corruption, is it your oil? Does your people have oil? Why are your complaining?.

APC is a terrorist party spreading Islamisation

What does oil got to do with this, or is Njemba Al-cameroonie now from Edo state?

helinues:


What does oil got to do with this, or is Njemba Al-cameroonie now from Edo state?

buhari is a terrorist, leave us alone

Binikingdowm:
buhari is a terrorist, leave us alone

I just hope all of your guys won't abandoned your handle/moniker after 17th of Feb

helinues:


I just hope all of your guys won't abandoned your handle/moniker after 17th of Feb

Bros you better be open minded or you will be the one to commit suicide. Stop bragging anything can happen

Asshurbanipal:

Bros you better be open minded or you will be the one to commit suicide. Stop bragging anything can happen

Suicide untop politicians?

Igwe must hear this