By Perez Brisibe

UGHELLI—THE Youth Wing of the Chief Joe Omene-led Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, has warned against vilifying the Urhobo nation for its support for ex-President Goodluck Jonathan during the 2015 general elections.

The group, while passing a vote of confidence in the leadership of Chief Omene and his executive, commended the stand of the union in its defence of the Uvwiamughe declaration.
In a statement by its president, Mr. Ovie Igho, the youths explained that it was uncharitable for anyone to vilify the UPU for supporting the re-election of ex-President Jonathan as it was the majority opinion of the Urhobo at the time, adding that by crafting the Uvwiamughe declaration, Urhobo took a clear position and pursued it to the end without capitulation.

Acknowledging the resilience of Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, the youths applauded him for taking a difficult political stance, stressing that it was time to break down all the walls that divide the Urhobo nation to ensure a win win for all.

Calling for the lifting of ban and sanction on any Urhobo by the UPU, the youths advised all Urhobos to brace up to the new political realities of the new administration, noting that it was time for all Urhobo to come together irrespective of political affiliation for a rebuilding process.