By Festus Ahon

ASABA—THE people of Omadino community in Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State, have been warned to leave the Olu of Warri Kingdom, HRM Ogiame Ikenwoli, out of the leadership succession tussle rocking the Itsekiri Regional Development Committee, IRDC.

Olu of Warri

The people have also been told to desist from attempting to hoodwink the peace loving people of the area.

A group of professionals of Itsekiri extraction, under the aegis of Concerned Itsekiris for Peace, Truth and Transparency, CIPTT, gave the warning while reacting to a media report credited to the outgoing Financial Secretary of IRDC, Mr Roland Yomere.

Yomere had alleged that the Omadino people were in support of a particular candidate for the chairmanship of IRDC, adding that the said aspirant also had the backing of the Olu of Warri.

Chairman of CIPTT, Dr. Ofeoritse Omadeli, who described the Olu as a deeply respected national leader and peace loving father of Itsekiri nation, whose reign has ushered in the much desired peace, communal friendship and mutual co-existence as well as added dignity and hope to the entire Warri Kingdom, berated Yomere and his group for dragging the monarch into the chairmanship election matter of IRDC.

Omadeli noted that such desperate agitators were only fanning the embers of disunity among the subjects by making undue reference to the origin of the Omadino people as having migrated from Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State, describing such statement as unnecessary, pointless and inflammatory.

Omadeli said that the IRDC has a constitution guiding it and it was the responsibility of a constituted authority to nominate who emerges as chairman, stressing that the system and manner of nomination should be strictly followed.

He recalled that during his inaugural speech on January 14, 2016 at his palace in Warri, HRM Ogiame Ikenwoli, the Olu of Warri acknowledged that truth was the most veritable tool in resolving any crisis or issue in the community.

“Therefore, any attempt to shy away from the truth in the IRDC chairmanship nomination will only make matters worse,” he added.