Delta 2023: I’ll restore permanent peace in Aladja/Ogbe-Ijoh -Omo-Agege

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has vowed to restore permanent peace between warring Ogbe-Ijoh and Aladja communities of Warri South West and Udu local government areas when elected as governor come 2023.

Omo-Agege, who doubled as the Deputy senate President made this disclosure when the Delta APC ward-to-ward campaign train visited Ogbe-Ijoh, headquarters of Warri South West LGA, on Monday.

It would be recalled that Ogbe-Ijoh and Aladja communities have been in loggerheads over the disputed land which had claimed several lives with properties running into millions of naira destroyed.

But the APC governorship candidate while addressing mammoth crowd of supporters stated that the people of Ogbe-Ijoh and Aladja are brothers and sisters, thus he would personally ensure that the crisis was permanently addressed in the favour of both warring communities.

Omo-Agege, while lamenting the lingering crisis, observed that the dispute affected the socio-economic activities of both communities.

According to him, “Before I came here today, I know there are challenges between the people of Ogbe-Ijoh and Aladja. Are we not the same people? If you place an Aladja man and Ogbe-Ijoh man side-by-side and you don’t ask them to speak, will you know the difference? Are we not one and the same? Do we allow this issue to tear us apart?

“It has been long this problem has been on ground. We expect that Okowa as governor will resolve the issue but he had allowed the issue to lingers. But not too worry, when you elect me as governor next year, I will resolve the dispute. We are going to amicably resolve the crisis.

“When I become the governor of this State, we are going to sit down and we are going to resolve the crisis so that we can go back permanently and live like brothers and sisters like we have always done. It will be a win-win for our communities.This is my commitment to you.”

Omo-Agege later visited and met with the Pere of Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom, Pere Amakosu, Monbene III, where he reiterated his commitment to resolve the Ogbe-Ijoh and Aladja land dispute.

The APC governorship candidate was accompanied on the campaign by his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Friday Osanebi, Delta APC chairman, Elder Omeni Sobotie, Dr Otive Igbuzo, Engr. Tuoyo Omatsuli, Chief Michael Johnny, Olorogun Ima Niboro, Hon. Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, APC candidates and other chieftains of the party.