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SANWO-OLU CONGRATULATES ONIKEPO AKANDE AT 80

SANWO-OLU CONGRATULATES ONIKEPO AKANDE AT 80

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated Nigeria’s first female Minister of Industry and second female President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chief (Dr.) Onikepo Akande, on her 80th birthday.

 

 

 

The Governor, in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, described Akande, a renowned economist, accountant and industrialist, as a distinguished Nigerian who has served the country passionately and made significant contributions to the business world and society.

 

 

 

Governor Sanwo-Olu said Chief Onikepo Akande, the Iyalaje of Ibadanland, who turns 80 on Tuesday, deserves all the accolades for her immense and impactful contributions to the growth and development of Nigeria’s economy and governance.

 

 

 

He said: “On behalf of my family, the government and the people of Lagos State, I congratulate the first female Minister of Industry, Chief (Dr) Onikepo Akande, on her 80th birthday.

 

 

 

“Dr. Onikepo Akande is worth celebrating on her 80th birthday based on her positive impact in the country. She has served Nigeria passionately and made significant contributions to the business world and society. She is an icon in the business world and beyond.

 

 

 

“She contributed positively to governance and nation-building as a Minister of Industry and later as delegate at the 2014 National Conference.

 

 

 

“As Chief (Dr.) Onikepo Akande joins the league of octogenarians today, I pray that God will grant her good health to enable her to render more service to humanity, the business community, Lagos State and Nigeria as a whole.”

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNED

 

GBOYEGA AKOSILE

 

SPECIAL ADVISER – MEDIA AND PUBLICITY

 

29 OCTOBER 2024

 

ONDO GUBER: APC INAUGURATES SANWO-OLU-LED 305-NEMBER NATIONAL CAMPAIGN COUNCIL

 

 

 

  • We’ll win poll with nothing less than 80 percent of total votes, says Chairman

 

 

 

Lagos State Governor and the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Campaign Council for November 16 Ondo State governorship election, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has assured his party leadership that the committee would win the forthcoming governorship election with nothing less than 80 percent of the total votes.

 

 

 

He urged all the party leaders and members to work for the victory of the APC gubernatorial candidate, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in the November 16 poll.

 

 

 

Sanwo-Olu, who is the South-West leader of APC, spoke on Monday during the inauguration of the APC National Campaign Council by the party leadership led by the National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, at Akure, the capital of Ondo State

 

 

 

Governor Sanwo-Olu, who noted that the party had given him the same assignment in the state twice, pledged that the campaign council will do everything within their means constitutionally and professionally to defeat other political parties in the November 16th poll.

 

 

 

The Lagos State Governor appreciated President Bola Tinubu, who he described as the leader of the party, for giving his support for the APC National Campaign Council to lead the governorship campaign in Ondo State.

 

 

 

He said: “On behalf of my entire team, most of whom are here today, we want to assure our party and everybody that we will do everything within our means; constitutionally and professionally to ensure that a free, fair, highly competitive election and campaign about issues is what we will be doing.

 

 

 

“It will not be a campaign on sentiment and abuse but on issues because Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has made our life a lot easier. We can boldly come out for Governor Aiyedatiwa because he has made us proud within his 305 days period as a governor of the state.

 

 

 

“We will go out with our full chest to campaign for him. We will not disappoint the party and the people of the state. We will win with nothing less than 80 percent of the total votes.”

 

 

 

In his address, the APC National Chairman, Ganduje, expressed confidence that the ruling party in Ondo State will win the governorship election with a wide margin in a free and fair contest.

 

 

 

Ganduje while inaugurating the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led 305-member council, urged them to swing into action and build a strong synergy with the state and local campaign council for APC to be victorious in the next month gubernatorial poll.

 

 

 

“We are here to create an enabling environment so that the election will be free and fair. And the election will be victorious for our party. We must support him (Governor Aiyedatiwa) so that he will continue to provide good governance for the state. He is a lucky man, and he will continue to be lucky,” Ganduje said.

 

 

 

Speaking earlier, Governor Aiyedatiwa said he deserved to be reelected based on performance, noting that within the last 10 months in office, he had focused on infrastructural development, public utilities renewal, boosting agricultural production, entrepreneurship and youth development, job creation and security.

 

 

 

He said: “We are filled with hope and determination as we look forward to the election of 16th of November, 2024 with so much enthusiasm. For us, it is an election that promises to be a defining moment for our great Party, Ondo State and Nigeria at large.

 

 

 

“What we are doing here today is a display of the strength of our will when we work together. It is the evidence of our capability which by God’s grace will produce victory on 16th November, 2024.

 

 

 

 

“I believe government is about the people. We are resolute and committed to that faith. We have worked hard for the heart of the people. We are talking to them house to house, door to door and mouth to ears. Above all, we are committed to a peaceful and credible election, where votes count.”

 

 

 

SIGNED

 

GBOYEGA AKOSILE

 

SPECIAL ADVISER – MEDIA AND PUBLICITY

 

29 OCTOBER 2024

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Julius Berger begins construction work on Cotonou Road Bridges

Julius Berger begins construction work on Cotonou Road Bridges

 

Promoting equal opportunity, healthy ethnic diversity among multicultural workforce

Top notch engineering Construction Company, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc recently kicked off the first phase of its contracted construction works in Cotonou, Republic of Benin. The field operations which began after preliminary works on a major highway, Acces et traversee de Cotonou, ATC 2 are already completed, which signifies the commencement of rehabilitation works including reconstruction of access roads in the city.

 

 

 

Last week, a visit to Section 1 of ATC 2 showed that work on Roads 7, 9 and 10 was in a full gear, especially on Road 10, the major presidential route to and from the Aeroport. Though the road is a very busy highway, Julius Berger has deployed its renowned engineering expertise in the construction works without obstructing traffic flow.

 

 

 

According to the Site Manager, Vodounou Blaise, there is a lot of work we are doing here in Benin. Here, before you start any major construction work, the first thing you do is to identity any network cable buried underground. Next, you must work with the service company to unearth and relocate them before you can commence real construction work. So, a lot of expertise and patience is required. He added that while Julius Berger has the seasonal weather changes to contend with, work is still on.

 

 

 

He disclosed the details of work being done on that site; thus, we are now working on the drainage, putting slabs on the adjoining Road 9. This includes the changing of interlocking stones on the road pavement preparatory to the laying of asphalt on the road. We have a government engineer who is the liaison with the community and stakeholders and for this, we are thankful that we do not have nor envisage any problem with the communities.

 

 

 

Work on Road 7 of the ATC 2 has also commenced with the demolition of old and dilapidated pavements and concrete walls.

 

 

 

At Julius Berger’s workshop in Cotonou too, workers were busy on diverse installations in the garage as work on the offices have since been completed

 

 

 

The Workshop Supervisor, Mr. Noal Lacey was upbeat last week when he explained that the Asphalt plant located at Calavi, North of Cotonou city, will not take time to be ready. We have completed the concrete wall. The Hot storage section have been completed too, he said.

 

 

 

On what was left to make the plant functional. Lacey said, “the mixer will be done today, (Thursday last week.) Then we will move on to the Screens, Filter, Box, Dryer, Loading Bins and Elevator. Very soon, this 200 tonnes per hour Asphalt Plant will be operational.”

 

 

 

Equal opportunity/Ethic diversity

 

Further to its acclaimed status of equal opportunity employer of note, Julius Berger in Benin, continues to live true to its role in this direction. We are encouraging the people from Benin North. We are conscious of the ethnic diversities as well as the way we treat our women here at Julius Berger, the head of projects in Julius Berger, Benin, Christoph Fierrens said.

 

 

 

He added thus: “Julius Berger promotes a sense of teamwork and collaboration among colleagues. Here we have workers from far and wide. There are Burkinabes, Cote d’Ivoire nationals, Ghanaians, Togolese, Nigerians and Beninois working here. They represent a good mixture and its good for the work force to meet the project delivery deadline,”

 

 

 

Giving an overview of the company’s projects in the West African port city of Cotonou, Fierrens said “Roads 9 and 10 and most aspects of the Asphalt plant will be completed this year and that is just on the ATC 2. There are others. But we have to meet the project deadline. We are demolishing pavements, retaining walls, reinforced and unreinforced concrete structure and surveying networks in central earthwork areas  and along the retaining walls.”

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personal or political purposes Urge Okpe people not to allow Okpe Union to be captured for selfish

Okpe leaders urge Okpe people not to allow Okpe Union to be captured for selfish, personal or political purposes

Hope dims for Delta State Advisory and Peace Building Council Member

 

  • Chief Robert Onome abdicated office; cannot claim benefit of suit he battled against- Okpe Leaders

 

  • Insist Orerokpe High Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain case

 

  • Consider legal suit dead on arrival

 

  • Urge Okpe people not to allow Okpe Union to be captured for selfish, personal or political purposes

 

  • Say Udogun Okpe not a rubber stamp of an Orodje

 

 

Leaders of the Okpe Nation on Monday urged Okpe nationals not to be deterred by the recent events in Okpe Kingdom, but to ensure that the Okpe Union autonomy was protected.

 

 

 

‘’Being the umbrella membership ethnic organisation of the Okpe Nation which has played several historical roles in the making of the modern Okpe Nation (including the restoration of the Okpe monarchy in 1945), Okpe people cannot afford to allow it to be captured for selfish, personal or political purposes’’.

 

 

 

They also implored the Udogun Okpe to be alive to its historical and strategic role of stabilising traditional administration of the Okpe Nation.

 

 

 

‘’The Okpe people continue to recognise the unique status of the Udogun and its capacity to ensure that Okpe Kingdom is administered within the traditional doctrine of consultative, democratic, and limited monarchy as opposed to despotic systems inherited by some other kingdoms in Nigeria and the African continent. Indeed, Udogun Okpe is a chamber of sober reflections and not a rubber stamp of an Orodje as Okpe people expect her to play a pivotal role of checks and balances on the Orodje’s policies’’.

 

 

 

In a communiqué from an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Okpe Union held on 27th October, 2024, on the approach of the High Court, Orerokpe by a member of the Delta State Advisory and Peace Building Council, Okakuro Robert Onome to declare him as President General of the Okpe Union, the leaders urged Okakuro Robert Onome to withdraw his baseless and irrational suit at the Orerokpe High Court.

 

 

 

‘’The case is res judicata as it has already been decided by a court of competent jurisdiction. A court of coordinate jurisdiction cannot sit on appeal or entertain any facts different from the facts that were laid before the court that had given the judgement. For the sake of emphasis, in paragraph 17&18 of the Affidavit with which the Federal High Court, Lagos gave the Okpe Union Autonomy Judgement on the 19th of January 2023, it was clearly averred that Prof. Igho Natufe was the elected President General whose executive committee instituted the suit. Okakuro Robert Onome is a stranger to that case and can therefore not claim the benefit of a suit that he had battled against, along with the Illegal Interim executive committee. But in any case, the previous tenure which began in November 2016 (with a four-year tenure) was a collective one of the executive committee and not that of one man’’.

 

 

 

The leaders described the Orerokpe suit as the height of desperation.

 

 

 

‘’The Okpe Union National Executive Committee (NEC) is in possession of videos of his accompanying the nullified Illegal Interim executive committee in press conferences and also in possession of the audio recording of the 3rd of October 2020 event in which he abdicated office. For reasons of preserving the integrity of revered institutions, NEC has resolved not to let the latter one out. NEC shall recommend to the next General Assembly of the Okpe Union the expunging of the name of Okakuro Robert Onome from the list of former officials of the Okpe Union where he fails to accede to this advice’’.

 

 

 

The communiqué signed by Prof. Igho Natufe, President General, Okpe Union (Worldwide), Barrister Kingsley Ehensiri Akpederin, General Secretary, Okpe Union (Worldwide) and Mrs. Atarhe Abuh, National Publicity Secretary, Okpe Union (Worldwide) said it took over a year for the Palace of the Orodje and a group led by Okakuro Joseph Aboze to whom the Illegal Interim EXCO handed over, to finally accept to comply with the judgement of the Federal High Court.

 

 

 

‘’To further destabilize the Okpe Union, the same group of persons who orchestrated the previous destabilization of the Okpe Union have put together another plot with an approach to the State High Court, Orerokpe requesting the court to interpret the Federal High Court, Lagos Judgement for the Prof. Igho Natufe Executive Committee of the Okpe Union and declare former President General, Okakuro Robert Onome as President General’’.

 

 

 

The notable leaders vowed to work with all to make the Okpe Nation great.

 

 

 

‘’The current National leadership of the Okpe Union pledges to continue working with all to achieve so much more and make the Okpe Nation great again as it occupies its place of pride in the comity of Ethnic Nationalities in Delta State, Niger Delta and Nigeria’’.

 

 

 

In the suit filed by Okakuro Robert Onome (Suit No. HOR/M/2/2024), the Orerokpe High Court is being asked to interpret the Judgment of the Federal High Court which was delivered on the 19th of January 2023 in the suit filed by the Prof. Igho Natufe led National Executive Council of the Okpe Union in May 2022 (Suit No. FHC/L/CS/603/2022).

 

 

 

The judgement granted all the reliefs sought which include declaration that the purported dissolution of the elected National Executive Council of Okpe Union by HRM Orhue I, Orodje of Okpe was illegal and of no effect whatsoever, nullification of the Illegal Interim Executive Committee headed by Prof. Emrobome Idolor, and an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Imposed Interim, their privies and all those who derived authority from their actions from acting in any capacity in the Okpe Union.

 

 

 

On the 3rd of October, 2020, for reasons best known to HRM Orhue I, Orodje of Okpe, he invited some leaders of the Okpe Union (under the leadership of Okakuro Robert Onome) to the Orodje’s palace where he read out a declaration that he was dissolving the Executive Council of the Okpe Union and imposing his own Interim Executive Committee on the union and banning all members of the then executive committee from getting involved in any leadership position of the Okpe Union for two years.

 

 

 

Of the then membership of the National Executive Council of the Okpe Union, only Okakuro Robert Onome accepted the dissolution declaration by picking up the microphone and pledging his support for the Imposed Interim executive committee.

 

 

Having abdicated the office of President General, by the operation of the Okpe Union Constitution, the next in hierarchy, Mr. Patrick Akpotor assumed the office of Acting President General and led the EXCO to complete the tenure after the General Assembly (the highest decision making organ of the union, held on the 14th of November, 2020), set up an Electoral Committee that conducted elections which the Prof. Igho Natufe led EXCO became elected as the National Executive Council of the Okpe Union on the 15th of May, 2021.

 

 

 

 

 

As the Illegally imposed Interim Executive Committee were still parading themselves as the National leadership of the Okpe Union, in spite of several attempts by eminent Okpe nationals to mediate and recommend to the palace not to interfere with the administration of the Okpe Union, the elected National Executive Council led by Prof. Igho Natufe was left with no other options but to approach the Federal High Court, Lagos (suit No. FHC/L/CS/603/2022), in attempt to resolve the matter.

 

 

 

Meanwhile, Okakuro Robert Onome and some others teamed up with the Illegal Interim EXCO to approach the Corporate Affairs Commission to appoint a Board of Trustees for the Okpe Union as the previous trustees had all passed on. The legitimate NEC led by Prof. Igho Natufe had already commenced the process of regularising the affairs of the union with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) which included the process of appointing trustees with an application to the Federal High Court, Lagos. The Illegal Interim funded heavily by some Palace chiefs got ahead through the backdoor and surreptitiously procured a new Certificate of Registration with a Board of Trustees that included Okakuro Robert Onome. The elected NEC was however steadfast with the judicial redress believing that the wheel of justice grinds slowly but surely.

 

 

 

After nine months, the Federal High Court, Lagos gave judgment/victory to the elected Prof. Igho Natufe led NEC.

 

 

 

To ensure that the Board of Trustees and Certificate procured through the backdoor was not employed to further destabilize  the Okpe Union, the court validated Prof. Igho Natufe Executive Committee had to approach the Federal High Court, Abuja (which was earlier used by the Illegal Interim EXCO to legalise their backdoor Board of Trustees/Certificate) so that the same court would vacate the earlier empowering order and nullify the trustees and certificate.

 

 

 

On the 30th of April 2024, the Federal High Court, Abuja gave its Ruling (Suit No.FHC/ABJ/CS/395) and nullified the Board of Trustees/Certificate and ordered the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to expunge them (including Okakuro Robert Onome) from the records of the Okpe Union with CAC.

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2024 BY OKAKURO ROBERT ONOME TO DECLARE HIM AS PRESIDENT GENERAL OF THE OKPE UNION* COMMUNIQUE FROM AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE OKPE UNION HELD ON 27TH OCTOBER ON THE APPROACH OF THE HIGH COURT OREROKPE

COMMUNIQUE FROM AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE OKPE UNION HELD ON 27TH OCTOBER, 2024, ON THE APPROACH OF THE HIGH COURT, OREROKPE, BY OKAKURO ROBERT ONOME TO DECLARE HIM AS PRESIDENT GENERAL OF THE OKPE UNION*

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Okpe Union held an Emergency Meeting to discuss the approach of Orerokpe High Court, Delta State, by former President General of the Okpe Union, Okakuro Robert Onome, to declare him as President General of the Okpe Union. In the suit filed by Okakuro Robert Onome (Suit No. HOR/M/2/2024), the court is being asked to interpret the judgement of the Federal High Court which was delivered on the 19th of January, 2023 in the suit filed by the Prof. Igho Natufe led National Executive Council of the Okpe Union in May, 2022 (Suit No. FHC/L/CS/603/2022). The judgement of the Federal High Court granted all the reliefs sought which include: 1. Declaration that the purported dissolution of the elected National Executive Council of Okpe Union by HRM Orhue I, Orodje of Okpe was illegal and of no effect whatsoever; 2. Nullification of the Illegal Interim EXCO headed by Prof. Emrobome Idolor; and 3. An order of Perpetual Injunction restraining the Imposed Interim, their privies and all those who derived authority from their actions, from acting in any capacity in the Okpe Union.

NEC noted with regret that it took over a year for the Palace of the Orodje and a group led by Okakuro Joseph Aboze to whom the Illegal Interim EXCO handed over, to finally accept to comply with the judgement of the Federal High Court.

NEC also expressed shock that to further distabilise the Okpe Union, the same group of persons who orchestrated the previous distabilisation of the Okpe Union have put together another plot with an approach to the State High Court, Orerokpe, requesting the court to interpret the Federal High Court, Lagos Judgement for the Prof. Igho Natufe EXCO of the Okpe Union and declare former President General, Okakuro Robert Onome as President General.

NEC desires to give a summary of the issues since the event of 3rd October, 2020 to date so that the Okpe public would be abreast with the developments from the onset and the undercurrents.

On the 3rd of October, 2020, for reasons best known to HRM Orhue I, Orodje of Okpe, he invited some leaders of the Okpe Union (under the leadership of Okakuro Robert Onome) to the Orodje’s palace where he read out a declaration that he was dissolving the National Executive Council of the Okpe Union and imposing his own Interim EXCO on the union and banning all members of the then EXCO from getting involved in any leadership position of the Okpe Union for two years. Of the then membership of the National Executive Council of the Okpe Union, only Okakuro Robert Onome accepted the dissolution declaration by picking up the microphone and pledged his support for the Imposed Interim EXCO.

Having abdicated the office of President General, by the operation of the Okpe Union Constitution, the next in hierarchy, Mr. Patrick Akpotor assumed the office of Acting President General and led the EXCO to complete the tenure after the General Assembly (the highest decision making organ of the union, held on the 14th of November, 2020), set up an Electoral Committee that conducted elections which the Prof. Igho Natufe led EXCO became elected as the National Executive Council of the Okpe Union on the 15th of May, 2021.

As the Illegally imposed Interim EXCO were still parading themselves as the National leadership of the Okpe Union, in spite of several attempts by eminent Okpe nationals to mediate and recommend to the palace not to interfere with the administration of the Okpe Union, the elected National Executive Council led by Prof. Igho Natufe was left with no other options but to approach the Federal High Court, Lagos (suit No. FHC/L/CS/603/2022), in attempt to resolve the matter. Meanwhile, Okakuro Robert Onome and some others teamed up with the Illegal Interim EXCO to approach the Corporate Affairs Commission to appoint a Board of Trustees for the Okpe Union as the previous trustees had all passed on. The legitimate NEC led by Prof. Igho Natufe had already commenced the process of regularising the affairs of the union with the CAC which included the process of appointing trustees with an application to the Federal High Court, Lagos. The Illegal Interim, funded heavily by some Palace chiefs, got ahead through the backdoor and surreptitiously procured a new Certificate of Registration with a Board of Trustees that included Okakuro Robert Onome. The elected NEC was however steadfast with the judicial redress believing that the wheel of justice grinds slowly but surely. After nine months, the Federal High Court, Lagos gave judgment/victory to the elected Prof. Igho Natufe led NEC. To ensure that the Board of Trustees and Certificate procured through the backdoor was not employed to further distabilise the Okpe Union, the court validated Prof. Igho Natufe EXCO had to approach the Federal High Court, Abuja (which was earlier used by the Illegal Interim EXCO to legalise their backdoor Board of Trustees/Certificate), so that the same court would vacate the earlier empowering order and nullify the trustees and certificate. On the 30th of April, 2024, the Federal High Court, Abuja gave its Ruling (Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/395) and nullified the Board of Trustees/Certificate and ordered the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to expunge them (including Okakuro Robert Onome) from the records of the Okpe Union with the CAC.

As NEC is shocked by the current moves of Okakuro Robert Onome to undermine the stability of the Okpe Union, NEC points out to all Okpe people that, the case is res judicata as it had already been decided by a court of competent jurisdiction. A court of coordinate jurisdiction cannot sit on appeal or entertain any facts different from the facts that were laid before the court that had given the judgement. For the sake of emphasis, in paragraph 17&18 of the Affidavit with which the Federal High Court, Lagos gave the Okpe Union Autonomy Judgement on the 19th of January, 2023, it was clearly averred that Prof. Igho Natufe was the elected President General whose EXCO instituted the suit. Okakuro Robert Onome is a stranger to that case and can therefore not claim the benefit of a suit that he had battled against, along with the Illegal Interim EXCO. But in any case, the previous tenure which began in November, 2016 (with a four year tenure) was a collective one of the EXCO and not that of one man.

*Resolutions of the NEC*.

After reviewing the embarrassing developments since the unfortunate purported dissolution of 3rd October, 2020 till date and especially the attempt to further distabilise the Okpe Union with the Orerokpe High Court suit, the National Executive Council of the Okpe Union resolves as follows:

  1. NEC calls on all Okpe nationals to endeavor to be fully aware of the developments about the Okpe Union and do everything to protect its autonomy. Being the umbrella membership ethnic organisation of the Okpe Nation which has played several historical roles in the making of the modern Okpe Nation (including the restoration of the Okpe monarchy in 1945), Okpe people cannot afford to allow it to be captured for selfish personal or political purposes.
  2. NEC calls on the Udogun Okpe to be alive to its historical and strategic role of stabilising traditional administration of the Okpe Nation. The Okpe people continue to recognise the unique status of the Udogun and its capacity to ensure that Okpe Kingdom is administered within the traditional doctrine of consultative, democratic, and limited monarchy as opposed to despotic systems inherited by some other kingdoms in Nigeria and the African continent. Indeed, Udogun Okpe is a chamber of sober reflections and not a rubber-stamp of an Orodje as Okpe people expect her to play a pivotal role of checks and balances on the Orodje’s policies.
  3. NEC calls on Okakuro Robert Onome to withdraw his legally baseless and irrational suit at the Orerokpe High Court. He is reminded that NEC is in possession of videos of his accompanying the nullified Illegal Interim EXCO in Press Conferences and also in possession of the audio recording of the 3rd October, 2020 event in which he abdicated office. For reasons of preserving the integrity of revered institutions, NEC has resolved not to let the latter one out. NEC shall recommend to the next General Assembly of the Okpe Union the expunging of the name of Okakuro Robert Onome from the list of former officials of the Okpe Union where he fails to accede to this advice.
  4. NEC calls for unity of all Okpe nationals and institutions to build an Okpe Nation of synergy, peace and development. The current National leadership of the Okpe Union pledges to continue working with all to achieve so much more and make the Okpe Nation great again as it occupies its place of pride in the comity of Ethnic Nationalities in Delta State, Niger Delta and Nigeria.

*SIGNED:*

*Prof. Igho Natufe*, President General, Okpe Union (Worldwide).

*Barr. Kingsley Ehensiri Akpederin*, General Secretary, Okpe Union (Worldwide).

*Mrs. Atarhe Abuh*, National Publicity Secretary, Okpe Union (Worldwide).

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