King Couple has no hand in Ogbe-ljoh election, Omare was disqualified by ELECO_ Sylvester

King Couple has no hand in Ogbe-ljoh election, Omare was disqualified by ELECO_ Sylvester 

Francis Tayor

The Chairman Ogbe-Ijoh Community Electoral Committee, Chief Sylvester Tiebebedigha has debunked report and clarified the air that HRM. King Couple Oromoni Mobeni lll, has no hand in the just concluded Ogbe-ljoh Community Governing Council Chairmanship election, adding that his electoral umpire disqualified Chief. David Omare due to his gross violatiion of the community constitution.

He stressed that the allegations levelled against His Royal Majesty Couple Oromoni of intruding into the Ogbe-ljoh Governing Council election is false and blantard lies from the pit of hell, urging the general public to disregard the story.

Chief Tiebebedigha, disclosed this to the press on Wednesday 9th February, 2022, in Warri while reacting to the petition and media report intended to rubish the hard earned reputation of the Ogbe-Ijoh monarch by some aggrieved persons who sent an open letter to the Delta state governor Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, urging him to intervene into the Ogbe-Ijoh community chairmanship matter.

The Ogbe-ljoh Community ELECO Chairman stated that his led committee disqualified David Omare because he violated the constitutional provisions chapter two ( 11) section ten (10), subsection five (5) which states that '' For the purpose of an election into the Governing Council, a person cannot aspire for any position outside the quarter where he/she reside. David Omare violated on that portion of the constitution. David Omare was disqualified because he first aspire to contest in Ikiandumu and he lost out, then he came to Oturubiri quarters to recontest. That is dual registration based on  which my committee screened him out and recommended another qualified person from the same Oturubiri quarter in the person of Chief Victor Akposeseye Okiri as the selected candidates of Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom as stipulated in the Ogbe-Ijoh constitution 2003/2015 as amended (quarter rotation)"' He said.

According to him, said: " Even in Nigeria circular  elections, an electorate cannot register in two different polling units at a time and vote concurrently. Such electorate will be automatically disqualified by the electoral umpire or the voters machine during election process. The case of David Omare can be likened to that scenario l just cited above. He double crossed the Ogbe-ljoh community constitution, hence his disqualification became imperative, "Sylvester noted.

The ELECO Chairman went further to condemned earlier media report following a false petition by aggrieved persons, accusing the monarch of Ogbe-Ijoh for choosing chairman for the community, thereby, setting the community on fire.

He appealed to the public to disregard such negative reports against the reverend monarch over the Ogbe-Ijoh community chairmanship election, the statement added.