The Delta Ijaw Traditional Rulers Forum, have endorsed a presidential candidate of Social Democratic Party, SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo for Nigeria for the 2023 general election.
According to a statement by the SDP presidential candidate Media Team, the royal fathers, led by His Royal Majesty, Elder Capt. (Dr.) Joseph Timiyan (Ebenanaowei of Ogulagha kingdom) who doubles as the Chairman, Delta Ijaw Traditional Rulers Forum, prayed for him to succeed.
Speaking at the Palace of His Royal Majesty, Prince Adebayo said he was at the Palace to seek the royal blessings of the kings.
According to Adebayo, coming to Delta State was a homecoming, saying he began his early life in Sapele.
The statement added that the SDP presidential candidate used the opportunity to condemn “skewed political appointments against the people from the zone; crude oil theft, injustice against the people of the Niger Delta from where the wealth of the nation is taken from to enrich individual pockets and cronies, plans to buy votes, inability to pay salaries as well as the revamping of the agricultural sector to make the country’s economy self-sustaining.”
He expressed belief that no matter what developmental strategies put in place, without long term solution such as bringing justice, fairness and equity to the people and ensuring that a southern president was enthrone in 2023, such efforts would always end up as short-lived.
“Truth is very important in the consciousness of the Ijaw people and the universe all together. Before the royal parents, we pledge to you that what the Social Democratic Party is bringing to Nigeria, are not promises of highways,” he added.
He called on the people to vote for the Social Democratic Party in the 2023 general elections in order for them to enjoy justice and the wealth of their land.
Highlights of the visit were the special royal prayer sessions laced with traditional invocations led by His Royal Majesty (HRM), King (Dr) Charles Ayemi Botu, the Pere of Seimbiri kingdom, who pledged total support for Adebayo’s election victory.
Those in the entourage of the SDP presidential candidate include: Solomon Dalung, Ugochukwu Uba, Prof Femi Olufunmilade and Godwin Osigbeme.
