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Defection: Oborevwori’s Aide Resigns, Lashes Out at Gov, Predecessor

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10 months ago

April 26, 2025

Eric

Comrade Victor Ojei, the Senior Special Assistant on Civil Societies and NGOs to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, has resigned from his position but not without issuing a damning indictment of the Delta State Government’s failure, inertia, and what he branded “voodoo governance.”

Ojei’s resignation letter, dated April 25, reads less like a courtesy and more like a war cry. In it, the activist – aka Wong Box – accused the administration of deliberately stalling developmental projects, stifling innovation, and leaving the ordinary Deltan “to drown while the government claps.”

“Not one policy guarantees their safety. Not one hope touches their roof,” Ojei declared. “This cannot continue, and I refuse to be part of a system that watches our people drown.”

His decision to step down comes amid widespread political turbulence in Delta State, following a controversial wave of defections from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a move that has angered many civil society leaders and grassroots stakeholders.

Government by sabotage

Ojei’s letter chronicles his frustrations from within government walls, how proposals aimed at bringing international development partners, AI-powered security technology, and grassroots innovation were repeatedly ignored or shelved under the euphemism “KIV (Keep In View).”

“Projects that could have sparked industrial revolutions, brought jobs to the unemployed, and put food in the mouths of widows and orphans were met with silence,” he wrote.

He pointed to the total absence of tangible economic benefits to ordinary citizens since the return to democracy in 1999, asking pointedly: “Where are the economic projects that bring money into the hands of ordinary people?”

Refusal to cross-carpet

Amid the political realignments rocking Delta, Ojei made it clear he would not defect to the APC, insisting he is “not a politician,” but a “socio-political activist whose loyalty is to the people, not the highest bidder.”

He took aim at what he called the “aggressive political conversion” of PDP-led states into APC territories, warning that the erosion of pluralism is dragging Nigeria dangerously close to authoritarianism.

“That is not democracy; that is voodoo governance,” he wrote.

A voice for the forgotten

Despite his resignation, Ojei remains defiant. He pledged to continue fighting for the people, vowing not to “resign from Delta State” or from “the hearts of the people.”

He cited his creation of the Save Delta State Security WhatsApp Platform, a grassroots coordination effort involving police, DSS, local leaders and youth, as one of his proudest initiatives while in office.

“A tree cannot make a forest when starved of rain,” he lamented, urging the government to redirect its borrowing toward actual security and economic upliftment.

A legacy of silence

Ojei’s parting words were a stark indictment of both Governor Oborevwori and his predecessor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, whose combined tenures he implied have been defined by inertia, propaganda, and betrayal of public trust.

“Let it be known that Comrade Victor Ojei (Wong Box) stood when others bowed,” the letter concluded.

Source: eyewitnessngr.com

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Akume Leads Nigeria’s Delegation to Jesse Jackson’s Funeral in US

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2 hours ago

March 5, 2026

Eric

President Bola Tinubu has approved a five-person delegation to represent Nigeria at the final burial rites of Rev. Jesse Jackson, the American civil rights leader, activist and former presidential candidate who died at age 84 on February 17, 2026, in Chicago.

Senator George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, is the leader of the delegation, according to a press statement from the Presidency on Wednesday.

Other members are the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu; Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa; the Special Presidential Envoy for Global and Pan-African Affairs, Brian Browne; and the Senior Special Assistant, Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaye.

The delegation will deliver President Tinubu’s message of condolences to the Jackson family.

In an earlier tribute, President Tinubu described Reverend Jackson as a great friend of Nigeria and Africa.

“He was a moral voice and a formidable resistance to apartheid in South Africa. He played a leading role in the campaign for the release from prison of Nelson Mandela and other African National Congress leaders. He won critical support for sanctions against the then apartheid government,” President Tinubu wrote.

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Tinubu Nominates Oyedele As Minister of State for Finance, Moves Anite-Uzoka to Budget Ministry

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2 days ago

March 3, 2026

Eric

A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga, has announced that “President Bola Tinubu has nominated Taiwo Oyedele as the minister of state for finance, replacing Doris Anite-Uzoka.

“Mrs Anite-Uzoka will now move to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, as the Minister of State, her third portfolio in the administration.

“President Tinubu has today conveyed the nomination of Mr Oyedele to the Senate for confirmation in a letter to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.

“Until President Tinubu nominated him as a minister, Mr Oyedele from Ikaram, Akoko, Ondo State, was the chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, which overhauled Nigeria’s tax system.

“Mr Oyedele, 50, is an economist, accountant and public policy expert.

“He attended Yaba College of Technology, where he obtained a Higher National Diploma (HND) in accountancy and finance. He attended Oxford Brookes University and earned a BSc in applied accounting.

“He also completed executive education programmes at the London School of Economics, Yale University, the Gordon Institute of Business Science, and the Harvard Kennedy School.

“Mr Oyedele spent 22 years of his working career at PwC, joining in 2001 and rising to become the Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.

“Mr Oyedele is also a professor at Babcock University in Ogun State and a visiting scholar at the Lagos Business School.”

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Defection: Atiku’s Son, Adamu, Resigns As Adamawa Commissioner

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2 days ago

March 3, 2026

Eric

Adamu Abubakar, the first son of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has resigned as Adamawa State’s commissioner for works and energy development, days after Governor Ahmadu Fintiri defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.

Abubakar’s resignation letter, dated 2 March 2026, was addressed to the governor through the Secretary to the State Government. He gave no reason for his departure.

The timing is pointed. Fintiri announced his defection to the APC in a statewide broadcast last Friday, saying his cabinet and the PDP’s state structure had moved with him. Within 24 hours, 22 commissioners and special advisers publicly announced they were following suit. Abubakar, whose father remains one of the PDP’s most prominent national figures, was not among them.

In a statement issued Monday night, Abubakar’s media aide Abdulaziz Jauro said the former commissioner thanked the governor for the opportunity to serve and pledged continued loyalty to the administration’s developmental agenda. He also expressed gratitude to his father “for granting him the moral support and blessing to serve the people of Adamawa State” — a line that, read in context, suggests Atiku was consulted on the decision.

Abubakar said his resignation was not a withdrawal from public life. “This does not mark the end of his commitment to public service,” the statement read, “but rather the beginning of new avenues for developmental collaboration.”

The resignation leaves unresolved the question of whether it reflects a political break with the governor over his defection or a personal decision unconnected to the broader party realignment now reshaping Adamawa’s political landscape.