As the race for 2023 governorship election gathers momentum, the Ijaws of Delta State extraction have noted that “Anything that belongs to everybody need to be rotated”.
An Ijaw born business mogul, Chief Julius Babogha, insisted that it is “now the turn of the Ijaws” to produce the next governor of the state for the sake of equity, fairness and justice.
The Ijaw moneybag made the declaration while speaking to newsmen in Warri, saying it is long overdue for the Ijawsto rule the state, pointing out that he is not a tribalist but someone who believes in equity, fairness and justice.
Babogha argued that since 1999, the Ijaws have supported other ethnic groups in attaining the governorship position, “almost all the ethnic groups have occupied the governorship seat except the Ijaw nation”.
He appealed to other ethnic nationalities to give the Ijaw nation a chance in the forthcoming election, stressing tha the Ijaws should be given the opportunity in 2023.
“The Urhobos have been there for eight years, same as the Itsekiris and now the Aniomas, so I don’t think there is anything wrong for the Ijaws in Delta State to produce the next governor.
“It is not too much to ask for and if we all believe in justice, then an Ijaw becoming the next governor of Delta State should not bring up uproar”.
He call on leaders and major stakeholders in the state to allow justice and equity reign as oppressing one ethnic group for the other is core injustice.
