{"id":163068,"date":"2025-05-19T12:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/inec-delineation-urhobos-protest-exclusion-from-meeting-with-nsa"},"modified":"2025-05-19T13:29:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:29:52","slug":"inec-delineation-urhobos-protest-exclusion-from-meeting-with-nsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-delineation-urhobos-protest-exclusion-from-meeting-with-nsa","title":{"rendered":"INEC delineation: Urhobos protest exclusion from meeting with NSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Urhobos in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State have protested their exclusion from a meeting with the National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu scheduled for Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was meant to discuss the controversy surrounding the delineation by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Warri South.<\/p>\n<p>In a petition letter which was signed by Chief Westham Adehor and Hon. Mark Ikputi, dated 15th May, 2025 and sighted by DAILY POST on Sunday in Abuja, the Urhobos faulted their exclusion from the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The duo asked that they be \u201cgranted audience to be part of this meeting for proper representation of our people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Part of the letter read: \u201cWe, the undersigned Urhobos of Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, write to protest our exclusion from the scheduled meeting with the National Security Adviser on the contentious INEC delineation exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They said they have been the ones representing the Urhobos of Warri South and that they have also participated in several meetings on the invitation of INEC.<\/p>\n<p>They further claimed that the report by INEC was not a true reflection of what was obtained in the Urhobo axis, intimating the electoral umpire that the ljaws are not part of Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State but belonged to the Agbarha areas.<\/p>\n<p>They lamented that they began to experience exclusion from meetings since a press conference was held by them on Friday, 2nd May 2025, which was widely publicised regarding the delineation of wards and polling units controversy in Warri South.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe chose to be granted an audience to be part of this meeting for proper representation of our people,\u201d they stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Urhobos in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State have protested their exclusion from a meeting with the National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu scheduled for Monday. The meeting was meant to discuss the controversy surrounding the delineation by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Warri South. 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