An octogenarian educationist and researcher, Professor Steve Agwo Okecha, has cautioned Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District in the 10th National Assembly, Senator Ned Nwoko, against distorting or dabbling into the history of the Anioma people.
Okecha who was reacting to a recent claim by Senator Nwoko that “Delta North is Igbo,” in his desperation to ship the people of the senatorial district to the Southeast so as to have Anioma State, faulted him, saying the Idumuje – Ugboko – born Prince has “no grasp of Delta North history, let alone african history.”
The Chemistry Professor in a trending statement, also dismissed the history of Anioma people being dished out to the unsuspecting members of the public by Nwoko and his aides as mere fiction, advising him to listen to professional historians and not rely on quack storytellers.
The professor noted that state creation is not a one-man affairs and expressed disappointment in Nwoko’s approach to representing Delta North and the Anioma State creation project.
He stated in parts, “You studied law and history, probably European history, at Keele University in the United Kingdom. You have no grasp of Delta North history, let alone African history. The history of Delta North being dished out by you and your aides is FABU – mere fiction. Listen to professional historians [I am not one of them and do not depend on quack storytellers.
“You and your aides are not sociologists, not anthropologists, not biographers, not chronologists, not archivists, not historiographers, not antiquarians. You should, therefore, not distort and dabble into Delta North history.
“Mister Senator, the way you are carrying on, you may soon be neither here nor there. Tell us, do you want to continue fighting for unrealisable Anioma state, or do you want to return to the Senate in 2027? Please stay with us in Delta State. I hope and pray that Ohaneze Ndigbo does not lure you to the Southeast with a cheap senatorial slot in one of the Igbo states, now that they are your kit and kin.
Your initial admirers are sad and disappointed that you have abandoned the representation of Delta North in the Red Chamber for optics. I am one of those disappointed.
“I learned about the four cardinal points in the primary school: East, West, North and South. Geographically, Delta State was part of Western Nigeria, while beyond the Niger bridge at Asaba, was Eastern Nigeria. I am a scientist, and a critical thinker. Mister Senator, you want a state to be created in Western Nigeria to make up for the shortfall in Eastern Nigeria. Does it make sense?
“Your argument is NOT convincing. You want an additional state to be created in South-South to be part of the South-East. This is abracadabra; it is most embarrassing. Barefaced illogicality. One does not require a bachelor’s degree in Basic Reasoning to be able to see clearly the incongruity, laughableness and contradiction.
“You have said recently, ‘I represent Anioma state.’ There is NO such state in Nigeria. You have also said that, Anioma state would be signed, sealed and delivered to you. You are certainly operating outside Nigeria. State creation is not a ONE-MAN affairs.”
