An Isoko socio-cultural and non-partisan organisation Enyaharo Okugbe Emo Isoko (Enyaharo Isoko) has condemned in very strong terms the arrest and detention of social media content creator Ajiri-Oghene Otagba (also popularly known as MC2 Kingdom) since Friday by a contractor Matthew Edevbie who abandoned the 132KVA power sub-station at Ozoro in Isoko North LGA of Delta State for well over 15 years now.
It’s a sad commentary on moral deficiency that a man who abandoned a contract he successfully bided for, won and then abandoned halfway would turn around to arrest anyone calling on him to return to site to complete the said project. Isoko experiences the worst power outage in all of Nigeria because of the flagrant recalcitrance of Edevbie who has refused to complete the contract, but who finds it easy to arrest anyone calling him out to account.
It is a tragic irony that Isoko that gives Nigeria over 15% of her daily oil production output has been in darkness for years because of Edevbie’s inefficiency, but is efficient in wilfully taking the laws into his hands to compromise The Nigeria Police to perpetrate injustice on an innocent Nigerian.
βAfter reviewing the circumstances of Ajiri-Oghene Otagba’s arrest by men of The Nigeria Police in Lagos in Gestapo fashion and subsequently dragging him to Abuja for prosecution in a civil matter of alleged defamation that should not concern The Nigeria Police as the IGP Egbetokun recently warned his men, Enyaharo views the development as an act of aggression and oppression of a poor Nigerian youth and whistle-blower, and therefore an affront on the sensibility of the Isoko nation by Edevbie and his companies,β President of Enyaharo Mr. Amos Iwary said over the weekend. βYou cannot fart on someone and then turn around to give him a knock on the head for your indiscretion. That’s exactly what Mr. Edevbie has done to the entire Isoko nation. He alone failed to complete a contracted he duly won over 15 year sago. Upon being asked to return to site to complete it, he replies by arresting an Isoko son who is affected by Edevbie’s breach of contract that denies him (Otagba and millions of Isoko people) power to run their business .
βEnyaharo Isoko therefore calls on Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to immediately set processes in motion to compel Edevbie and his company to return to site to complete the Ozoro power sub-station’s upgrade from the initial 132KVA contract awarded him. Isoko has suffered enough power problems on account of Edevbie’s contract breach. Edevbie is killing businesses in Isoko while his people in Ughelli enjoy uninterrupted power supply. Edevbie’s action is sabotage of the business aspirations of Isoko people. Edevbie is preventing new businesses from being established to engage our army of youths. Edevbie’s stubborn refusal to complete the power sub-station is an act of economic sabotage on Isoko. It stops now.
βEnhayaro Isoko hereby demands from Delta State Government that, should Edevbie refuse to return to site and complete the project, he should immediately return all monies paid him so far on the Ozoro power sub-station, so the contract is awarded to a more reliable contractor to execute the project in the shortest possible time. In fact, we give the state government till the end of 2025 to complete the Ozoro power sub-station, so Isoko can have light. Edevbie might deceive himself that he arrested only one Isoko son. But in fact, he has arrested the entire Isoko nation for demanding for what is theirs by right. Isoko will not stand by and let this injustice go unchallenged and unpunished”.
