KOROKOROSEI A RARE POLITICIAN - EXTENDS THE OLIVE BRANCH
SAGBEGHA
KOROKOROSEI OFFERS THE OLIVE BRANCH
“I think we all have a
selfish gene
which rises to the top
sometimes.
But then we are also all
capable of a
sudden magnanimity.”
~ Jim Broadbent
Hon. Sagbegha Korokorosei who was elected as Chairman
of the Peoples Democratic Party in Burutu, Saturday 10th March, 2012
in a Congress that was adjudged to be free and fair but whose election was
contested by a section of the Party in the Council Area who rather than have
him sworn in went ahead to constitute another Executive.
Peace Loving and Law abiding, Hon. Korokorosei went
to Court. The long Court battle which lasted over two years was finally decided
in favour of Hon. Korokorosei in a landmark Judgment in Suit No:
FHC/WR/CS/189/2013 and presiding over by Hon. Justice M. Shitu Abubakar of the
Federal High Court of Nigeria in the Warri Judicial Division Holden in Warri
(see a Judgment that was never obeyed http://tinyurl.com/ole6u29).
In a recent twist to the tale of an elected chairman
who never assumed office, Hon. Korokorosei is in possession of a letter written
from the National Secretariat of the PDP to the State Executive led by Our
Amiable Chairman Barr. Chief Peter Nwaoboshi asking that he (Korokorosei) be sworn in and that letter too was
not obeyed.
One would have expected that Hon. Korokorosei will start another battle to reclaim his mandate in the light of the support from
the National secretariat, but the man of rare political qualities, called a meeting of Leaders of the Party under
his faction 15th August, 2014 and announced that he is giving up the
struggle for Peace to reign in Burutu.
A surprise move that took many of the Leaders
present unawares, Korokorosei informed the gathering in an emotion laden voice
that “There is a time to fight and there is a time for peace, this is the time
for Peace my brothers and sisters” he stressed that he came to the conclusion upon reading of dissent from many Local Government Areas
by aggrieved persons who disagreed with the outcome of the recent Councillorship and Chairmanship Primaries in the
State in Newspapers some even threatening violence. He will not want Burutu LGA to tow that same line.
Recounting the risk many had taken, travelling to Abuja on several occasions, often in large delegation and expenses incurred
in his quest to reclaim his mandate before the eventual victory in the Court. The Court Judgment and Order ought to have settled the dispute but rather the powers that be choose to disobey
the Court Order. He philosophized that Power only comes from the Almighty and
no amount of struggle will make it happen except God wills it to be so.
Addressing the Chairmanship and Councillorship
Aspirants under his faction who all lost out because of the power tussle,
he urged them to see their loss as a sacrifice for Democracy to thrive in
Burutu LGA, Delta State and Nigeria general. He told the gathering that all
efforts will be made to integrate both factions as we are first brothers and
sisters from the same Party. “We are All Burutu Sons and Daughters” he
concluded.
Responding many in the gathering thanked Hon. Korokorosei
for his courage stating that it takes only a man with a big heart to take the
kind of decision he is taking. They also pledged to work with the Kenneth
Ogeibiri led Executive of the PDP in the Council Area with the resolve to
campaign and mobilize their followers to
vote massively for PDP in the forthcoming Council Polls and subsequent
elections.
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