INEC Delineation Controversy: Urhobos Demand Inclusion in NSA Meeting

Urhobos in Delta State’s Warri South Local Government Area have objected to being left out of a Saturday meeting with NSA Nuhu Ribadu.

Discussing the dispute surrounding the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) demarcation in Warri South was the purpose of the daily meeting.

On Sunday in Abuja, the Urhobos protested their exclusion from the conference in a petition letter signed by Chief Westham Adehor and Hon. Mark Ikputi on May 15, 2025.

To ensure that our people are properly represented, the two requested that they be “granted audience to be part of this meeting.”

“We, 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,” the letter said in part.

On the invitation of INEC, they stated, they have participated in multiple sessions and have been the ones representing the Urhobos of Warri South.

They further informed the electoral umpire that the ljaws are not from Delta State’s Warri South Local Government Area, but rather belong to the Agbarha areas, and that the INEC report did not accurately represent the results obtained in the Urhobo axis.

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Following their well reported press conference on Friday, May 2, 2025, about the ward and polling unit delineation controversy in Warri South, they bemoaned the fact that they had started to be excluded from meetings.

“For accurate representation of our people, we decided to be given an audience to attend this meeting,” they said.