estus Egwarewa Adeniyi Keyamo Esq, lawyer, social crusader, critic and columnist is an intriguing personality. He was born in Ughelli. Delta State of Nigeria on Wednesday, January 21, 1970 by a father who hails from Effurun, Warri in Delta State and a mother from Ilaro in Ogun state. Festus Keyamo attended Oharis (Model) Primary School, Ughelli, 1975 to 1981, Government College, Ughelli. 1981 to 1986 and received his Higher School Certificate (HSC) course in the same school armed with these certificates, he gained admission into Bendel State University (now Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Ekpoma, in Edo State and obtained his L.L. B degree (Second Class Upper) in 1992. He was called to Nigerian Bar on December 15, 1993 setting the stage for colorful career in law

Though other political contestants have their strong political clouts of winning the governorship position in 2015 like Rt. Hon Victor Ochie, the present Delta State House of Assembly speaker, Great Ovedje Ogboru, present Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, Senator Manager, Chief Kpokpori, Comrade Macaulay Ovuozourie, Delta SSG and others.

mgbeketoto: It is out turn. . .TIME TO MOVE BACK TO NIGERIA.

UP ANIOMA STATE!!!!



NO way!
Enough of URHOBO AND ITSEKIRI!!!!
It is awa turn to chop!

blink182: Lol, keyamo is a bad candidate to choose to represent you guys. You had better start looking in the direction of Victor Ochei, Peter Obi and Ifeanyi Okowa that is if you people really want it.

coputa: The urhobos are in the majority in the state; they have the highest numbers of local government in the state,as well as producing a higher percentage of the state resources.The Aniomas (delta igbos) has the capital...but does not contribute economically to the development of the state.....you cannot have the capital and at the same time produce the governor,it is not politically feasible...The isoko's,itsekiri's and ijaw's are minorties in the state but with appreciable economic leverage to power the state.....UDUAGHAN dissapointed the urhobos,since he came on board as no meaningful development has been carried out in any urhobo town, in terms of political appointmet,the urhobos are left at the back seat...to add insult to injury,he is planning to impose a candidate from Delta north on us,so that he can cover up for him at the detriment of the Urhobos....having said that,who is the credible urhobo that can wrestle pnwer from the incumbent come 2015....Senator ewherido who is a shinning light in the state,a true urhobo son,died mysteriously leaving a big leadership vacuum in the state....we need a true and tested urhobo son that will fill the leadership gap and not noise makers...

coputa: Your rendition was laced with hatred and ethnic biase...what was the state of Asaba,Anioma capital before the creation of Delta state,.a remote desolate and undeveloped village....which resources was used to develop it to the stage it is now,was it the gas reserves in okpai,certainly not,.....the urhobos is the largest ethnic group in Delta state spanning over 10 local governmen t area and the entire Delta central senatorial disdrict with a population of 1,602,243 as against Anioma 1.114.055....urhobos account for more than 2/5th of the 4.3 Deltans with ughelli being the largest local government in the state.......you said ibori looted the state treasury..supposedly with the active connivance of Benjamin Elue,an Anioma son,the then deputy governor under ibori....let me put it to you that the Aniomas constitute a major setback to continue progres of the state by fraudulently inviting their kith and kins from other states, notably igbos into the state and dubiously employing them into the state civil service,thereby over bloating the system.......this is a clog in the wheel of progress in the state.......we are not aggrieved by the state capital beign cited in Asaba as it was a political issue brought about by Babangida to please his inlaws...aniona state is an illusion,because ohaneze will continue to fight against it,so that they can extend their wings to the south south..

coputa: The urhobos are in the majority in the state; they have the highest numbers of local government in the state,as well as producing a higher percentage of the state resources.The Aniomas (delta igbos) has the capital...but does not contribute economically to the development of the state.....you cannot have the capital and at the same time produce the governor,it is not politically feasible...The isoko's,itsekiri's and ijaw's are minorties in the state but with appreciable economic leverage to power the state.....UDUAGHAN dissapointed the urhobos,since he came on board as no meaningful development has been carried out in any urhobo town, in terms of political appointmet,the urhobos are left at the back seat...to add insult to injury,he is planning to impose a candidate from Delta north on us,so that he can cover up for him at the detriment of the Urhobos....having said that,who is the credible urhobo that can wrestle pnwer from the incumbent come 2015....Senator ewherido who is a shinning light in the state,a true urhobo son,died mysteriously leaving a big leadership vacuum in the state....we need a true and tested urhobo son that will fill the leadership gap and not noise makers...

omonuan:

Your propaganda must stop. Delta state belongs to everyone irrespective of tribe.This mendaciously stated diatribe of yours should not go un rebutted. No the Urhobo are not the majority in Delta state. Further, the Uhrobo have 8 local government areas as opposed to 9 for Anioma. For your information, in 1963 when the erstwhile Midwest region was created, the Anioma people constituted the majority. Now the Urhobo have manipulated the figures to now claim majority in half of a state that the Igbo were the majority in a whole.

This spurious assertion from the Urhobo that since the Igbo have the capital, they cannot aspire for governorship is really a non sequitur. It does not make sense and does not deserve any response. Also, saying that the Igbo in Delta contributes nothing economically to Delta state is another fallacious statement. I am not sure what you mean by the assertion that Anioma contributes nothing economically.

If by your assertion you mean no oil and gas in Anioma as some of you propagandists are wont to say, you would be mistaken because you would have ignored the huge gas reserve in Okpai and other Anioma towns that have commercial quantity of oil and gas. Even if Arguendo, Anioma does not produce oil and gas, your sweeping assertion would still be false because the economy of Delta is not only fueled by oil and gas. Moreover, your assertion that Urhobo contribute more economically than other tribes to the state coffers is like your other assertions, baseless.

As for the location of the capital of Delta State, it appears that you and your ilk are still pained by it. However, I would like to suggest to you to get over it. It has been 20 years dude. No need to continue to whine over spilt milk. Save for those of you vocal minority that are more revanchist, the Igbo in Delta and the Urhobo have a lot more in common. We have been neighbors from time immemorial and will continue to be so. Even if you guys get your much desired "real Delta," the Igbo in Delta will never be deported ala Fashola to Onitsha head bridge. We will continue to inter marry with the Urhobo as we have for ages.

We all the need to join hands as Deltans to make the state the envy of others not the home of ethnic irredentists. In fact, the Anioma people are the stabilizing group of Delta and the home of peace. We the Anioma will continue to extend our hands of friendship to you with the hope that peace would extend to your troubled enclave of "real Delta." Emphasize what unites us bro not what divides us. We are all in the same boat. If we get a good leader, Delta will move forward. No need to continue to Balkanize the state along tribal lines.

The lootocrats in Delta cut across tribal lines. The illusion of Anioma against the real Deltans is used by the ruling elites to hoodwink us. The real divide should be the corrupt lootocrats against the common man. The delta Igbo should not cause you to lose sleep, we are the least of your problems.

According to you, you need "a true Urhobo son." This statement is self serving and erroneously imply that Ibori is not "a true Urhobo son." You cannot "deport" Ibori an Urhobo who ruled and looted Delta blind for eight years. Ibori is an example of the fact that irredentism is not the solution to our problem. He was at the saddle for eight years, yet the Urhobo are still complaining of lack of development. As mentioned by someone previously, the jockeying for power in Delta currently is to see who will oil the patronage system after Uduaghan. Just as the Itsekiri have not benefited much from the current governor, the next governor might not be of much benefit to his ethnic group.

omonuan:



You are the one filled with hatred against Anioma people. Your vile diatribe needs no response anymore. You can continue to wallow in your own anger and hate. Asaba is a village and Anioma people contribute nothing to Delta according to you. Eat your heart out dude!

You believe your selective thinking and extend this to the fact that Anioma people invite their brothers from the east to take all the jobs from the chosen Urhobo people. Yea, why not? All the Anioma people who need jobs have been employed so we just invite our brothers to take the rest. This is how it works you see! Things are very facile for Anioma people in Delta. We got it all made.

In addition to your hate and vile, you made several fallacious arguments one of which is "tu quoque." In Nigerian parlance, it is called "you nko?" This is an appeal to hypocrisy. Your bringing Elue into the discussion of Ibori's corruption attempts this fallacy but it fails in my case because I clearly stated in my earlier post that the lootocrats cut across tribal lines. On this issue I have been consistent. Even if I was was not consistent, your assertion would still not have discredited the fact that Ibori's looted Delta state and he is Urhobo. However, in your illogical mind, Ibori's looting of Delta was not a clog in the progress of the state. It has to be the Anioma people's presence in the state that made him steal everything including the kitchen sink.

These Igbo people, they are everywhere! Ohaneze will always make sure the Igbo extend to everywhere. I have news for you my friend, In the amorphous South South you mentioned, the Igbo still predominate. Rivers State as it is currently constituted is made up of majority Igbo. Forget the propaganda, Port Harcourt is owned by the Ikwerre an aborigine Igbo group. The Igbo are in Edo, Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom as natives. So, out of six states in the nebulous South South, the Igbo are found in five as natives. The Urhobo are just less than an Igbo clan found in a small enclave. The Igbo are still the majority in South South bro without Ohaneze's help and there is nothing you can do about it! You know the Urhobo town of Orogun? It is is bilingual. Go check it out, they speak both Urhobo and Igbo. Even in Urhobo, we have some influence too. Moreover, there are several Igbo words in Urhobo.

Continue your self deception bro. You won't hear from me again on this issue.
my brother leaver that primitive thinking urhobo man, its this same ideaology that brought the looter ibori and chief looter uduaghan to power, but this time, we are chsing them out of Asaba