{"id":52362,"date":"2016-08-17T15:50:42","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T14:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=52362"},"modified":"2016-08-17T15:50:42","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T14:50:42","slug":"edo-governorship-uromi-groups-agree-political-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/edo-governorship-uromi-groups-agree-political-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"Edo governorship: Uromi groups agree on political direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;Support Yakubu as running mate to PDP\u2019s Ize-Iyamu<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Uromi na-Agabazilo, a socio-cultural and non-partisan organisation<\/p>\n<p>committed to the articulation and resolution of socio-cultural and<\/p>\n<p>political issues affecting the wellbeing of Uromi sons and daughters,\u00a0 has<\/p>\n<p>risen from a meeting in Uromi with a communiqu\u00e9 urging support by entire<\/p>\n<p>Esan land for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship ticket of<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and Hon. John Yakubu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The group, according to the two-page communiqu\u00e9 jointly signed by Chairman<\/p>\n<p>of the meeting, Professor P.O. Onolemhemhen and conveners of the<\/p>\n<p>meeting&#8211;Rt. Hon Friday Itulah, Bishop (Dr) Anthony Okosun, Clifford E.<\/p>\n<p>Inegbedion, High Chief Enia Moses, William Oniha and Chief (Mrs)<\/p>\n<p>Azeke&#8211;thanked Esan leaders for choosing one of their own, Hon. Yakubu, as<\/p>\n<p>running mate to Ize-Iyamu of the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It urged all Uromi sons and daughters in particular and Esans in general<\/p>\n<p>across Edo State to vote en-masse for the Ize-Iyamu\/Yakubu governorship<\/p>\n<p>ticket in the September 10 election.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The meeting, the communiqu\u00e9 said, thanked the conveners for their<\/p>\n<p>\u201cforesight in bringing Uromi sons and daughters, Uromi-based clubs and<\/p>\n<p>associations to discuss a common issue for the security and wellbeing of<\/p>\n<p>the people,\u201d and urged that \u201ca similar meeting of this nature be convened<\/p>\n<p>whenever issues affecting the security and wellbeing of Uromi people<\/p>\n<p>arise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the communiqu\u00e9, the meeting resolved that \u201cat all times,<\/p>\n<p>Uromi people should stand behind their sons and daughters holding<\/p>\n<p>positions of authority in all areas of human endeavour anywhere without<\/p>\n<p>reservations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The meeting, the communiqu\u00e9 continued, \u201curged all sons and daughters of<\/p>\n<p>Uromi kingdom at home and in the Diaspora to organise themselves into<\/p>\n<p>groups and associations for the purpose of promoting, propagating and<\/p>\n<p>defending Uromi common interest in particular and Esan (land) in general.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;Support Yakubu as running mate to PDP\u2019s Ize-Iyamu &nbsp; Uromi na-Agabazilo, a socio-cultural and non-partisan organisation committed to the articulation and resolution of socio-cultural and political issues affecting the wellbeing&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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