While the Senate President, Bukola Saraki expressed worries over the number of deaths being recorded both in the Niger Delta and the South-East due to the latest uprising by militants in the Niger Delta and agitators of the state of Biafra, Oshiomhole declared that Nigerians must rise up against all ethnic champions, saying that a united Nigeria is better than a divided nation.
The leaders bored their minds when the Senate President who was represented by his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu and other Senators, paid Oshiomhole a condolence visit yesterday on the demise of the Oba of Benin, Oba Erediauwa.
The Senators also paid condolence to the Crown Prince of the Kingdom, Prince Ehenede Erediauwa at his palace in Uselu. While regretting that the Oba’s demise happened now that the nation is facing serious security challenges,
The Senate President who addressed Gov. Oshiomhole said, “We are particularly worried that he is no more at this particular time that we are faced with challenges. We know the role he has played in the past; we believe that if he was with us today, he will help us in resolving most of the national questions confronting us today.
We are having challenges of insecurity especially in the Niger Delta. We are worried with the resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta. I believe that as leaders in the Niger Delta, we have to come up with solutions as to how to resolve it.
Because he who wears the shoes knows where it pinches. We are worried about several conflicts now in the country; we have conflict in the North East, South-South and now in the South East.
We are not only worried in terms of the economic implications but the number of lives being lost because the life of every Nigerian means a lot to us. We are worried about the social implications it means to us as a nation.
We want to appeal that the best we can do for the late Oba is for the leaders to rise up and find solution to the problems.
We have had challenges in the past and our forebears were there to resolve the crisis, and now that it is our time the people of Nigeria expect us to find brilliant and workable solutions to our national questions. We believe that people like you and our colleagues here will find solution to these problems” he stated.
He described the Oba as a “global citizen, a citizen of Nigeria, who performed his duties beyond the Benin kingdom. He is well known for his exploit in public service, he was indeed a man of peace. We want to assure you that as we mourn with you, we miss him too and Nigerians will also miss him “. Responding, Oshiomhole who commended them fo
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