…Urges KAGOTE, MOSOP, others to wake up
Paramount ruler of Barako community in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, HRH, Mene Kadilo Kabari has bemoaned the seeming exclusion of Ogonis from the political space in Rivers State.
He said the antics of persons he described as ‘belleticians’ in Ogoniland now makes the people look like modern day political slaves in the state.
Kabari who is also the Natural Ruler of Barako stated this when a socio -cultural cum political group known as Sor Ogoni visited his palace to pay tribute to his predecessor late Mene Dr Barikura Kabari during the 3rd Anniversary of his death.
Mene Kadilo Kabari who is fondly called the comrade chief said it is sad that nobody from Khana and Gokana has been appointed as commissioner in the administration of Governor Siminalayi Fubara
He called on the leadership of KAGOTE and MOSOP as well as Ogoni political leaders to wake up from their slumber and agitate for the rights of Ogonis.
“Imagine we the Ogoni people that even colonial masters could not conquer are now seen as modern day political slaves with no voice due to the antics of belleticians.
“Imagine that uptil now, Khana and Gokana has no Commissioner in the Rivers State Executive Council. We cannot see Julius Berger doing internal roads in any part of Ogoni land. We even had a Chairman of our Supreme Council of Traditional Rulers, King GNK Gininwa and his stool desecrated with no one talking, where is KAGOTE? Oh! KAGOTE of old. Where is MOSOP? Where are the so called elected representatives? From this ancient throne of my ancestors, I assure you, Ogoni will rise again,” he said.
The monarch further said his predecessor Chief Dr. Barikura Kabari who before his demise was also a former executive chairman of Gokana LGA will always be remembered for his role in the struggle for political emancipation of the Ogoni people.
“Though few of them still exist but Chief Dr Barikura Kabari represents what i may call the last crop of patriotic, fearless and selfless leaders of the Ogoni ethnic extraction. He was not just a former Gokana Council Chairman but also a renowned Medical Doctor and an educated paramount ruler who died standing to be counted in the struggle for our political emancipation as a people, as against the kind of leaders we have today,” he stated.
On his part the National Coordinator of Sor Ogoni, Elder Jude Nwiko said the visit was aimed at remembering the Late Dr Barikura Kabari whose contribution towards Ogoni political struggle is now a legacy that will stand the test of time.
He also declared that they came to inquire from the royal father, the fate of the Ogoni people in the face of social, economic and political realities.
