Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan has warned persons planning to use violence or play up ethnic sentiments to get into public offices to desist forthwith as it would not yield them the desired result.

Speaking at a rally in Warri North PDP local government area, the governor cautioned aspirants to political offices against resorting to violence or ethnic sentiments to achieve their goal because force and violence do not get anyone into office but only breed chaos and anarchy in the society.

As against violence and ethnic politics, he urged the aspirants to endear themselves to the people by their words, deeds and actions, reiterating that whoever would emerge winner in an election must be through the ballot box and not because of the ethnic group they belong.

According to him, power belongs to God Almighty and no matter the violence one employs or the ethnic sentiments resorted to, whoever God decides emerges winner at the end of the day.

Speaking earlier when he paid a courtesy visit on the Olaraja (leader) of Koko community in Warri North local government area of the state, Chief Victor Nana at the weekend, Uduaghan, charged youth councils, youth committees of communities and traditional rulers across the state not to get their different institutions involved in partisan politics.

“Community issues should be devoid of political leanings while the affairs of youth councils or traditional institutions should be devoid of politics.

“The youth bodies should report to the different traditional institutions in their communities and such bodies and institutions should be insulated from partisan politics in the interest of peace and stability of the communities,” he stated.

He charged persons interested in politics or in holding political offices not to hide under community youth platforms or traditional institutions, stressing that such people should feel free to excise themselves from such bodies to play partisan politics.

Governor Uduaghan disclosed that the dualisation of the 36-kilometre Ugbenu/Koko road will be completed and commissioned in 2014, adding that the road was strategic as it would facilitate the movement of goods from the Koko Port to other parts of the country.

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