Oron is agog as Christopher Esin, BOT chairman
PMAN, ex-chairman PMAN governors forum in Nigeria, former member council for
arts and culture, member human rights committee of Nigeria, speaker AKS
Entertainer's parliament and nominee for the peace ambassador, commences
campaigns to become the next House of Reps member,Oron federal constituency on
the platform of Accord party. In this chat with select media men, Esin
popularly known as MistaXto whoholds a degree in peace and conflict resolution
with a Master’s degree in view, spoke on a variety of issues, including dumping
PDP and why he is the best choice for Oro nation come 2015.
Sir you have been a bit out of circulation,
any reason for that?
Xto: (laughter) you have been looking for me at
the wrong places, i think now i have circulated even more in the places I
should.
Obviously
you are conspicuously absent at the PDP rallies and your absence is deeply felt
considering your role in leading entertainers to past campaigns
Xto: well, God does not create a new ground to
put a man, I had to leave for others to rise, i think i am not missed because
most of the guys who are there are boys who grew up and learnt well from me. I
have confidence in them and I am sure they are doing well. I have to answer a
higher call to serve and so I moved on to stand the election into the federal
house.
How has
your boss the Governor reacted to that decision as you are not running on the
PDP platform?
Xto: my boss is a good man and will not wish
that I don't grow, as the PDP couldn't give two people the ticket to run for
the same office, he understands that I have the right to take a decision and I
am sure he respects that.
But
don't they see you as not being loyal?
XTo: A man has to love his God,
his family and his land, loyalty and patriotism may conflict at some point but
patriotism may be a call from God and a demand from the land and family going
by the circumstance at the moment, so faith in God helps a man make a decision
to be patriotic. Dan brown wrote in inferno that the darkest places in hell are
reserved for men who chose to be neutral in the face of a moral crisis, and the
moral crisis in Oro nation places a demand on true patriots to take a
stand.
Is it because an Oro man is not going to be
Governor?
Xto: far from that, it is because Oro must have
quality and credible representation at that level and also because the
grievances of Oro nation is going to blind them into causing a great injustices
to the udunguko people of Oro.
How do you mean sir?
Xto: Oro nation was at the centre to
demand for a Governor of Oro extraction on the moral justification of the fact
that it should be rotated on ethnic line, since Oro has never produced a
Governor, whereas UdungUko has never produced a federal house member. whatever
would justify Oro to demand for Governor on the basis of rotation should also
make Okobo relinquish the federal house to rotate to UdungUko that has never
produced one after Okobo has done its complete round of eight years, so if
might is right and okobo stays in the race for that reason then Oro has no
justification to its grievances; but if the centre was
unfair to Oro then Oro should tow the line of justice to its own devoid of any
sentiment.
But the
federal house member will speak for the whole Oro nation irrespective of which
local government the representative comes from, so why is udunguko particular
that it should be them?
Xto: that goes for the Governor too, as an
akwaibom Governor must serve the entire state so why were we particular that it
should be Oro turn? On the other hand, UdungUko has relinquished
the state house to Oron as they are a two local government state constituency,
now that's decency on our part, but then udunguko is empty there, and in the
next eight years, if PDP or APC wins the federal house, udunguko stays empty.
The three senatorial candidates of Oro nation are from oron LGA and Urue-offong,
UdungUko is empty there, and of course there's no UdungUko man for governor, it
is not right that udunguko should not have a voice in the state for four years
and after four years Urue-offong will be justified to run on the basis that
okobo has scuttled our primordial understanding. By then it will be even more
difficult for udunguko to produce a federal house member, so this is the time
for us to stop the injustice that's brewing.
Are you in the race because you are from
UdungUko?
Xto: I am in the race because I am an Oro man
from UdungUko first, and because I am most qualified and credible and because I
am honest and patriotic. The danger of okobo running the federal house election
is a spec of fire that can snowball into genocide, it threatens our fragile
peace as a people and cannot be morally justified by a people seeking justice
in their land, now there are three contenders for that office and so Oro will
put everyone on a moral scale and pick the best with the right weight with
credibility and patriotism as well as justice as the criteria for adoption of
any candidate.
You are the accord party candidate, what
are your chances against the ruling party PDP and the Oro preferred party the
APC?
Xto: Oro has not collectively picked the APC
over anyother party, Oro has its sons and daughters in every political party
and every party has its saints and sinners. Oro will pick the best of its
children on any platform. A man who is forced to do a thing against his will
gives his consent still.That is why the three political parties have created
platforms for Oro to make credible choices and it will be better for us all as
a people considering that ACCORD party will be seen to be the party that has
the most credible candidates.
why do you
think you are better than the rest for the
office?
Xto: I have come from the background of
professional excellence. I am the symbol of success that the next generation of
oro youths crave. I am most accessible, I am easy to deal with, I am most
articulate, I am without any political enemy and so reconnecting Oro with the eventual
ruling power will be easier. And the grace of God is sufficiently rested with
me, I have a background in unionism, I have negotiated all my life and will
negotiate better for oro, and I am the only person who goes for service to oro
without seeing the office as settlement to enrich myself. Oro is divided on
party lines and I am the best material with the acceptability to bring
everybody back into the next administration, the access that my people will
have will make me hear their needs first hand and address that within the
powers of my office to bring succor to them. Oro has suffered neglect as a
result of a disconnect between the powers that be and the people representing
oro, that reconnect is the first responsibility that my mandate bestows upon me
and when that is properly addressed, prosperity will come to the people,
without that, all other promises will be two tedious to achieve.
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