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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