Emami dole out items worth millions of Naira  to  Ilaje fishermen for supporting Tinubu

A Chieftain of  All Progressives Congress (APC)and businessman, Chief Ayirimi Emami, has doled out items worth millions of naira to hundreds of Ilaje traders and fishers in Warri Southwest council area of Delta State.

Chief Emami made the donation at a ceremony tagged Renewed Hope Valentine’s Carnival held at the 911 Beach & Resort, Escravos.

The benefitting Ilaje communities, Egbokuta, Costain, Agoila, and Agogboro, received four speedboat engines through a raffle draw, 20 bags of rice, four cows, and a cash gift. A separate donation of a speedboat engine was also made to the Baale of Egbokuta, Durojaiye Ogunsemore by the APC leader.

Addressing the gathering, Chief Emami said he saw the need to thank them for their unwavering support for President Tinubu, prior to and after the election.

“I decided to show love to Ilajes in Warri Soutwest because they stood firmly when people were not ready to support President Tinubu. When I come to your place, the townhall used to be full, you gave me food. I know you complain of high cost of fuel and food but Asiwaju is working to fix them.

“I don’t want to wait till 2027 to thank you. You accepted us during the campaigns, so I have come to thank you with the little that i have,” Emami said in pidgin.

Speaking on the 2027 elections, he declared that there would be “no vacancy,” at the State House, adding that “Tinubu must go back in 2027”.

“Let’s give Asiwaju chance to rule. We gave Buhari chance, it’s not that we were happy with the government. We fought our own brother to support Buhari. Now it’s the turn of Asiwaju, they are coming again that we should come fight. We say ‘no’. We are not going to fight.

“This man must complete his tenure. A lot of them that are ganging up are part and parcel of the last administration. For those ganging up, we will also enter our meeting here, Tinubu must complete his eight years. We say no to gang up,” Chief Emami declared.

He also asserted that there was no vacancy in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), pointing out that the agency under Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has been delivering on the commission’s mandate.

“No vacancy in the NDDC, we can only fight who does not do well. In the past six years we have not seen an MD like this, it was as if the NDDC was not in existence,” the APC chief stated.

Other dignitaries at the event were Chief Michael Odeli, the Olorogun of Warri; Comrade Alex Enyengho, Chairman Governing Council, Federal College of Education, Abeokuta; APC chairmen of Warri North and Warri Southwest, Omatseye Akatakpo and Ebieto Collins, as well as members of the Ilaje National Youth Council, Ogidigben Seashore.

In their respective goodwill messages, they commended the benefitting communities for queuing behind Chief Emami to support President Tinubu,  just as they thanked the host (Emami) for the gesture and his leadership role in the party.

In brief remarks, beneficiaries of the speedboat engines, which included a woman, Demehin Sunmomi, thanked Chief Emami for the gift, noting that it would greatly boost their fishing profession.