Delineation: Ayiri’s Arrest Call Is Baseless, Misguided- CHURA
The Centre for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade (CHURA) has condemned a recent call by Chief Ayiri Emami urging the Inspector-General of Police to arrest former Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro.
In a strongly worded statement signed by its Chairman, Board of Trustees, Alaowei Cleric Ebikonbowei, Esq., and shared with the press on Wednesday, CHURA described Ayiri’s comments as “uninformed” and his actions as an embarrassment to public discourse.
“It’s an insult, but we’ll forgive Chief Ayiri for his call to arrest His Excellency, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro,” the statement read. “He’s a glorified pseudo-intellectual suffering from intellectual imbecility. The uninformed mind is a burden to society.”
CHURA stressed that the boundary adjustment Ayiri referenced is a civil matter handled by the office of the Deputy Governor, a constitutional function with no criminal implication.
See the full statement below:
PRESS RELEASE
16TH APRIL, 2025
CALL TO ARREST OTUARO; AYIRI IS AN UNINFORMED JOKER
It’s an insult but we will forgive Ayiri Emami for calling on the IGP to arrest His Excellency, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, former Deputy Governor of Delta State. We have to forgive this dethroned Ologboshere of Itsekiri nation because he is a glorified pseudo intellectual who is ingloriously suffering from an intellectual embecility. Indeed, the uninformed mind is a burden to the society.
Issue of boundary adjustment is purely a civil matter. Granted that the office of the deputy governor of a State is statutorily empowered to carry out that function. If in the exercise of such functions by a State government or even the Federal Government, the laws provide for a medium for an aggrieved person to ventilate his grievances. There’s nothing incriminating for the security agents to come in to arrest a person who merely exercises his constitutional functions.
If there was any boundary adjustment exercise carried out during the tenure of Barr. Kingsley Otuaro as the deputy governor, it was not Kingsley Otuaro so to say that did it but the office of the deputy governor. That office is a legal entity created by the Constitution. Ayiri is free at anything to approach that office to solve his problem.
The invidious Ayiri Emami should know that there’s what we called Public Officers Protection Law of Delta State. Before he decides to embarrass himself in public with his intellectual deformity, he should consult intelligent minds around him to tutor him properly. Nigerian constitution under section 36(12) CFRN, 1999 provides that: “Subject as otherwise provided by this Constitution, a person shall not be convicted of a criminal offence unless that offence is defined and the penalty therefore is prescribed in a written law, and in this subsection, a written law refers to an Act of the National Assembly or a Law of a State, any subsidiary legislation or instrument under the provisions of a law.”
Which offence did Deacon Kingsley Otuaro commit that Ayiri is calling for his arrest? The person who is supposed to be cooling off his feet in the police cells is Ayiri Emami, the self-styled Ologboshere who has been dethroned by his King. His delinquent and insidious utterances towards Ijaw people in the INEC Ward delineation exercise should have invited the security agents to visit him.
Consequently, we’re calling on the relevant security agencies to immediately arrest Ayiri for incitement and breach of public peace.
Signed:
Alaowei, Cleric Ebikonbowei, Esq.,
Chairman Board of Trustees,
Centre for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade (CHURA)
