Kwale, Delta State — Advocate for Light Up Ndokwa, Comr. Lucky Oliogu, has urged traditional rulers in Ndokwa land to draw a clear line between politics and kingship, insisting that community leadership should not be compromised by political interests.
Speaking in a recent interview, Oliogu told Ndokwa chiefs:
“If you want to be a politician, please be a politician. If you want to be a Kingsman, be a Kingsman.”
He expressed deep concern over the irony that Ndokwa land, despite hosting the Okpai Independent Power Plant (IPP) that supplies electricity to nine states in Nigeria, still suffers from persistent blackout and lack of electricity infrastructure.
Oliogu, a well-known voice in the campaign for equitable power distribution in Delta State, has been at the forefront of the agitation for a step-down facility in Ndokwa land to allow residents to benefit directly from the power generated in their territory.
According to him, the neglect of Ndokwa in electricity provision is a long-standing injustice that must be addressed both by government and community leaders who should put the welfare of the people above personal or political gains.
“It is unacceptable that we generate so much power here yet live in darkness. The people of Ndokwa deserve the basic benefit of electricity from the gas plant in their own land,” he said.
The Light Up Ndokwa campaign continues to gain traction as more Ndokwa sons and daughters rally behind the call for fairness, justice, and improved living conditions in the oil and gas-rich region.
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