{"id":16735,"date":"2017-11-09T22:22:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T22:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=16735"},"modified":"2017-11-09T22:22:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T22:22:05","slug":"group-demands-release-of-kelvin-onirah-the-forgotten-niger-delta-militant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=16735","title":{"rendered":"GROUP DEMANDS RELEASE OF KELVIN ONIRAH: THE FORGOTTEN NIGER DELTA MILITANT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8738530664649203072ydpb00718d5MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The Coalition of Urhobo Nation Young Leaders and Stakeholders (CUNYLS) has demanded the unconditional release of Kelvin Onirah a Niger Delta Activist detained over his quest of advancing the unjust marginalization of the Urhobo nation by the Nigeria state<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8738530664649203072ydpb00718d5MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The group which is made up of Urhobo Progress, Pride of Place and Self Determination Movement, in a press release signed by Comrade Rex Ekiugbo Anighoro, a right activist and Convener of the group, they demanded freedom for Onirah, like other ex-agitators granted amnesty by the federal government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8738530664649203072ydpb00718d5MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The group which recently stage a protest to Abuja, Nigeria federal capital also urged authority to as a matter of urgency revisit the celebrated extra Judicial murder of late Chief Ogbe Onokpite, a prominent Urhobo Young Adult whose murder seven years ago in Warri, Delta state and bring perpetuators to justice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8738530664649203072ydpb00718d5MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Their statement reads in part: \u201cThat we demand freedom for\u00a0Kelvin Onirah who as a Niger Delta Activist engaged in pursuit for advancing Urhobo and Niger Delta greater good just like\u00a0many other Niger Delta Agitators who\u00a0presently are walking free.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8738530664649203072ydpb00718d5MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWe demand an unconditional release for him as we believe it will aid the cause of peace and integration in the region for the good of the Nigerian Union.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=15034&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8738530664649203072ydpb00718d5MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0\u201cWe also demand Justice for the extra judicially murdered late Chief Ogbe Onokpite, a prominent Urhobo young adult whose murder seven years ago remains a sad commentary of injustice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8738530664649203072ydpb00718d5MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWe call on all Urhobo leaders in the different Political Parties especially our distinguished representatives at the Red and Green Chambers of the National Assembly to step into this matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8738530664649203072ydpb00718d5MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">We call on all Urhobo leaders in the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) to rise up to pursue freedom and justice for these two Urhobo sons irrespective of perceived and alleged shortcomings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8738530664649203072ydpb00718d5MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0\u201cWe call on Festus Keyamo, all Urhobo human Rights activists, all Urhobo Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), all Urhobo Journalist and Media practitioners amongst others to stand up for this common cause.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8738530664649203072ydpb00718d5MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWe call on all Urhobo Youths and young adults to rise up and champion this struggle. It could be you or your loved one\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1770918449\"><span class=\"aQJ\">tomorrow<\/span><\/span>. An injury to one is an injury to all.\u201d The statement added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8738530664649203072ydpb00718d5MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/kelvin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16737\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/kelvin-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/kelvin-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/kelvin.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Coalition of Urhobo Nation Young Leaders and Stakeholders (CUNYLS) has demanded the unconditional release of Kelvin Onirah a Niger Delta Activist detained over his quest of advancing the unjust marginalization of the Urhobo nation by the Nigeria state The group which is made up of Urhobo Progress, Pride of Place and Self Determination Movement, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[149,4303,1188],"class_list":["post-16735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-chief-ogbe-onokpite","tag-kelvin-onirah","tag-rex-ekiugbo-anighoro"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/kelvin.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-4lV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16735"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16738,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16735\/revisions\/16738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}