“DELTA NORTH IS WAITING. AGBOR CAN LEAD AGAIN.”.
Barr. Chiedu Ebie, Chairman, Governing Board, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC
There comes a moment in the life of every kingdom when silence becomes betrayal and comfort becomes bondage. For Agbor, that moment is now.
Not even a blind man needs to be told that Agbor Kingdom has been politically enslaved, relegated, and forced into a cycle of defeat that no community with our history, intellect, and strength should accept. For too long, the political space in Ika South has been hijacked by a handful of ill-willed, self-serving bullies who pretend to love Agbor while selling its future for personal gain. Their gimmicks have reduced a proud kingdom to political melancholy. Their game is simple: keep Agbor divided, keep Agbor dependent, and keep Agbor begging for what it already has the power to claim.
The damage has gone deeper than many want to admit. Our supposedly enlightened political class, men and women with education, exposure, and influence, have chosen to follow these bullies to political slaughter. Instead of rallying behind leaders who have proven capacity and vision, they sheepishly endorse error and then wonder why Agbor has no seat at the table when decisions are made. They possess the numbers, the networks, and the political muscle to reverse this ugly trend. Yet they remain comfortable in the wilderness of defeat, clapping for their oppressors while their own house remains unfinished.
This is the tragedy: Agbor politicians often help outsiders build empires, but refuse to build structures at home. They pull down their own rooftop, sacrifice their collective potential for a morsel, and spend their energy on gossip only to wake up drenched at dawn with nothing to show. Who has bewitched us? Who convinced a kingdom of kings to act like political tenants in their own land?
In the middle of this storm, one man has stood firm. He has refused intimidation. He has rejected every attempt to cow him, coerce him, or trade his political birthright for short-term gain. He has refused to toe the line of error that has mortgage d Agbor’s collective future for personal interest. That man is Chiedu Ebie, Chairman, Governing Board, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
Chiedu Ebie is not just another politician. He is a first-class leader whose life and service prove that politics can still be about people. His doggedness is positive. His focus is unshaken. His challenges have only produced testimonies, and every obstacle has become a signpost to greater good for Agbor and Ika South. He is one of the few leaders destiny has preserved to take Agbor Kingdom to the promised land.
What sets him apart is not just ambition, but direction. Chiedu Ebie thinks no failure, sees no failure, dreams no failure, and talks no failure. He is a goal-getter. While others build walls of division, he builds bridges of inclusion. While others practice politics of impunity, hatred, sentiment, and nepotism, he practices politics of open doors, accountability, and results.
His record speaks in a language even skeptics understand:
.1. Passion for the less privileged*: Through his consistent interventions, widows, the elderly, and vulnerable families in Agbor and across Ika South have received support that restores dignity. He does not wait for cameras. He acts because leadership is responsibility.
,2. Empowerment of women and youths*: Through Chiedu Ebie Development Upliftment Group, D.U.G, he has moved hundreds of women and young people from idleness to industry. Skills acquisition, small business support, mentorship, and access to opportunity are no longer slogans in his dictionary. They are daily practice. He believes that when a woman is empowered, a home is lifted. When a youth is skilled, a community is secured.
- Open-door leadership*: Power, in his hands, is not a fortress. It is a reception. From town halls to direct engagement, he listens before he acts. That is why his projects meet real needs, not political fantasies. Roads that connect farms to markets. Electricity that keeps businesses alive. Support that reaches the last house on the street.
- Political emancipation of Agbor: Chiedu Ebie is determined to liberate Agbor and Ika South from the clutches of those who call themselves “veteran politicians” but whose only legacy is division. He understands that a kingdom that cannot control its political structure will always be rented out by others. He is building that structure, patiently, strategically, and without noise.
The truth is painful but necessary: Those who have refused to shift ground from politics of hatred, division, and personal greed cannot mean well for Agbor. They cannot build what they have spent years breaking. They cannot liberate a people they benefit from keeping dependent.
So this is an appeal to every intelligent, politically conscious son and daughter of Agbor. The time for “follow-follow” politics is over. The time for trading our collective future for temporary crumbs is over. The time for watching bullies determine our destiny while we complain in corners is over.
Agbor has a leader in Chiedu Ebie. A leader with pedigree, with capacity, with a track record, and with a vision that goes beyond one election cycle. A leader who does not see Agbor as a ladder to climb, but as a home to build.
If we rally round him now, we will not just win an election. We will reclaim our political voice. We will reset the structure of Ika South. We will tell the rest of Delta North and Nigeria that Agbor Kingdom has woken up.
A word is enough for the wise. A stitch in time saves nine.
Agbor, the moment is here. The leader is here. The choice is ours.
Let us rally round Chiedu Ebie, Chairman, Governing Board, NDDC, and take our place where we belong: at the front of Delta North politics, not at the back of it.