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Ijaw and Itsekiri agree power-sharing deal on Warri Federal Constituency after President Tinubu's intervention in the dispute over INEC's ward delineation exercise.

Under the terms of the agreement, the House of Representatives seat in the proposed Warri Federal Constituency will rotate between the Ijaw and Itsekiri nationalities. The Ijaw will occupy the seat for the first two consecutive terms, after which it will rotate to the Itsekiri ethnic group for the next two terms.

Signatories to the agreement included former Deputy Governor of Delta State, Kingsley Otuaro, and Dr. Eric Omare for the Ijaw nationality. The Itsekiri delegation was represented by Sir A.S. Mene and Chief Robinson Ariyo.

The agreement was endorsed on behalf of the Federal Government by Ribadu, while Olorogun Victor Okumagba and Chief Westham Adehor signed as witnesses.