DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, yesterday, warned that he would not accept anybody putting pressure on him to negotiate for anything, whether elective or appointive positions in Warri North Local Government Area of the state.
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Governor Uduaghan, who spoke at a stakeholders' conference with leaders and representatives of Ijaw and Itsekiri ethnic groups to proffer solutions to the crisis that broke out, July 2, described the Egbema Radical Group, ERG, the militia responsible for the crisis as hooligans.
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Meanwhile, the state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Chike Ogeah, has denied reports that the Secretary to State Government, SSG, Mr. Ovuozorie Macaulay, castigated journalists in Warri for allegedly writing irresponsibly and escalating the crisis. Ogeah, who spoke on the crisis said: "I was there at the meeting. The SSG did not castigate the press that they are reporting irresponsibly. SSG will not do that. He did not do that.