KWALE, Nigeria – In a sweeping and unprecedented political intervention, the Utagba-Ogbe Council of Chiefs and Elders, backed by the Kingdom’s President General, has issued a binding directive banning all political campaigns across Kwale, Utagba-Ogbe Kingdom, effective immediately.
The ultimatum is stark: no rallies, no canvassing, no political activity of any kind, until the Ndokwa Nation receives concrete justice for decades of exploitation, neglect, and darkness.
At the heart of the royal decree is a damning indictment of Nigeria’s power and oil sectors. Despite hosting a major Independent Power Plant (IPP) in Kwale, the host community has remained completely off-grid for over 16 years.
“Electricity generated from our land is stepped down and transmitted to Obosi, distributed across multiple states and even the Federal Capital Territory, while we are abandoned in darkness,” the chiefs said in a blistering statement. “This is not only an injustice, it is an insult.”
The council further noted that Ndokwa Nation has sustained Nigeria’s economy for more than six decades, with over eight oil and gas companies operating on its soil. Yet, the chiefs say, there is “little to show in terms of basic infrastructure, social amenities, or meaningful development.”
Roads remain deplorable, communities are underdeveloped, and the people, they declared, have been continually ignored. Enough is enough, the statement reads.
The chiefs are demanding immediate government action to fully finance the stepping down of power within Ndokwa Nation, not promises, not rhetoric, not symbolic gestures, but visible, measurable change.
“This is not business as usual. The patience of our people has been stretched beyond limits. We will no longer fold our arms while our resources are exploited and our future neglected.”
The council warned that the kingdom is “united, resolute, and prepared to defend our collective interest within the bounds of the law.”
“History is recording, and posterity will judge all actions taken, or not taken, at this critical moment. God Almighty is watching, and the people are taking notes.”
Political actors, government representatives, and stakeholders have been put on notice: no campaigns in Kwale until justice is served.
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