The Ogbobiri Asawo (Adult Males) of Jumbo Major House of Bonny Kingdom, Rivers State says though its transition process from its outgone Executive to the incoming one remains inconclusive the election of its Chairman Elect, Samuel Mina Jumbo, remains sacrosanct.

Chairman of the Electoral Committee, Sonny Jumbo told Kristina Reports in an interview on Sunday, April 3, 2022 in Bonny, Rivers State that it was a position taken via a resolution of members of the Ogbobiri Asawo.

He informed that the body, which engaged him to serve as an umpire in its election, asked him to stay action on the process of concluding the elections when he (Sonny Jumbo) informed them that the Elders Council of House appealed to them for time to engage some aggrieved parties who were not comfortable with the outcome of the first phase of the election.

“Well, I was summoned by the Ogbobiri Asawo to their meeting where they passed a resolution that the concluded aspect of the election, which produced Samuel Mina Jumbo as Chairman, should remain sacrosanct and untouched while allowing for different interested stakeholders such as the Elders Council to reach out and address some aggrieved parties.”

“This was after I briefed them on my discussion with the Chairman of the Jumbo House Elders Council. They obliged and acknowledged in their resolution that they have received the message from the Elders Council Chairman appealing for stay of action so that efforts would be made to calm frayed nerves. They resolved to respect and honour the elders and give them two weeks after which they would decide on the way forward.”

Jumbo, a former Zonal Director of Education in Rivers State, noted that, in its bid to help achieve the desired collective progressive and developmental objectives of the Jumbo Major House, the Ogbobiri Asawo would synergize with other institutions of the House.

“The Ogbobiri Asawo is a body within the House, which is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), serving as a convergence point for all senior adult males in the Jumbo Major House; and to be able to play its part in moving the House forward, it cannot but synergize with other institutions within the House, these include the Elders Council, the Women, and the Youths, among others.”

The Electoral Committee Chairman informed that the body further resolved to continue the process after the elders have done the needful with a view to restoring a new leadership in the body, adding that being an integral institution in the House, the Ogbobiri Asawo would sustain its trajectory of contributing to the peace and development of the House.