13/09/2025
*EDO DESERVES UNITY, NOT DIVISION: OUR TRADITIONAL LEADERS MUST BE CUSTODIANS, NOT POLITICIANS*
By Hon. Bright Omorogieva
Edo is a land of rich heritage and dignity, guided for generations by traditional and religious leaders who serve as fathers of peace and custodians of truth. But today, our unity is threatened not by outsiders, but by divisions within our traditional leadership. Politics may come and go, but the sacred duty of our leaders remains eternal: to preserve justice, protect the people, and keep the land from losing its compass.
The truth is clear. The only thing silently dividing Edo State in this current APC administration is not political parties, nor is it Christianity or Islam. Sadly, it is the misuse of traditional religion. The very foundation that should unite us as one people is now being turned into a weapon that creates suspicion, bitterness, and division.
Our traditional rulers, who should be fathers of unity and custodians of peace, are beginning to sound like politicians. They take sides, make careless comments, and sometimes behave as though they are the ones contesting elections. With deep sorrow, one must ask: have our voices of wisdom become instruments of confusion?
It is a shameful turn of events when the thrones that should preach peace and reconciliation begin to sow division and bitterness. A father who divides his children has abandoned his sacred duty. A custodian who chooses sides in conflict has lost the moral ground to call for peace. Edo belongs to us all North, Central, and South alike. No one region owns it, and no single voice should rise to divide it.
We must act before division drowns us all. Sentiment and bias cannot build Edo; they can only tear it apart. A house divided against itself cannot stand, and a people who fight themselves cannot move forward. Careless words and partial actions from our leaders only delay our progress and betray the generations yet unborn.
Edo deserves unity, not division. Edo deserves wisdom, not manipulation. Edo deserves leaders traditional, political, and religious who see themselves as servants of the people, not masters of division. Our fathers on the throne must remain above politics, for when they descend into the arena of struggle, the crown loses its dignity and the people lose their last hope for reconciliation.
No matter how self-centered some may become, Edo’s future must never be mortgaged on the altar of pride or favoritism. Our ancestors entrusted thrones not to divide us, but to guide us with fairness and wisdom. Our children deserve a state where leaders traditional and political alike rise above personal interests and stand as true symbols of unity, strength, and progress.
I call on our traditional leaders to rise again as the true fathers of the land. Let them speak healing, not hatred. Let them open their hands to embrace all, not clench their fists to support one side. Let them become the bridge when politics fails, not the wall that shuts us in.
Edo deserves unity. In unity lies our strength, our peace, and our future. And we must never forget this eternal truth: when the elders lose their voice of wisdom, the land loses its direction.
Signed, Hon. Bright Omorogieva, NATIONAL COORDINATOR OF TEAMHB0.