Asagba-in-Council, the apex traditional authority of Asaba, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to approve the creation of Anioma State. In a letter co-signed by the Regent, Prof Anthony Edozien, Ochendo Asagba, and the Secretary of Asaba Palace, Patrick Ndili, the council said it has been the decade-long aspiration of the Anioma people. They said the creation of Anioma state would permanently address the imbalance of the number of states in the Southeast as it is composed today and assuage the insecurity in the region. “For decades, way before Delta State was created, Anioma people with one…