Share Professor Gabriel Darah, a septuagenarian, is a former chairman of the editorial boards of the Daily Times and The Guardian. He became a professor of Oral Literature, Folklore and Cultural Sciences at the Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, in 2001. In 2003, he became Special Adviser to former Governor James Ibori on Public Communication (Media) and later the Chief of Staff in 2005, spearheading the struggle for resource control and the struggle for 13 per cent derivation. The literary icon later returned to DELSU and retired from active service in 2017 at the age 70. He was a delegate to the 2014 National Conference representing Delta Central. Darah, who is currently the Delta State chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), speaks with EBENEZER ADUROKIYA on the 2014 confab and other salient national issues.