OML40 Dredging/Exploration Project, CCEK Charges Polobubo/Opuama Communities To Release Belief-Gbene Compensational Funds And Tender Original Documents, Seeks Lasting Peace In Egbema Oil Rich Territories

OML40 Dredging/Exploration Project, CCEK Charges Polobubo/Opuama Communities To Release Belief-Gbene Compensational
Funds And Tender Original Documents, Seeks Lasting Peace In Egbema Oil Rich Territories

Francis Tayor

Warri____ Prior to the ongoing tension over OML40 Dredging, Drilling, Pipeline Installation and Exploration Job/Process project compensational funds in Egbema, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, the Concerned Citizens of Egbema Kingdom (CCEK) has intervene on the matter by calling on Polobubo/Opuama Federated Communities to release the compensational funds due to Belief-Gbene Community, as well as tender the original documents of the project for peace to reign.

The group in a Press Statement today 15th October, 2019 signed by the President General, Snr Comrade. Benjamin Ofiyai BBC, condemned the fraudulent act of the oil committees, thereby urging them to tender the original documents quickly for accountability. They equally appealed to Belief-Gbene Community to calm down, stressing that Polobubo/Opuama Communities will attend to their demands immediately.

According to the Press Statement read; " The national leadership, stakeholders and members of the most famous and foremost intellectual pressure group of Egbema kingdom as again today 15th day of October 2019 seeks a very lasting solution to allow peace in Egbema oil rich territories precisely in *OML40 environ* after a very crucial meeting held yesterday in warri delta state.

Tension in the oil area as regards on *Sunday 13th Oct. 2019* Belief-Gbene community three working days ultimatum which count *monday 14th Oct. 2019* and the exposure of oil committees over embezzlement of community funds and the unjustifiable denial of her host right, omission and oppression melted on their community concerning the OML40: *dredging, drilling, pipeline installation and exploration job/process* which was published by many Nigeria newspapers; we writes as follow;

Very unconformably; it as come to our knowledge that there is a very dreadful tension in the oil creeks of Olodua land where *NPDC/ ELCREST* operates, which needs an immediate and a critical attention hence can breach peace and harmony which can result to insecurity and jeopardize our hard earn resources.

We wish to advice *Opuama and Polobubo federated communities (elders, leaders and youths)* for posterity purpose and also for a lasting peace, justice, equity and for a sense of belonging; to speedily attend to the plight of the *Belief-Gbene community* before it gets out of hand and other communities that have the direct impact of the above job operations

However, unbelievably our attention as been drawn to a claim of exposure to the oil committees that; in their( Belief-Gbene) realest information search, meetings, movements etc, it as come to their notice that; the job was negotiated on behalf of the communities at the rate of *#4,000,000* per acre and over *62 acres* of land was negotiated and that the committees misinformed the communities by reporting that the negotiation was done at the rate of *#2,500,000* per acre and *51acres* of land  that was negotiated therefore the committees lied and went away with a total sum of *#120,500,000* .

It very unbearably and bitterly saddens our hearts that the oil committees are not fair to her people and which has been a problem for long and we are aware of this  fraudulent act which has been on going amongst the oil committee executives polobubo precisely for the past two tenures and must be aborted by all means.

Playing with the collective interest of the people is very bad and absolutely condemnable! We are not going to sweep it under carpet hence; *this fraudulent act must be brought to justice* for peace in our oil rich territories because we believe there is an atom of truth regards the above claims of exposure which need a retreat.

In leaving no doubt, we call on the oil committees led by *Chief Johnbull Adaun* and *Mr Boro Ologun* of *Opuama and Polobubo* communities respectively to tender the original documents of the negotiation for the dredging, drilling, pipeline installation and exploration job/process and environmental impact assessment (EIA) immediately to the communities for a best convince, peace, unity, transparency and accountability.

Even as we utterly condemn the very unbearable fraudulent act of the oil committees and warn them to tender the documents quickly; we wish to advice and call on the attention of  *Belief-Gbene community* for the sake of peace; to please calm down as we implore *Polobubo and Opuama communities* for a smartly intervention.

We conclusively so advice that; *Concerned Citizens Egbema Kingdom CCEK* will never tolerate any act of what so ever that will breach peace and development in our domain meanwhile, we are for development, peace, equity and justice, the statement adds."

 *Signed for Concerned Citizens Egbema Kingdom CCEK;*

SENIOR COMRADE BBC BENJAMIN OFIYAI
 ( *PRESIDENT CCEK)*