The
rejection came amid an age-long dispute over the ownership of the
Okolori/Ugonefe /Okpotume land involving the communities and their Umuseti-Ogbe
neighbours of Kwale. As a matter of fact, a suit in this respect, comprising
Chief Ogu Odili and three others from Umuseti-Ogbe versus Sunday Omoghene and
nine others, all of Emu-Ebendo and the company, is pending at the Kwale High
Court.
A
statement yesterday by the President General, Emu-Ebendo community, Mr. Friday Osobene, and Chairman,
Community Development Association of Emu-Iyesere community, Mr. Jonathan Onotor, described the
document as ‘unholy and unrealistic’.
The
Emu-Ebendo and Emu-Iyesele settlements contended that as owners of the land in
question, the contracting firm must acquire the land from them and pay
compensation for all that were allegedly destroyed rather than resorting to
intimidation through brute force from soldiers to harass them.
The
communities claimed that they had written severally to the Ministry of Oil and
Gas in Asaba and Pillar Oil Nigeria
Limited over the matter, adding that the parties had also held meetings
with the state government and relevant agencies.
They
stressed that the EIA was conducted without their inputs, describing the entire
exercise as a ruse. The indigenes said they had allegedly contended with health
hazards arising from the activities and operations of the company. The
communities therefore appealed to the state government to come to their aid in
the interest of justice and peace. The people also called on the Federal
Ministry of Environment to prevail on Omas Pillar Astex Company not to stir a
needless communal strife in their localities.
But in
a swift reaction, officials of the firm, who did not want their names in the
print, denied the allegations, saying efforts were ongoing to ensure peaceful
co-existence among the communities and workers of the company. (Guardian)
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