An enlarged congress of the MOSOP
Kingdom Coordinators and Chapter
Leaders Forum has overwhelmingly
rejected the takeover of Ogoni oilfields
by Belema Oil. The decision was
taken on Friday during the meeting of
the representatives of the MOSOP
Kingdom Coordinators and Chapter
Leaders Forum from 126
communities in Ogoniland.
“The congress condemned the Ogoni
Supreme Council of Traditional rulers
for ever contemplating the resumption
of oil mining activities in Ogoniland
in the midst of unresolved issues
bothering on the future of the Ogoni,”
said a statement signed by Chairman,
MOSOP Kingdom Coordinators and
Chapter Leaders Forum, Frank Jonah,
and Secretary, Bartholomew Oluji.
It added: “The congress notes that the
Supreme Council of Ogoni Traditional
Rulers is an interest group of
government-appointed traditional
rulers and so cannot be taken
seriously on issues like this where the
government stake is high. Our
conclusion is that the traditional
rulers are only playing to the bidding
of the Nigerian Government, their
paymasters, whose pedigree in Ogoni
hinges on ‘divide and kill for the oil’.
“The MOSOP chapter leaders noted
that resuming any kind of activities at
the Ogoni oilfields without resolving
the issues of state creation for the
Ogoni people as a distinct group
within the Nigerian state, a proper
clean-up of Ogoniland, and adequate
compensation for the destruction of
our environment will lead to another
era of state repression and human
rights violations in Ogoniland.
“We note that the Ogoni people have
lost over 10,000 persons to the
repression sponsored by the Nigerian
state under various military regimes
and regret that the situation that led
to these killings has not changed
under the current civilian regime.
“We regret the inability of the Nigerian
government to address the
fundamental issues raised by the
Ogoni people in the Ogoni Bill of
Rights over 20 years later, particularly
the issues of state creation for the
Ogoni and the protection of the Ogoni
environment.
“We urge the government of Nigeria
and the Shell Petroleum Company to
clearly understand that the Ogoni
problem is like an open wound, the
issues have to be resolved and no
amount of coercion, blackmail,
backdoor conspiracy will subject the
people to give up on this very costly
struggle for survival.”
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They want Ogoni state, they want to govern Rivers State..They want two things at once..Choose one and pursue it, else you get none.