OmokuCelebrityGist sited a 7 pages letter by the Omoku Mega City Communities Development Committees (CDCs) Forum addressed to the Executive Governor of Rivers State, Chief Barr. Nyesome Wike and the letter also has the attention of the HON. COMMISSIONER FOR CHIEFTANCY AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

The letter reads as below:

OMOKU MEGA CITY COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES (CDCs) FORUM
No. 1 Obosi Street, Omoku-ONELGA, Rivers State
Date: 02 , Sept. 2020

THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF RIVER STATE,
Government House, Port Harcourt,

Attn:

HON. COMMISSIONER FOR CHIEFTANCY
AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS,
10th Floor, Point Block, State Secretariat Complex, Port Harcourt.

Sir,

[center]A REFUTAL TO THE PURPORTED DOCUMENT TITLED “RESOLUTION FROM
TOWN HALL MEETING OF OMOKU PEOPLE HELD 15TH AUGUST, 2020 AT
OMOKU CIVIC CENTRE” PUBLISHED BY OMOKU PEOPLES FORUM[/center]

We the leadership of the CDCs of our various communities on behalf of the good people of our communities of Omoku city, openly refute/disclaim the purported document tilted “Resolution from the Town Hall Meeting of Omoku people held on 15th August, 2020 at Omoku Civic Centre” published by Omoku Peoples Forum.
We hereby declare that there was no such resolution reached at the meeting, talk more of publishing document in that regard. This refutal has become exigent owing to the misinformation that the final resolution and a communiqué has been made from the Town
Hall Meeting especially as contained in the document in circulation from Omoku Peoples
Forum. It is therefore important for us to bring the true position of things to your
knowledge with respect to the Town Hall Meeting held on the 15th August, 2020.
It is true that a Town Hall Meeting was held on 15th August, 2020 under the distinguish chairmanship of Amb. C.D. Orike and RTD. Justice Ugbari, but there was no final resolution/conclusion made in the meeting. The meeting was adjourned to be reconvened for a final decision and adoption of point discussed in the following meeting.

It is a conventional practice that Amb. C.D Orike who conducted and chaired the meeting would issue a statement on behalf of the Town Hall Meeting and all parties involve which includes the communities of Omoku whose CDC chairmen are supposed to be signatories of the resolutions. This is lacking in the purported resolution published by Omoku Peoples Forum.
Please refer to our letters dated 13th August, 2020 on this subject matter in which we informed the Omoku Peoples Forum that any decision taken without the participation and authorization of our various communities will amount to an effort in futility and shall not be binding on our communities. We are earnestly looking forth to the summon of another meeting as agreed in which each of the points previously discussed shall be unanimously voted for and adopted as a resolution. It is at the end of the adoption of the points discussed and agreed upon that a final document in form of a communiqué can be issued as a resolution from the Town Hall Meeting in which all communities are expected to be signatories to.
It is also important to bring to your notice that there is no such agitation for the creation of autonomous communities outside/separate from Omoku city. This is purely an allegation that is baseless and unfounded having no iota of truth in it. The fact is that Omoku is a city made up of numerous communities.
These communities have existed on their own right from the time of our ancient settlements, the traditional, customary and cultural activities in Ogbaland are also carried out individually and independently by each of these communities right from the times of our forefathers. The agitation is that the companies operating in the territories of our communities of Omoku should transact directly with the communities in whose land they carry out one operation or the other with respect to host community engagement and execution of Co-operate Social responsibilities and not by proxy or a third party who is not the actual community in whose territory the operations are been carried out.
We firmly declare that we stand by the resolution and orders of the Federal Government of
Nigeria made through the office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs SENATOR ITA ENANG and all National Security Agencies on 27th of February, 2020, to the effect that oil companies operating in Omoku should transact directly with each community of Omoku according to the facilities, installation and production from the territory of that particular community and not by proxy, we reaffirm that the ongoing protest against Nigerian Agip Oil Company to the effect that they must comply by the order of the Federal Government of Nigeria is on and we stand by it.
Herein attached are photocopies of our letter dated 13th August, 2020, the court judgment of Justice C. Nwogu and the Federal Government Resolution.

Yours faithfully,


SOURCE: https://www.omokucelebrity.com/2020/09/04/a-refutal-to-the-resolution-from-town-hall-meeting-published-by-omoku-peoples-forum/