tsekiri Leaders Sue Federal Government Over Transfer of Oil Wells and Land to Ilaje
11 Oct 2006
Author: Olasunkanmi Akoni & Tujeworo Oke
Country: Nigeria

Lagos

THE Itsekiri peopleof Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State are alleging arbitrary transfer of their oil wells and ceding of their land to the Ilaje in Ondo State by the National Boundary Adjustment Commission. They have, therefore, decided to sue the Federal and state governments and the commission for "injustice, unfair and unconstitutional action."

Addressing newsmen in Ikeja yesterday, Chairman of the Itsekiri Leaders Forum, Prof. Tony Afejuku, warned that for peace to reign, the commission must reverse its decision and asked the Federal Government to stop forthwith the payment of royalties from oil wells within the disputed land to the Ilaje until the determination of the suit pending at the Federal High Court, Benin. Hearing in the case comes up on Tuesday, October 17, 2006.

The group advised the Federal Government to rescind its decision to transfer the 214 oil wells belonging to their communities and ceding of their land arbitrarily to the Ilaje by the commission in the interest of national peace and equity.

Prof Afejuku said: "For peace to reign between the Itsekiri and the Ilaje, the Federal Government must stop paying proceeds of the oil royalty of Itsekiri of Delta State to the Ilaje of Ondo State until all issues pertaining to it are resolved. It must also return Itsekiri land already ceded to Ilaje because by these actions, the Federal Government is destroying the heritage of the Itsekiri."

The group's spokesman who was supported by representatives of other communities at the conference listed the affected communities as Ugbege, Molume, Ebokiti, Eketie, Ekekporo and other communities of the Bight of Benin Atlantic seaboard of Warri North local Government Area of Delta State.

Accusing the National Boundary Adjustment Commission of adopting "political solution instead of compliance with historical and legislative facts," to the resolution of the matter, they also condemned the commission's stand on approving the consensus reached by the governors of Ondo and Delta States at a meeting on September 14, 2004.

"This consensus is what the commission has sought to implement as the agreed boundary between the two states," Prof Afejuku said, and emphasised that since the Itsekiri communities were founded, they had always lived in peace and harmony with the Ilaje.

According to Prof Afejuku, the straight line as described in colonial records, historical and administrative reports, federal and state government documents (gazettes, legal notices, white papers and constitution) since 1903 had been authentic boundary between Warri and Ondo provinces of the colonial era, between Mid-West and Western regions of the first republic, Bendel and Ondo States of the military era as well as Delta and Ondo of the second republic till now.

His words: "Therefore, the task before the commission since 1989 had been confined to agreeing the two points, one at the sea coast and the other at the river confluence inland, that define the straight line boundary between the two states.

"The Bight of Benin coast of Warri province had, therefore, remained inviolate and unchallenged by the debate until our present regime of governance," he said.

Prof. Afejuku also accused the Ondo State Government of connivance with the Ilaje and other ethnic groups to take over the land of Itsekiri who had fled their homes a few years ago because of the ethnic crises that engulfed the riverine communities of Delta State.

"The Itsekiri people of these coastal land are opposed to this arbitrary and unjust move by the National Boundary Commission. We, therefore, demand principle of equity, justice and fair play to take precedence in this matter. We the people o f Itskeri will not fold our hands while our land and wealth be taken away from us. Posterity will definitely blame us for inaction," he said.

Vanguard

Copyright: ©2006 Vanguard

This story is a sign of what has been happening to niger deltans since the 60s from the forced relocation of Oil companies headquarters to Lagos to the use of federal government bodies like NBC to steal the Niger Delta oil and to the location of mineral processing companies like OK lng, dangote refinery that would take niger delta oil away

Awa Oyel

Formally it was ijaw and itsekiri,now it's itsekiri and ilaje.

Any thread to split the Niger Deltans since their stance against Biafra will continue.

OP, dust up 2006 article for whose benefit?

Lies upon Lies = LIES

That is why I just they pity anybody from Delta, Rivers, Cross Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa that is against the emergence of Biafra. Hausa Fulani own almost all the oil well in this states while the remaining oil well is onwed by Yorubas and Igbos . Biafra is the best opportunity for them to reclaim their oil and land because in Biafra every state manage it resources and pay tax to the central government . They destroy their ecosystem and have their oil company headquarters in Lagos, they get only 13% from their oil and got their land devastated. If not for the strong support of Igbos in 2012 the northerners with the west try to annex offshore oil as Nigeria oil which will not belong to any state. Even Jigawa people is threatening that the oil in ND belong to them also. Is a pity.

Duh Anyone from delta state knows this sh1t. Southwest didn't have any oil.. Obj gave them the little they got now and I bet in the coming years, they'll continue trying to steal more oil.

Those savages from Southwest are devils. I told Una that

kel4soft:
Any thread to split the Niger Deltans since their stance against Biafra will continue.

OP, dust up 2006 article for whose benefit?

why is d zoo alergic to d truth evn wit hard evidence? Bt go abt making unsubstantianted claims and gloating over it?

@OP

What's the difference between ilajes, itsekiri , Ijebus and Yorubas.

Can you list the names of the local government and communities ceded to ondo.

y1bos and their fallacy.

I know you are just pained that the oil production of SW surpasses that of South Beasts,

Y1bos contribute nothing to this country apart from crimes and being economic saboteurs.

superstar1:
y1bos and their fallacy.

I know you are just pained that the oil production of SW surpasses that of South Beasts,

Y1bos contribute nothing to this country apart from crimes and being economic saboteurs.

Don't mind these people.

They don't know where the Itsekiri and ilaje belong

superstar1:
y1bos and their fallacy.

I know you are just pained that the oil production of SW surpasses that of South Beasts,

Y1bos contribute nothing to this country apart from crimes and being economic saboteurs.

Your Southwest us the criminal infested region of Nigeria

FACT!!!! That's the only thing you f2kers contribute and oh daylight oil theivery

EFCC most wanted (7 yorubas and 2 Igbos)
https://efccnigeria.org/efcc/index.php/wanted

World most wanted Nigerians ( 9 yorubas and 2 Igbos)
http://www.nextwebsecurity.com/419MostWanted1.asp

FBI most wanted Nigerians since 2013
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nigerian-fraudster-on-fbi-list/158178/

FBI most wanted Nigerians since 2008
https://www.nairaland.com/138739/18-most-wanted-nigerians-usa

FBI most wanted Nigerian (Tobechi Onwuhara is the second Igbo to make the list)

FBI most wanted still left to be caught
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cei/@@wanted-group-listing

out of all the list, there are two Nigerians left to be caught. Both are Yoruba
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cei/olufemi-siffre/view
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cei/london-owhofasa-akpanoko/view

Out of all FBI most wanted, there have been 18 yorubas and two Igbos

Now for crimes focused on just Nigeria. A stat conducted by CLEEN foundation using Nigerian police crime stats.

armed violence


Kidnapping


Murder


Armed Violence beside Robbery


Rape


Car theft


Physical Assault (The only thing Igbo ranked higher than una)


Despite SS outranking SW in some of the category, disregard that. SW would have ranked highest in all Southern region, the only reason SS outranked SW in some of this situation is the fact their sister, kemi okenyodo, the only Nigerian involved in this study, deliberately separated lagos from SW in order to cushion that region high criminal behavior.

Likrwise those people, yes those yoruba people equally use Igbo names in committing crimes, in order igbos get blamed for una wahalla
https://www.nairaland.com/1834328/again-yorubas-commit-crimes-using

basilo101:

why is d zoo alergic to d truth evn wit hard evidence? Bt go abt making unsubstantianted claims and gloating over it?

Shut up your mouth!!!

superstar1:
y1bos and their fallacy.

I know you are just pained that the oil production of SW surpasses that of South Beasts,

Y1bos contribute nothing to this country apart from crimes and being economic saboteurs.

More

The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics in conjunction with the National
Drug Law Enforcement Agency released the Drug related crime statistics
from year 2010 – 2014.
NUMBER OF ARRESTS BY STATES
The report showed a total of 8,805 arrests were made.The states that
had the highest number of arrests in 2014 are..
◾Katsina – 609
◾Kano – 503
◾Bauchi – 471
◾Lagos – 434
◾Akwa Ibom- 401

TOTAL NUMBER OF DRUG CASES BY GEOPOLITICAL ZONE
North East – 1,017
North Central – 1,416
North West – 2,261
South East – 1,136
South South – 1,314
South West – 1,682

NUMBER OFCONVICTIONS SECURED BY STATE
Kano secured the highest with a total of 182 convictions, followed by
Kaduna with 151, while Lagos secured 125 convictions. Borno State
secured the least with 2 convictions.

www.nairametrics.com/katsina-state-records-highest-number-of-drug-arrests-nbs/

superstar1:
y1bos and their fallacy.

I know you are just pained that the oil production of SW surpasses that of South Beasts,

Y1bos contribute nothing to this country apart from crimes and being economic saboteurs.

Another

This Day reported that a confidential memo from the Nigerian police to registered security service providers indicated that ritual killings were particularly prevalent in the states of Lagos, Ogun, Kaduna, Abia, Kwara, Abuja, Rivers, and Kogi

http://www.refworld.org/docid/50c84a6d2.html

Back to what was being said before the yoloba thieves tried to divert attention away

EVERYONE in delta state knows this story. Till date some and fighting to redo obj evil tactics but most have gotten over it.

The only thing yoloba knows how to do is daylight THIEVERY.

No wonder in history of company liqudators in Nigeria, those waste neanderthal savages fill in the list

ikechu1278:


Your Southwest us the criminal infested region of Nigeria

FACT!!!! That's the only thing you f2kers contribute and oh daylight oil the I very

98% of crimes happening n other regions is being perpetrated by South Beasterners. #Fact.

99.9% of crimes relating o Nigerians abroad is linked to SOuth Beasterners. #Anouther undisputable fact


That says it all.

superstar1:


98% of crimes happening n other regions is being perpetrated by South Beasterners. #Fact.

99.9% of crimes relating o Nigerians abroad is linked to SOuth Beasterners. #Anouther undisputable fact


That says it all.

Illiterate tell us more stories.
SE has more Igbo living in it than any region in Nigeria yet hold the least criminal land yet this savage wants to put his clan shameless criminal ways on Igbo.

While I'm at it, that list include both EFCC and FBI most wanted list, your waste clan dominate in both list. Do you equally need the list of Nigeria most notorious arm robbers and company liquidators in Nigeria once again, your savage clan dominate that list...do you need it? I'll be more than happy to supply it.

I keep sating it, any Igbo criminal has a yoloba friend who deluded him into follow his lazy agbero ways.

Not only are Una devilish, satanic and waste of space, Una are equally criminals. Worthless neanderthals

superstar1:


98% of crimes happening n other regions is being perpetrated by South Beasterners. #Fact.

99.9% of crimes relating o Nigerians abroad is linked to SOuth Beasterners. #Anouther undisputable fact


That says it all.

Egbon, ignore this man.

See how he quickly derailed the thread, since their fallcy was busted.

Just ignore him.

ikechu1278:


Your Southwest us the criminal infested region of Nigeria

FACT!!!! That's the only thing you f2kers contribute and oh daylight oil the I very

Thanks bro, thank God I'm here I'll save this infor for future..........

OBAGADAFFI:


Egbon, ignore this man.

See how he quickly derailed the thread, since their fallcy was busted.

Just ignore him.

Derailed or brought fact. Next time don't rant wtf Una are dominate on

While we at it what fallacy was busted?

Did iteskiri ask the government to stop stealing their land and giving it to ondo like OP article provided? Yes or no?
Was it or was it not until obj stole that land and gave to ondo? Yes or no

Answer? YES

Are you people daylight oil thieves? YES!!!!!!

Next story!!!

ikechu1278:


Illiterate tell us more stories.
SE has more Igbo living in it than any region in Nigeria yet hold the least criminal land yet this savage wants to put his clan shameless criminal ways on Igbo.

While I'm at it, that list include both EFCC and FBI most wanted list, your waste clan dominate in both list. Do you equally need the list of Nigeria most notorious arm robbers and company liquidators in Nigeria once again, your savage clan dominate that list...do you need it? I'll be more than happy to supply it.

I keep sating it, any Igbo criminal has a yoloba friend who deluded him into follow his lazy agbero ways.

Not only are Una devilish, satanic and waste of space, Una are equally criminals. Worthless neanderthals

Bro I personally need the list kindly post it

[[s]quote author=ikechu1278 post=39623684]

Derailed or brought fact. Next time don't rant wtf Una are dominate on

While we at it what fallacy was busted?

Did iteskiri ask the government to stop stealing their land and giving it to ondo like OP article provided? Yes or no?
Was it or was it not until obj stole that land and gave to ondo? Yes or no

Answer? YES

Are you people daylight oil thieves? YES!!!!!!

Next story!!![/quote][/s]

[s]

ikechu1278:


Derailed or brought fact. Next time don't rant wtf Una are dominate on

While we at it what fallacy was busted?

Did iteskiri ask the government to stop stealing their land and giving it to ondo like OP article provided? Yes or no?
Was it or was it not until obj stole that land and gave to ondo? Yes or no

Answer? YES

Are you people daylight oil thieves? YES!!!!!!

Next story!!!

[/s]

FKO81:

Thanks bro, thank God I'm here I'll save this infor for future..........

Don't mind those savages. They always accuse Igbo of crimes yet their region is highly infested with crimes. They always speak of Igbo in Asian jails but neglect to remember in the entire Europe their South West savage brothers dominate those jails cells till the point UK is literally offering to assist Nigeria build better jails so they can deporting them and make space for their own criminals...that actually tells you how high populated they are in that country's jail cell.

In addition, shuga Malian even wrote an article of the history of Nigerian arm robbers and yet they dominate it yet again. Plus, their own police officers in that region spoke of the most wanted thieves in that region, yet again they dominate am.

FKO81:

Bro I personally need the list kindly post it

Google: History of Armed robbers, Company liquidators, Rapists and Notorious official criminals in Nigeria

by Shuma Maliga 


That's the article. Shuma made a list describing the past notorious criminals of that country