Press Statement
AYIRI EMAMI, APC CHIEFTAIN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECENT PIPELINE VANDALISM IN THE NIGER DELTA CREEKS
Information
reaching us indicates that the cause of the recent pipeline
vandalization in the creeks of the Niger Delta region is as a result of
the award of the repair and surveillance of the crude oil pipeline that
carries oil from Escravos to Warri.
The
contract to repair previous damages in the pipeline and surveillance
was awarded to one Messers Ocean Marine, which does not go down well
with one Ayiri Emami, an indigene of Ugborodo and chieftain of the All
Progressives Congress (APC). Ayiri Emami had wanted the contract, but
it was later awarded to the above named company. Emami protested
vehemently that, the contract must be awarded to him, otherwise, there
will not be peace in the job, which even took him to the Group Managing
Director (GMD) and Minister of Petroleum for state, Dr. Ibe Kachukwu.
The minister did not agree with him on the issue, therefore Ayiri Emami
mobilized his followers and carried out the destruction of the crude
oil pipeline including the gas line last week.
And
now, Ayiri Emami and other APC chieftains are putting the blame on
Tompolo because of the bench warrant of arrest imposed on him by a court
in Lagos.
Emami
did not stop there, but led the army authority to the points that were
vandalized by him yesterday. How could Emami locate the points with
ease if he does not know anything about the vandalization of the
pipelines? He carried out the destruction and led the army to the
points to show that he is more on ground to do the surveillance he has
vowed to take over from Ocean Marine.
He
has even gone ahead to use the army to embarrass and harass Tompolo and
his water front in Warri, in the pretence that it was Tompolo that
carried out the act.
Emami must be closely
watched, otherwise he is going to cause another ethnic crisis between
the Ijaws and the Itsekiris, as he has alluded to in his recent press
briefing.
As
for we the Ijaws, we are not ready for any crisis and military invasion
because our people have suffered a lot of untold hardship in the hands
of the Nigerian military and Government.
We
are therefore using this medium to appeal to the Federal Government and
its law enforcement agencies to look inward and ravel the truth in this
issue.
Chief Patrick Bigha
Chairman
for: WIPMG.
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