Just In: Crisis looms in Alagbabiri Community, Ewu clan over signing of Shell/SPDC contract MOU
**Two rival community leaders claimed the right to sign
**Duly elected Community Chairman, Ejetavwo allegedly chased out of community, speaks from hiding
**Warned of dire consequences if Blue Star Oil & Gas goes ahead to sign MOU with one group and forgo the other
By: Ella Akpa, Ughelli
The authentic Chairman of Alagbabiri Community, Ewu Clan, in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Comrade Ejetavwo Fredrick, has warned Blue Star Oil & Gas Nigeria Limited, elders and the traditional ruler of Ewu Kingdom His Royal Majesty Clement Ikoro, to shelved the planned signing of the MOU in the interest of justice, peace and well-being of the community.
In a voice note made available to newsmen, the embattled Chairman, Comrade Ejetavwo Fredrick maintained that going ahead with the signing of the MOU when there is a court injunction barring the rival community President General Comrade Phillips Emuobosa, from being recognised, will not only be a blatant contempt of Court but an ignoble desecration of the temple of justice.
The community chairman who narrated how he was harassed and chased away from the community by Comrade Emuobosa and his cult backed executives because of a planned Shell/ SPDC contract awarded to Blue Star Oil & Gas Nigeria Limited to executive some projects in the community, a project which is about to commence in the community warned that if the signing of the MOU goes ahead as planned with the rival community leader Comrade Philips Emuobosa, that he alleged was retrained by court injunction from parading himself as a community President General pending the determination of a suit he instituted against him ( Philips Emuobosa and his excos) he Comrade Ejetavwo Frederick) cannot guarantee that there would be peace in the community.
He said: ” I was duly elected. It was not me but the community that said they didn’t want the office of President General. When the tussle started I followed the course of justice through judicial process. There is a court injuction to that effect. Just because I was notified on the signing of the MOU, I was chased out of the community along with my executives, and they go ahead to destroyed my properties worth millions of naira. And despite my sue for peace they wrote a petition against me in zone 5 just to harassed me and chase me away from the said project. Please, for the interest of peace and justice, I appeal to all relevant authority, security agency, critical stakeholders and all peace loving people to wade into this matter, and invite all the parties involved for a round table discussion to resolve the issue amicably. I also want to appeal to Blue Star Oil & Gas Nigeria Limited to as a matter of compulsion, pend all necessary arrangement for the interest of justice and peace. I am also calling on relevant authority and the security agency to protect my life and that of excos, and our families. ”
It should be recalled that issue like this led to the brutal murder of some gallant soldiers who were on their way to maintained peace and it could be a dishonour to their souls if another crisis escalate from the area..
