{"id":17922,"date":"2018-02-22T08:06:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T08:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=17922"},"modified":"2018-02-22T08:06:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T08:06:40","slug":"tension-in-ogoni-as-royal-fathers-battle-mosop-over-resume-oil-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=17922","title":{"rendered":"TENSION IN OGONI AS ROYAL FATHERS BATTLE MOSOP OVER RESUME OIL EXPLORATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"faq4t\" data-offset-key=\"ca6k5-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ca6k5-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"ca6k5-0-0\">Tension is brewing in Ogoni ethnic nationality of Rivers State following the insistence by Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, that the people of Ogoni have not endorsed any company to resume oil exploration on their land, as it called one Federal Government to monitor the activities of oil firms in the area.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"faq4t\" data-offset-key=\"q6da-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"q6da-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"q6da-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"faq4t\" data-offset-key=\"dttiu-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"dttiu-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"dttiu-0-0\">This came as some royal fathers in Ogoni, under the aegis of Supreme Council of Traditional Rulers of Ogoni, have endorsed RoboMichael Nigeria Limited to explore oil in OML 11. It will be recalled that Shell Petroleum Development Company had 25 years ago abandoned OML 11 after a face-off with the host communities over environment degradations caused by oil exploration. <\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"dttiu-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"dttiu-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"dttiu-0-0\">Meanwhile, the leader of Ken Saro-Wiwa Associates, KSA, Chief Gani Topba, has described the royal fathers\u2019 endorsement of RoboMichael Nigeria Limited to explore oil in OML 11, as a mere joke, adding that the resolution of the chiefs will not stand. Spokesman of MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke,<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"faq4t\" data-offset-key=\"afsa0-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"afsa0-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"afsa0-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"faq4t\" data-offset-key=\"95ncn-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"95ncn-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"95ncn-0-0\">A statement in Port Harcourt, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to avert a possible breakdown of the peace in Ogoniland by putting a check on the activities of Belema Oil Producing Limited and Robo Michael Limited, adding that their desperation for Ogoni oil has created local groups sharply divided against one another. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"faq4t\" data-offset-key=\"42n0q-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"42n0q-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"42n0q-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"faq4t\" data-offset-key=\"kep4-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"kep4-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"kep4-0-0\">Nsuke said: \u201cThe way forward is a peaceful settlement through dialogue taking into consideration the interests of Ogoni people as articulated in the Ogoni Bill of Rights. \u201cMOSOP, therefore, expresses its displeasure with the Nigerian government feigning ignorance while companies representing its interests notably Belema Oil and Robo Micheal, continue to sponsor local actors who have turned themselves into rival groups projecting the various interests of their sponsors and representing real threats to the peace of Ogoniland.\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"faq4t\" data-offset-key=\"1oimo-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1oimo-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1oimo-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"faq4t\" data-offset-key=\"9ca17-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9ca17-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9ca17-0-0\">On its part, reading a communique on behalf of the royal fathers, its spokesman, HRH King Samuel Nnee, Gbene-mene Tuatua, Tai, the paramount ruler of Kpite Communities, said the chiefs had resolved after due consultations to allow the firm operate the wells in the area. Nnee said: \u201cWe in consultation with our people, resolve and endorse RoboMichael Limited as our preferred company to operate the assets situated in our land in line with the decision of the Federal Government.\u201d<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ogoni.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17923\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ogoni.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ogoni.jpg 412w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ogoni-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ogoni-128x80.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tension is brewing in Ogoni ethnic nationality of Rivers State following the insistence by Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, that the people of Ogoni have not endorsed any company to resume oil exploration on their land, as it called one Federal Government to monitor the activities of oil firms in the area. 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