THE host communities of Diebiri-Batan in
OML 42, Warri Southwest Local Government Area of Delta State, have
urged the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) to obey a court
order to maintain the status quo.
The State High Court, sitting at
Otor-Udu, Udu Judicial Division, ordered the oil company and others
operating in that area to recognise Alex Fenimime as the chairman of the
community.
The order followed NPDC’s operation at
the OML 42, which allegedly violated relevant laws and best practices in
the award of contracts and the employment of indigenes without due
process.In the statement by Fenimime, which was
copied to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Police Commissioner, Joint Task force
(JTF) Commandant, Effurun Barracks, Warri; State Security Service (SSS)
Warri; Managing Director, NECONDE Energy Nigeria Limited and Richard
Anthony, the community’s mediator requested that NPDC ask its
contractors to stop work and convene a top management meeting.
Fenimine said: “By the enrolment of
order in suit No. OSHC/88/2013 before Justice F. N. Azinge (Mrs) on May
27, 2014, parties in this suit were ordered to maintain the status quo,
which makes me (Alex Fenimime) the substantive chairman, and to allow
all matters to be addressed to me…”
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