Politics Crisis Over President Jonathan Planned Visit To Escravos- Sahara Reporters

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The recent bloody crisis that engulfed some Delta state riverine communities following the controversial $16 billion Gas City Project, which is located at Ogidigben of Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, is said to be rearing its ugly head again as the people of the Kpokpo / Okpeleama Communities, have warned President Goodluck Jonathan, for his own personal interest they say, to put off for now, his next scheduled visit, part of a foundation laying ceremony at the Escravos Export Processing Zone (EPZ).

Issuing the warning on behalf of the communities is an influential Niger Delta Activist, Chief Bello Oboko, who advised President Goodluck Jonathan to put off the foundation laying ceremony in order not to risk the anger of neglected stakeholders.

Addressing newsmen few days ago at the Stakeholders Forum on Securing Oil and Gas Investments in Effurun, Oboko, Chief Bello Oboko cited the case of the Kpokpo/Okpeleama Communities. He said though not less than 335.554 hectares of land belonging to the Escravos EPZ land area, and the dwellers of Kpokpo/Okpeleama land area, are not allowed to participate in the on-going work carried out in the Escravos EPZ site. As such, what is worth doing is worth doing well.

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