Leadership (Abuja)
Osa Okhomina
29 December 2008
Yenagoa — Ijaw Youths, yesterday staged a peaceful protest in support of the dismissal of the former Chairman of the Economic and Finacial Crime Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, tasking the Federal Government to investigate the alleged allocation of an oil well to him by past administration.
The youths, made up of youths from Ammasssoma Community, the home town of the former Governor of Bayelsa State, D.S .P.Alameiseigha, said though the anti-graft chairman was dismissed,the Federal Government should also investigate the allocation of an unidentified oil well allocated to him by the past administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo in line with the rule of law.
The Ijaw youths, led by one Comrade Ebiakpo Barle under the aegis of the Coalition of Niger Deltans for Justice and Development (CONJUD), said the protest was to call on the President to investigate the alleged allocation of an oil well within the Niger Delta region to the EFCC boss worth over N3 billion monthly. The youths carried placards with the inscriptions "Obj&Ribadu prosecuted", Alameiseigha was humiliated because of the Oil deal", Thief! thief!! thief!!!. We want the Oil block back," "No wonder the likes of Alameiseigha was a victim due to his openness. What service did Ribadu render to warrant an Oil block." Ebiakpo stated that no Niger Deltan leader had been awarded an oil block, which brings to fore the issue of marginalisation." The nation should educate us if the people are in error on this assertion, how many Niger Deltan leaders who had served the country meritoriously were awarded with an oil well," the youths said.
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