Daily Independent (Lagos)
Adetutu Folasade-Koyi
3 July 2009
Abuja — The battle to retrieve the 76 oil wells taken from Cross River State and ceded to Akwa Ibom State has shifted to the nation's capital, Abuja.
Federal lawmakers from Cross River State have embarked on a two-week hunger strike to protest ceding of the oil wells to Akwa Ibom State by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).
They have also accused the National Boundary Commission of complicity in the action. They have, therefore, asked the Federal Government to correct the seeming anomaly.
Cross River State National Assembly caucus disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday. Caucus leader, Bassey Ewa-Henshaw, who led the delegation, demanded the urgent intervention of the Federal Government in correcting what they termed "injustice."
"After deep reflection, we have come to the conclusion that it will be insensitive for us to pretend that all is well when our people feel the full weight of deprivation occasioned by the wicked and illegal denial of resources which should rightly accrue to them.
"Since some greedy brigands would rather see our people starve to death and our state brought to its knees, we as their representatives have decided to stand in unity with them.
"We will, therefore, beginning immediately, embark on a two-week hunger strike to emphasise the seriousness of this situation and the collective pain we feel.
"But we must warn that the people of Cross River have had enough. They have been pushed far enough. They now have their back to a concrete wall and can go no further."
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