10 JAN

SOKU Oil Wells: You Are Blackmailing Kalabari People – Rivers Replies Dickson

The Rivers State government has accused Bayelsa State governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson of blackmailing the people of Kalabari Kingdom in Rivers State, so as to take the Soku oil wells from them.

The state government, while reacting to a statement issued by the Bayelsa State government on Wednesday, January 8, 2014, described the allegation by Dickson that Amaechi was using the issue of Soku oil wells to incite the people of Kalabari Kingdom against their kinsmen in Nembe, Bayelsa State, as well as leading a smear campaign against President Goodluck Jonathan, as dangerous, unfounded and in bad faith.

A statement issued in Port Harcourt yesterday and signed by the chief press secretary to the Rivers State governor, David Iyofor, said, “The Bayelsa State governor, in his press statement, accused Rivers State governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, of blackmailing President Goodluck Jonathan and leading a smear campaign against President Jonathan; and of using Soku to incite the Kalabaris in Rivers State against their Nembe kinsmen in Bayelsa.

Source: Leadership

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