PRESS STATEMENT
WE HAVE MADE OUR STAND KNOWN
WE HAVE MADE OUR STAND KNOWN
The Government of Bayelsa State has sufficiently made its stand known on the matter. And our stand is duly backed up by law.
The law as we know it deals with facts and concrete evidence.
On the issue of ownership and the claim by the Rivers State Government to Soku Oil wells, I believe it is no longer news that Rivers State Government took Bayelsa State Government to the Federal High Court on this same issue and lost.
On the issue of ownership and the claim by the Rivers State Government to Soku Oil wells, I believe it is no longer news that Rivers State Government took Bayelsa State Government to the Federal High Court on this same issue and lost.
Instead of appealing the matter in the Appeal Court, the Rivers State Government invoked the constitutional provision and filed a suit in the Supreme Court in 2011 and this year the Supreme Court upheld Bayelsa State’s position.
I do not think we should dissipate unnecessary energy over what has already been established as incontrovertible fact.
I do not think we should dissipate unnecessary energy over what has already been established as incontrovertible fact.
Besides, we live in a country governed by laws and there are recognised institutions where people can go to seek redress, when they are in doubt.
We should not belabour the issue any further. As far as this issue is concerned, I believe the facts speak for itself.Signed
Daniel Iworiso-Markson
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Bayelsa State
31/10/2012
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