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Rivers community demands N2.5bn compensation, shuts down Total E&P gas plant

...Demands implementation of 2018 S-Court judgement, MoU

17th December 2020
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People of Obite Community in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State have shut down a gas plant operated by Total Exploration and Producing Nigeria Limited over alleged neglect.

The protesters drawn from the five villages of Obite community, have accused the firm of refusing to adhere to a Supreme Court judgement that mandated them to pay compensation to the community for the land they acquired for their operations.

The residents yesterday, took over the entrance into the Obite Gas plant acquired by Total E&P from Elf, vowing that they would vacate the area only when the firm begins discussions with them on how their N2.5 billion accrued bills would be cleared.

Speaking, during the protest, Mr. Daniel Uma, one of the plaintiffs in the suit that produced the Supreme Court’s decision, said that the firm (Total E and P) has operated in the area with total neglect of the owners of the land.

Uma stated that Elf acquired the area and refused to pay compensation to the community, adding that the community instituted a legal action for redress and got justice.

He said: “What you are seeing here today is as a result of total negligence from Total E and P. This thing started 22 years ago. Some of the people that started this matter have died.

“We started this matter when Elf came to aquire this land, 28.8 hecters of land. When this started, we told them to pay us compensation for our land, but the Land and Claim Manager of the company said the Land Use Act does not allow multinationals to pay for land acquisition.

“The communities went to court. In 2005, we got judgement in our favour in a court in Ilorin, Kwara State. They went to court and in 2006 the Appeal Court also ruled in our favour. They proceeded to the Supreme Court. On the 19th of January, 2018, the court also ruled in our favour”, he said.

Uma noted that every time the community begins process to get their compensation that the company would use the military to disperse them, stating that the firm forcefully added 98.4 hecters of land to the earlier acquired space with payment as well.

He said: “We sent the judgement to France and we copied them here to come for negotiation. Meanwhile, while the matter was in court, they came and acquired 98.4 hecters of land adding to the earlier 28.8. Till now they have ignored us. Anytime we come to seek the implementation of the judgement, they will use security men to intimidate us.

“We are here to tell the whole world what is happening to us here. They should come and pay us our land compensation. We are not interested in blocking this gate every time. So, we are going to remain here until we have settled the whole issues”, Uma insisted

He stated that the community won the case at the three levels of courts, expressing concerns why Total has refused to pay the sum awarded to the community by the court at all attempts.

He said: “What the Supreme Court gave in their judgement is that the company should compensate us against their own claims. The court that time awarded N25 million for the 28.8 hecters. But, today, we are demanding N2.5 billion. If they do not come for negotiation we are not leaving here.

“Another aspect of it is that we do not have running MoU with the company and we pleaded it on court. Implementation of bill of command from the community and youth employment.”

However, one of the top officials of Total, Sense Murray, in a swift reaction, said the company has cordial relationship with their host communities.

Murray added that the company would not join issues with their host, adding that they would send further position of the company to the media.

He said: “We are doing a reaction on the issue. But, we are a responsible organisation. We have cordial relationship with our host communities and we will not join issues with them”.

 

 

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