Delta coastal community, oil giant at war over electricity supply

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– Delta community and oil firm, Chevron are at loggerhead over electricity supply

– The community has protested with ultimatum given to Chevron but it has not yielded any result

– Consequently Delta state government has waded in to find a solution to the crisis

The last may not have been heard over the lingering electricity crisis rocking the Kokodiagbene community in Gbaramatu Kingdom of Warri South West local government area of Delta state and American oil giant, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) as representatives of the community have been summoned for security meeting.

ZENITHBLOG.com gathered that the representatives of the community were invited to the state Security Council meeting scheduled for Wednesday, May 3, 2017 to deliberate further on issues the community is having with the oil firm.

AC Abuah, the director of security services department, Governor’s Office, Asaba who invited representatives of the community, said the invitation was to deliberate on issues the community is having with Chevron.

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Contacted, the Chairman of the community, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, confirmed the invitation.

Mulade who said: “We are ready to appear again at the meeting,” added: “We are not going to succumb to any intimation, blackmail and threat to our lives. We have made our position very clear on this issue and there is no going back.

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“The state government should prevail on Chevron to do the needful by providing the suffering people of Kokodiagbene community with electricity.

“We are not going to back out on our plan to relocate to the Utonana flow station being operated by Chevron to enjoy electricity with the staff of the company.

“We are going to make this point known on Wednesday at the meeting in Asaba like we have been doing.”

Hundreds of indigenes of Kokodiagbene in Gbaramatu kingdom had on February 1,2017, stormed the Utonana flow station operated by Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) protesting against the company’s alleged refusal to supply electricity to the community and threatened to shut down operations of the Company at the expiration of a 14–day ultimatum.

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According to the ommunity, all peaceful means made in the last few months for the company to meet their demand yielded no results and they have threatened to go ahead with their relocation to the Utonana flow station to enjoy electricity with staff of the company.

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