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IOPCF Want Militants Bombing Up Flow Station Prosecuted


Vanguard (Lagos)


NEWS
10 January 2008
Posted to the web 11 January 2008

By Emma Arubi
Lagos

THE Izon Ebe Oil Producing Communities Forum (I.O.P.C.F) yesterday called for
the prosecution of the militants who blew up the AGIP Beniboye flow station and
SPDC water disposal pipeline in Burutu Council Area of Delta State, saying that
they are criminals and hoodlums that are not protected by the law.

The forum condemned the adoption of violence to press home any demand, noting
that, "It does not reflect the true struggle of environmental, economic and
infrastruc-tural emancipation of the region by committed and principled
agitators who has laid down their arms in compliance with the Presidency
seize-fire accord."



The I O P C F in a statement signed by its president, Chief Sapele Bolougbene
and Secretary, Mr. Lucky Izuokumor, in Warri, maintained that while they were
not in support of any emission of waste into their environment by any oil
multinational that destroy aquatic and human lives, they said the alleged act
of oil installation vandalism is counter productive and intended to frustrate
the true and just struggle for the emancipation of the region by the genuine
freedom fighters.

While describing these vandals as "enemies of the region masquerading as
freedom fighters", they called on oil producing communities in the riverine
areas and all true Niger Deltans to rise up to the challenge and fish out these
"miscreants, vandals of oil facilities and kidnappers to redeem the image of
the region."


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