Alabi Saheed Abiodun
The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni people, MOSOP has warned against coming to ogoniland for fresh oil exploration without meeting the wants of Ogoni people.
This is coming in reaction to the recent visit of Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC to Ogoniland ahead of the planned resumption of oil exploration in the area.
President of MOSOP, Prince Bira who briefed journalists in Port Harcourt after a steering committee meeting of the group, noted that the consent of Ogoni people must be sought before any exploration activity would commence.
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He said: “The right things must be done. I could remember in 2018, MOSOP set up a template committee to draft what was called a memorandum of benchmark for engagement between the Ogoni community and companies desiring to take over the ‘operatorships’ of the Ogoni oil field, OML 11 and that committee was headed by professor Ben Naneh and as I speak to you, the template is available.
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“We have what we call free proud and informed consent. The Ogoni people’s consent must be sought because we have suffered tremendously in the course of this struggle,” he said.
