OML 150 Host Communities give CONOIL 21-Day ultimatum to commence engagement or vacate Field

CONOIL Producing Limited, operators of OML 150 Obodo Field, has been given 21-day ultimatum to open negotiation with the Comrade Monday Agbeyi, led executive of OML 150 Communities Consultative Forum to avoid being evicted from the area.

The ultimatum was contained in a press release by the Chairman of the Forum Comrade Monday Agbeyi, as indigenes of the 7 host communities of OML 150 stormed the Conoil Obodo Field, bring all activities to a halt in a peaceful protest.

Comrade Monday Agbeyi, noted that although, the 7 host communities of OML 150 are reputed for being peace loving, it should not be misconstrued for cowardice by Conoil Producing Limited, noting that they are ready to use all within their means to ensure justice in their land.

He commended the Palace of the Olu of Warri, for stepping in at the appropriate time to clear the cloud of doubt, to affirm that the Monday Agbeyi led executive is the only constituted body for now, representing the 7 host communities of OML 150 that Conoil should interface with.

Some of the protesters with placards

According to him, “despite this, it is saddened that the management of Conoil Producing Limited still want to undermine the authority of the Palace of the Olu of Warri and the seven host communities of OML 150 by refusing to open discussion with the legally constituted executive of the Forum led by Comrade Monday Agbeyi”.

He adds further that, “it beats our imagination that after the peace meeting organised by the Palace of the Olu of Warri on Thursday, 17^th June 2021, which was duly attended by Conoil Producing Limited, and the Comrade Monday Agbeyi led executive was duly presented as the right executive to oversee the affairs of the forum, the company still maintains its old fashioned stand”. “The impunity has grown to the extent that the management of the company no longer has any iota of regard for the landlord communities, the Olu of Warri and the Delta State Government inspite of the various letters written by the trio ensure dialogue for a peaceful coexistence, the company seems to be adamant and resort to divide-and-rule strategy”.

Meanwhile, the placards wielding protesters with various inscriptions at the Conoil Obodo Field have vowed not to leave the premises and also not allow any worker into the site until Conoil decide to listen to them and commence immediate engagement with the Comrade Monday Agbeyi led executive.

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