Tag: Soku Oil Well
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Supreme Court didn’t cede disputed oil wells to Rivers – Bayelsa govt insists
The Bayelsa State Government has said Tuesday’s verdict of the Supreme Court on the matter it instituted over the disputed oil wells with neighbouring Rivers State did not amount to a resolution of the dispute. It also said contrary to reports in the media, the apex court’s verdict did not cede the oil wells or…
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S’Court strikes out Bayelsa’s suits against Akwa Ibom, Rivers on Soku oil wells
The Supreme Court has struck out two suits filed by the Bayelsa State Government against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Akwa Ibom and River states over earnings from disputed Soku oil wells. A seven-man panel of the court, headed by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, struck out both suits, marked: SC/SC649/2020 and SC/650/2020 after lawyers…
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Rivers, Bayelsa resume hostilities over ownership of Soku Oil Well
Rivers and Bayelsa have renewed hostilities over ownership of the Soku oil fields reportedly situated in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area and the revenue accruing from it. The Federal High Court in December 2019 declared the oil wells belonged to Rivers and ordered the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to pay revenue from the…
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Bayelsa appeals judgement ceding Soku Oil Wells to Rivers
The Bayelsa Government on Monday said it has appealed the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which ceded the disputed Soku oil wells between Rivers and Bayelsa to Rivers. Solicitor General of the state, Mr Preye Agada, disclosed this during an interaction with newsmen in Yenagoa. Agada, who led the state’s legal team to…
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Soku Oil Well: Wike rubbishes PDP’s reconciliation moves, insists Dickson must resign from party
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has waved off the offer of the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to intervene in the conflict with outgoing Bayelsa Governor, Seriake Dickson, over the Soku Oil Wells/fields returned to Rivers State by the Federal High Court. Wike insisted that his Bayelsa state counterpart must be forced out from…
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Why court judgement ceding Soku Oil Wells to Rivers cannot stand – Bayelsa Govt.
The Federal High Court judgment transferring Soku oil wells in Oluasiri, a disputed boundary, to Rivers State, cannot stand, Bayelsa State government said on Thursday. The state said the ownership of the land on which the oil fields are located is yet to be determined. Besides, it said the judgment was contrary to a Supreme…
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Bayelsa vows to appeal court judgement ceding Soku oil wells to Rivers
The Bayelsa State Government has said it will appeal the Monday judgement ceding the Soku Oil Wells/fields to Rivers State. Recall that Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja declared after examining the documents from government agencies and facts before the court, that the Soku Oil Wells/fields belonged to Rivers State.…
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BREAKING: Court confirms Rivers’ ownership of Soku Oil Wells
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday ruled that Rivers State owns the disputed Soku il Wells/Fields located in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State that were ceded to Bayelsa State at the twilight of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. In a judgment in Suit Number FHC/ABJ/CS/984/19, the Attorney-General of Rivers State…