Stop blackmail against NNPC vice chairman, Oritsemyinwa Eyesan -Evah warns

By Peters Monday, Abuja

The national coordinator of the Ijaw Monitoring group, Super Comrade Joseph Evah has faulted an unfounded campaign of calumn against Mrs. Oritsemeyinwa Eyesan, the Executive Vice President, Upstream, NNPC Limited by a non-existing group, under the branding of Niger Delta stakeholders Forum.

In a statement Evah said the unwarranted attack on the Niger Delta precious daughter, Mrs. Oritsemeyinwa Eyesan, the Executive Vice President, Upstream, NNPC Limited by the so-called organization was hurriedly put together, adding that it was aimed at starting an illicit campaign to misinform and incite the presidency as well as the general public to achieve their selfish interest.

He further narrated that the allegations that Mrs. Eyesan plotted the removal of NNPC Group CEO, Mr. Mele and trying to use the First Lady to achieve her aim is not only fake but senseless and barbaric.

The statement reads,”Our attention has been drawn to the News story by some writers under the name Niger Delta stakeholders Forum: After reviewing the unwarranted attack on our precious daughter, Mrs. Oritsemeyinwa Eyesan, the Executive Vice President, Upstream, NNPC Limited by the so-called organization just hurriedly put together aimed at starting an illicit campaign to misinform and incite the presidency as well as the general public to achieve their selfish interest. The allegations that Mrs. Eyesan plotted the removal of NNPC Group CEO, Mr. Mele and trying to use the First Lady to achieve her aim is not only fake but senseless…

“We want to make it categorically clear that…

The Niger Delta people have learnt their lesson, after the Ogoni crisis that led to the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa and other patriots, the warri crisis, jaw/laje crisis etc. We have decided to be our brother’s keeper for the unity and progress of people.

Those who are sponsoring our children to pull down their own gifted sons and daughters are making expensive mistakes, We should resist the evil plot.

“Niger Delta people are some of the gifted people in black Africa, We have human and natural resources. Our women are some of the leading super intellectuals in Africa right from the colonial era such as Margret Expo (Cross rivers, Julie Coker (ltsekiri Delta) The post independence era was the best time and the likes of Prof. Grace Alele Williams, First Female Vice and the Chancellor and the First Female Professor of Mathematics Mothem. In Nigeria (Itsekiri Prof. Ndi-Okereke Onyluke, First Female Stock Brokers in Nigeria and former Director-General, Nigerian Stock Exchange (Rivers), Justice Mary Odil, former Justice of the Supreme Court (Rivers) Mrs. Onome Joy Adewuyi former President of ICAN (Isoko, Delta Dr. Mrs. Ajoritedere Ajorit Awosika Honorary Consul of Czech Republic in Nigeria and former Chairman of Access Bank (Itsekiri, Delta), Justice Kote Abiri, International Jurist (Bayelsa) in fact, Niger Delta female stars parading the women world are endless and there is no enough space here to assemble them.

“The CV of Oritsemeyinwa Eyesan attached to this our write-up below is proof that like Professor Alele-Williams and other intellectual giants from our Homeland, she is one of our finest and we could feel the sense of pride. An exceptional professional that is moving up the ladder because of hard work and dedication to duties that deserves every patriotic Niger Deltan protection and goodwill

“We wish to state that we are following the trend that took place during the military era when Joseph Evah challenged the government for abandoning Niger Delta seaports to waste yet give out contract for River Niger dredging without environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) i Falana (SAN) Mr. Fermi Falana his lawyer at Federal High Court, Benin. It was the first solidarity movement across Niger Delta. All ethnic groups Ijaw, Isoko, Urhobo, Ikwere, Esan, Ika, Ibibio etc, especially, students stormed the Federal High Court to support Comrade Evah to protest the abandonment of Warri Port, Koko Port, Sapele Port, Burutu Port, Akassa Ports etc and the federal high court, Benin uphold the voices of Niger Delta.

“Our passion for pursuing the united Niger Delta remains firm because divided we fall and united we stand. Again, It is important to remind the sponsors of this evil write-up against our precious daughter that the Niger Delta people are like the Americans and Israelites of today “ANY INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL”

“If the goal of the write-up as we are aware is to provoke the president and his wife, our amiable First Lady and create a barrier between the presidency and our daughter, then it has failed woefully. The president and his wife will never succumb to the antics of blackmailers because of their experiences of public life from June 12 struggle days to the period of governance in Lagos State and now President of Nigeria”, he added.