Barring any last minute change, Nigeria’s crude oil production quantum, may dip in the next 24 hours if the Itsekiri Ethnic Nationality, execute its threat of shutting down Chevron Nigeria Limited Tank Farm in Ugborodo, Warri South-West Local Government Area, as well as the company’s Dibi and Olero Flow stations in Warri North Local Government Area.
Other critical oil and gas facilities, facing imminent shutdown by Itsekiri in the next 24 hours, include Renaissance operations in Otumara, Ogidigben and Makaraba Flow stations.
The angry Itsekiri youths, warned that the aforesaid critical national assets, including all coastal offshore operations, would suffer shutdown, if the federal government fails to address what they described as recklessness and ignorance of some powerful ijaws from Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Area of Delta state.
Some Ijaw women, allegedly acting on the order of these powerful persons, invaded Chevron Nigeria Limited Abiteye flow station in the early hours of Monday June 8, with the intent to disrupt the company’s operation.
President of Itsekiri National Youth Council, INYC, Appearance Afejuku, who spoke on the development, stated: “If the federal had been proactive at the early stages of the whole delineation controversy by hitting the big hammer on those INEC staff members, who perpetuated the delineation fraud, just this is about to unleash a dire economic disaster on the nation, the situation, wouldn’t have gotten to this level.
“This was exactly how Nigerians warned the federal government decades ago of the terrorists and it was all left unattended, this is another developing issue that is about to completely crumble the nation’s economy.”
The rising tension, which began with media war between Itsekir, Ijaw and Urhobo in Warri Federal Constituency, is a result of the unending controversy surrounding the proposed delineation of units, wards and constituencies in Warri Federal Constituency by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
