By Onozure Dania

Secretary of Egbema and Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation, Mr. Jude Ukori, has called on those involved in recent bombings of oil facilities owned by Chevron Nigeria Limited in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State to stop further attacks.

File: BOMBED—Major Gen. Alani Okunola, Commander of the Joint Task Force (Middle); pointing to part of a severed pipeline, while Brig. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, Commander, 4 Brigade, Benin (2nd left); Lt. Col. Igwe P. Omoke, Commanding Officer, 3 Battalion Effurun (2nd right)and others watch during inspection of the gas pipeline in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State bombed by suspected militants. Inset: Other damaged areas. Photos: Akpokona Omafuaire.

Ukori, in a chat with newsmen, weekend, said there were lawful ways of agitating for one’s rights which will attract positive response from government.

He said: “The agitators may have genuine reasons for the attacks on oil facilities, but the way they are going about it is condemnable because I do not see anything good in a group destroying oil facilities in the name of fighting for freedom.”

Ukori, who said that bombing of oil facilities will only add to the pains Nigerians are passing through as a result of the fall in oil prices, advised the people of Egbema and Gbaramatu Kingdoms to know that bombing of oil facilities will never bring anything good to the people of the area.

“It is criminal to destroy Federal Government property for any reason. Youths should desist from being part of this crime and refuse to listen to anyone who would want to use them to destroy oil facilities for selfish gains because it is our environment and the economy of this nation that will suffer,” he added.