By Egufe Yafugborhi

WARRI—THE Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, has ruled out the dissolution of Ogidigben Export Processing Zone, EPZ, Interface Committee for Ugborodo community, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State.

The committee was set up by the Federal Government to protect the interest of Ugborodo in the affairs of the EPZ, also known Gas City Project, in the lingering leadership crisis in the oil rich Itsekiri community.

The committee came under attack lately by a section of the community, including Benson Omadeli, the Olajo-Orori (Spiritual Head) of Ugborodo who, among other community leaders, recently set up an Interim Management Community, IMC, to handle the affairs of Ugborodo while restricting the Interface Committee to EPZ affairs.

At a closed door meeting with the community’s stakeholders in his palace yesterday, the Olu was quoted as kicking against the dissolution of the EPZ Committee.

A participant at the meeting and member of the Interface committee, Mrs. Praise Igbene, told Vanguard that, “The Olu noted that it was too early to dissolve the EPZ Committee. He told us to rather include more persons in the committee to allow peace reign.”