RIVERS State government has expressed satisfaction with the verdict of the Supreme Court on its oil wells that were ceded to Akwa Ibom State about two years ago. Chief Press Secretary to the governor of the state, Mr Blessing Wikina, in a telephone chat, said though the state was yet to study the judgement in details, it was happy with what it had heard so far on the issue.

Supreme Court has ordered Akwa-Ibom State to hands-off controversial 86 oil wells saying it belongs to Rivers State by virtue of a political agreement brokered between the two states by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2006.

Mr. Vincent Oludare Obielum is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Oludare Obielum Nigeria Enterprises, a printing outfit located in Surulere area of Lagos.

Purely a northern agenda, the move is to ensure that the major opposition political parties go into next month’s presidential election on a solo run – without an alliance. This move is hinged on the expectation that the Congress for Progressive Change, (CPC); Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN); and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), would secure massive victories in their respective spheres of influence, leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), possibly without a simple majority or even the constitutionally required 25 per cent votes in at least two-thirds of the states of the federation.

From their hospital bed, one could feel their agony as they struggled to talk. They are victims of the bomb blast which rocked the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, campaign rally in Suleja, Niger State.

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