Former Ugborodo Community Trust Vice-Chairman, Mr. Isaac Botosan, has lauded Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, for the inauguration of the new Ugborodo Community Management Committee, UCMC, saying that the move will ensure the final resolution of the unending crisis rocking the oil-rich community.

Chairman,Ugborodo Community Management Committee, Mr. Austin Oboroegbeyi, has frowned at the rejection of the bill seeking the relocation of headquarters of the various International Oil Companies, IOCs, to the Niger Delta region, by members of the House of Representatives, describing it as unfortunate.

THE relative peace in volatile Ugborodo community, Warri South West council area, Delta state has again been compromised as some agitated indigenes besieged the grounds of nearby Escravos operations of Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), threatening to attack the facility.

CHEVRON Nigeria Limited, CNL, evacuated its workers from the Escravos Tank Farm, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, on Wednesday, as the protest by elders, leaders, youths and women of host Ugborodo, an Itsekiri community, who laid siege to the company since Tuesday, worsened.

UGBORODO people in Warri South West Local Government Area, Delta State, have implored government and oil firms in the area to support their newly constituted Interim Management Commitment, IMC, in steering the community from years of setback caused by leadership strife.