Bayelsa drags FG, Rivers & Akwa Ibom to Supreme Court over Soku oil wells

Bayelsa State government has filed a suit before the Supreme Court seeking to stop the Federal Government from further paying monthly statutory allocation from Soku oil wells to Rivers State.

In the suit filed in Abuja, according to Channels TV, Bayelsa State Government is invoking the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, which enables a state government to sue the Federal Government directly at the apex court.

No date has been fixed for the hearing.

A Federal High Court had, earlier in December 2019, ruled that Rivers State owns the disputed Soku oil wells located in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court declared that after examining all the documents from relevant government agencies and facts before the court, the Soku Oil Wells/fields belong to Rivers State.
However, Bayelsa State is now contending that it stands to lose billions of naira accruable to it if the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, complies with the high court judgement and pays the allocation to Rivers State.

Also, Bayelsa State is also seeking an interlocutory injunction against Akwa Ibom State, asking the Supreme Court to stop the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission from withholding its statutory allocation or deducting it in favour of Akwa Ibom State.

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Bayelsa doesn't deserve this. Akwa ibom uses their oil wealth far better than Bayelsa.

Airline having over 6 planes.
Standard international airport.
Fly overs and good roads.
Solid infrastructure.

Over all, not good enough but far better than Bayelsa.

Let the oil well and its revenues remain there.

Nna eh! No qualms
This is so unsophisticated
Everyone should forget oyel money and start bombing steadily, nd always take mushin weed (it pays)

Enudapan:
Nna eh! No qualms
This is so unsophisticated
Everyone should forget oyel money and start bombing steadily, nd always take mushin weed (it pays)

Bomb ke

flyingpig:
Bayelsa doesn't deserve this. Akwa ibom uses their oil wealth far better than Bayelsa.

Airline having over 6 planes.
Standard international airport.
Fly overs and good roads.
Solid infrastructure over all, not good enough but far better than Yenogoa.

Let the oil well and its revenues remain there.

Bayelsian won't like this oo

This Bayelsa dey ment.
Wetin concern Akwa Ibom in their problem with Rivers?
It's like weed is cheap in yenegoa

Blackking98:
This Bayelsa dey ment.
Wetin concern Akwa Ibom in their problem with Rivers?
It's like weed is cheap in yenegoa

I tire ooo, them want sue even federal government too

Noted

Oil well that diri would still embezzle with his fat lips while Bayelsa remain poverty capital of south south

Mikecold:
Oil well that diri would still embezzle with his fat lips while Bayelsa remain boverty capital of south south

Ilaumoh:

I tire ooo, them want sue even federal government too

Them no well sha

Beyalsa can go ahead to ICJ to claim its rightful belongings. I know certainly that it can mistakenly come to claim my village

jidamsel43:
Beyalsa can go ahead to ICJ to claim its rightful belongings. I know certainly that it can mistakenly come to claim my village

Mynd44... FP

Power game

Ye IZON, they should take more oil well away from bayalse infact they should just merge or divide it between rivers state and akwa ibom state, from 1999 till date they keep producing clueless and corrupt government, I have lived there, very underdeveloped with terrible infrastructure, I was surprised when I saw young able men drinking hot early in the morning as I was going to work, menh I was shocked even more than our darling daddy buharia

Okay

This is serious! Violation of environmental right is violation of human right

okay

H

this oil eh...will do us more harm than good

let the police do something

Hello �

Ok

Because it is is Rivers state, they open their mouth waaaay!
Someone in Jigawa claims that the oil in Bayelsa belongs to them, they all stayed schtum.