OML 150 Interim Committee is a Figment of lmaginatuon -----Afortan

By Wilson Macaulay 

Warri

 Mr. Emmanuel Debi Afortan ,the Vice  Chairman of OML 150 Communitiies  Consultative Forum in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State   has described the purported existence of Interim Committee in its operational Area   as a mere fighment of the imagination of the merchants of falsehood .

The Vice Chairman who came strongly 

against the peddlers of  this  misinformation allegation  in his statement stressed that, to set the record straight,

 only the Comrade Monday Agbeyi -led OML 150 Communitiies Consultative Forum is recognized, adding that  there is no organisation or body like OML 150 Interim Committee in Delta State.

Mr. Afortan who is  precisely  from Uwakeno community made this observation  in a   reaction  to a Vanguard Newspaper  publication of Friday, 3rd October, 2021 at page 12, by one Mr Austin Ukutegbe  which wrongly  accused  Comrade Agbeyi of impersonation  and falsely alledged that  he was  not even nominated  by his community to the executive body of  OML 150 Communities Consultative Forum.

Afortan   emphasized  that the said Mr. Ukutegbe is only a meddlesome interloper being used by some disgruntled elements  in Itsekiri land that has lost  out in the scheme of power but  are still bent on holding on to 

power so that they can continue  milking Itsekiri funds through fraudulent practices .

He explained  that  the   Article cited by Ukutegbe was interpreted out of context for dubious reasons as the section did not mention rotation among communities “but rotation of executives positions according to precedence based on consultation by members”.

According to Afortan, “the 21 Members nominated from the seven communities that makes  up the OML 150 Consultative Forum consulted among themselves and agreed that the position of Chairman be zoned to Ifiekporo Community from where Comrade Agbeyi hails”, noting that Mr. Austin Oniyesan from Omadino who was the first chairman of the body ran more than two tenure and spent closed to 9 years in office as against Mr. Ukutegbe lies that the constitution only permits one tenure.

He stated  further  that  Mr Mayomi Mone  the man  Mr Ukutegbe   is  parading   as the so-called Chairman ,was  not nominated by his Obodo Community and Afortan  challenged  him to make available to the general public the documents in which his community nominated him to the Forum, adding  that it  is only on that  basis on which Mone can contest for any position in the OML 150 Consultative Forum.

Afortan made it clear  that no amount of cheap propaganda or media hype can derail or supersede the provisions of the constitution stressing that  the era of anti-social behavior in Itsekiri land is  over.

He particularly called on all relevant stakeholders and   the general public to disregard any statement by Mr. Uketegbe as the ranting of a drowning man who is determined to clinch to anything in the reality of a dashed hope.