Host Communities in Oil-Rich Region: Arogbo Ibe Communities in the Coastal and Riverine Areas take legal steps to correct anomalies.

Arogbo-Ijaws in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State have called on the National Boundary Commission to rectify their exclusion from the Commission’s recently published gazzet touching the coastal region of Ondo State.

In a statement released by one of their lawyers, Barr. Kariakitei Kokowei, they advocated for the inclusion of Arogbo-Kingdom Communities’ in Nigeria’s National Boundary Commission regulations. Addressing the Commission they stated that despite being within 500 meters of the coastline, they were excluded from host communities’ benefits.

Communities in Ilaje Local Government Area, farther from the coastline, were listed instead . They called on the Commission to correct this anomaly. Barr. Kokowei describing the unjust exclusion as the handiwork of fratricidal oil politics, warned of agitation and legal action if unresolved.

Attached to the statement are documents and a list of the excluded communities and a map. The letter is addressed to the National Boundary Commission and copied to various government officials.

READ FULL STATEMENT BELOW:

RE: NATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION (HOST COMMUNITIES WITHIN 500 METERS OF THE BUFFER ALONG COAST LINES OF LAGOS, OGUN, ONDO , DELTA AND AKWA-IBOM STATE) REGULATIONS, 2024; THE URGENT NEED TO INCLUDE COMMUNITIES IN AROGBO KINGDOM, ESE-ODO LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF ONDO STATE WITHIN THE 500 METERS OF BUFFERS OF THE BUFFER ALONG THE COASTLINE

We are counsel to the people of Ese-odo local government particularly to the people of Arogbo kingdom, Ese-odo, Ondo State, hereinafter referred to as our clients. We are writing on the instruction of our clients.

Our clients were shocked, surprised and highly disappointed when they read the federal Republic of Nigeria official Gazette, NO: 48 vol. lll of 18th of March, 2024 wherein several communities in Ilaje local government area of Ondo state were listed as ” host communities” for purpose of entitlement to a certain of upstream companies actual annual operating expenditure of the preceding financial year as enshrined in the petroleum host communities Development Regulations 2022 while communities in the entire Arogbo axis of Ese-odo Local government Area which are within the 500 meters of the Buffer along coastlines were deliberately, illegally or inadvertently excluded from the list of host communities.

Our communities are more worried that communities like Oroto, Ilutitun and others listed in the Gazette are farther from the coastline than the entire Ukparama Ward l and ll in Arogbo axis in Ese- odo, Ondo state.

We believe this is a product of the fratricidal oil politics being played in Nigeria that has held the nation down. It is an unjust exclusion that must be speedily corrected and this can be done by your good office commissioning team to embark on facts finding mission to Ese-odo to get on the spot assessment of the communities to know whether or not they fall within the 500 meters yardstick used.

Our clients now depend on your good office, facilities, capacity and understanding to correct this anomaly within a reasonable time as our clients’ communities are already agitated over this unjust exclusion and are ready to seek other legal remedies to redress this injustice in the event that your office failed to take appropriate remedial action.

Thanks for consideration and understanding.

Find attached a list of our clients’ communities excluded and the map showing the communities of Ese-odo Local Government, Ondo State

Yours Faithfully,

KARIAKITEI KOKOWEI ( Esq).

07036355337

 

CC:

1. Minister of Petroleum ( State)

Block D, NNPC Tower, Herbert Macauley way, CBD, FCT, Abuja.

2. Office of the surveyor General of the federation, Headquarters, 8 Yawuri Street,

Garki ll, PMB 5203,

FCT, Abuja.

3. The speaker,

Ondo state House of Assembly, Igbatoro Road, Akure.

4. Ondo state Boundary Commission, Alagbaka, Akure.

5. Honourable Donald K. Ojogo,

Member House of Representatives, 

National Assembly complex,

The Arms Zone,

Abuja.

6. The chairman,

Arogbo Local Council Development Area, Arogbo, Ese-odo.

 

LIST OF THE COMMUNITIES 

 

1. AKINA ZION

2. BOUKIRI ZION

3. KURUGBIGBINI

4. SIMEONGBINI

5. ASERE (MOROGBINI & KPANGBI) OTUWOKUBU

6. SEISUWOGHA ZION

7. DABABILEBU

8. UKPE

9. BIPOPIRI ZION

10. OGONO-AMA ZION

11. AKIKOROMO ZION

12. BOLOWU

13. OPUBA

14. AKPATA

15. TAMARAUBOTEI

16. OJUDO AMA

17. AMATHIBI

18. AJAPA

19. AROGBO TOWN

20. AMAPERI

21. OYINGBOGBINI ZION

22. OKUGBE

23. MOBIREMI

24. IPITEIKIRI

25. EWEREBUBOGHO 1

26. GBARAUN AMA

27. SOGUNWA GBINI

28. OPUBINI

29. AGADAGBA – OBON

30. OSARI UGBO

31. ABARIKO GBINI 

32. AMERICA ZION

33. DIBIGBINI

34. FIYEBIRASINTE BILEBU

35. WOTIMI GBINI

36. BOBOU

37. AJUWA GBINI

38. PUBUBOGILO

39. PUBULEBU

40. GBODOGBINI

41. ADUMU-UBA

42. EBEGILEGBINI (OGIDIGBA III)

43. EBIJOH-AMA

44. ISRAELI-KIRI

45. OGOKIRI ZION

46. MAJEBI BUBOGHO

47. OPUBA BILEBU

48. ABUDU GBINI

49. LEMOGHAN

50. MADA GBINI

51. TUBUKIRI

52. OBA ZION GBINI

53. NEW AJAPA

54. OMINISAN GBINI

55. WHYGYRIA ZION

56. OGIDIOGO

57. IDEPEGBINI

58. TOMUTO

59. OYINGBOGBINI

60. TENMENAMA ZION

61. ITIEKUN

62. IGALIGA UGBO

63. AKORIKOTU

64. EWEREBUBOGHO II

65. EBIAYE

66. LUPO UGBO

67. IGANGBO

68. OBOROGBENE

69. AWODIKURO

70. SUPERGBINI

71. OLIOKO

72. UGUNIGBINI

73. KITIKI

74. EBIBOTEI ZION

75. EBIWEIGBINI

76. DEREGBINI

77. LELATIE

78. ASERI-AMA

79. KARAGBINI

80. DONJE AMA (OGIDIGBA III)

81. PARANI OGONO

82. OGIDIGBA I

83. JEBEGBINI

84. MOSES GBINI 

85. OKE GBINI 

86. IFEGBINI 

87. OFFICE GBINI 

88. NEW JERUSALEM 

89. NANAYE GBINI 

90. DEBORAH BOGHOGHA 

91. TUWEI GBINI 

92. S.K ITOWEI ZION 

93. LAMINI 

94. AWORI GBINI 

95. OKOTOKO GBINI 

96. MESARAWON GBINI 

97. IDHARIHI GBINI 

98. EBI AMA ZION 

99. JERIBENI 

100. ITAITA GBINI 

101. OKOROBOBI 

102. OMA-EBI 

103. MAMA GBINI 

104. AGBEDIGBARAN 

105. WURUJOUKUBU 

106. FOROJOH 

107. TEBU GBINO 

108. GBOINBO 

109. AKPIKI GBINI 

110. OBIAGARAN GBINI 

111. ADOLOSEIMO lll

112. GBAYE GBINI 

113. YANGBINI 

114. FIYEBRASINTEI GBINI 

115. OKAMINIWEI GBINI 

116. KARAUGBINI 

117. DEMINIWEI GBINI 

118. MIYEN GBINI 

119. GBARABA GBINI 

120. PELEBOSOU 

121. KOROPIN GBINI 

122. MOYO GBINI 

123. ADAUN GBINI 

124. POMBA GBINI 

125. TEMESOKO GBINI 

126. UBAROGBO 

127. MELE GBINI 

128. TOLUKIRIBOU 

129. GUNUGUNU GBINI 

130.DOUTIMIWEILOPINMI GBINI 

131. IKUBUYI 

132. LULU GBINI 

133. ASHI GBINO 

134. ITEBUGBINI 

135. AROGBO KOROPOLO 

136. KIRIKIRI OPINMI 

137. BOUKIRI ZION 

138. DIGHA GBINI 

139. BUNAI GBINI 

140. GBEKUN GBINI 

141. ADOLOSEIMI lV

142. PE-TONFA ZION 

143. FIAFIA ZION 

144. BIAGBINI 

145. JENIGBINI 

146. TUPATUBU 

147. KITIPUWEI 

148. OGUDOGHO GBINI 

149. AJATELE 

150. BIRIGBOGBINI 

151. SAMANI GBINI 

152. MANIKO GBINI 

153. TEMILEHIN GBINI 

154. OLOWU GBINI 

155. KOFOTORHU 

156. OMUGHELE GBINI 

157. LALEMI GBINI 

158. SEISUWOGHA 

159. AROGBO BEINMO ZION 

160. ALLEN GBINI 

161. ABE DENIGO ZION 

162. GUNTEI GBINI 

163. IKUETEMI 

164. ATILAGHA BOGBINI 

165. DOUTIMIWEILOPINMI 

166. OJIKOGBINI 

167. EGBELEUBA