Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has described the National Boundary Commission (NBC) as most corrupt federal agency.
Wike, who made the allegation in his reaction to the ruling of the Supreme Court in a matter involving 17 oil blocks between Rivers and Imo States, said the collusion of the agency in the matter was worrisome.
“We also deplore the collusive actions of the NBC, which unfortunately, has become notorious as one of the most corrupt national agencies, which has functioned more in causing confusion than resolving boundary disputes.”
Governor Wike pointed out that while the dispute lingered, the National Boundary Commission (NBC) did nothing in demarcating the boundaries to establish the proper location and title to the disputed oil wells.
He said that Rivers State was in court with its neighbouring Imo State, not to claim victory, but to defend its ownership rights of oil wells in Akri and Mbede communities.
The Rivers State governor made the clarification in Port Harcourt on Friday in response to the ruling of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, when it delivered judgment on the subsisted boundary dispute between the two States over the affected oil well.
“It bears repeating that the quest to defend our ownership rights through the courts over the Akiri and Mbede oil wells was not intended to claim victory over Imo or any other State.
But instead of ensuring that NBC did its work, Governor Wike said the former Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha repudiated the subsisted 50:50 percent sharing formula and also made provocative claims as exclusive owners of the oil wells.
“In order to actualize this spurious claims, he (Ihedioha) stealthily wrote a letter dated 9th August 2019 to President Muhammadu Buhari and requested for the refund of the sum of N15, 000,000.000 (fifteen billion naira) from Rivers State to Imo State as backlog of accrued proceeds from the 13% derivation revenue of the said oil wells.
