Kufre George
Ex-militants from Akwa Ibom State have condemned the alleged Federal Government’s award of pipeline surveillance contract in the state to Pipelines Infrastructure Limited, a company owned by the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse the third, insisting that it should be given to indigenes of the state.
The repentant militants insisted that the Federal Government’s action is a clear demonstration of marginalization of the people of Akwa Ibom State.
In a statement issued by the group under the aegis of “Unyekisong Akwa Ibom”, signed by Dede Udofia, the ex-agitators asked the Federal Government to revoke, within a month, the contract and re-award same to them or face grave consequences.
The ex-militants claimed the Federal Government was undermining them, adding that pipeline surveillance contract should be given to ex-militants from the state just as it has been awarded to a former militant leader, Government Ekpemukpolo, also known as Tompolo, from Delta State.
