and Commissioner for Justice, Zaccheus Adangor, addressing
government house journalists on Wednesday after sealing off Kidney
Island in execution of the judgment of Rivers State High
Court.
Rivers state government has reopened Shell Petroleum Development
Company (SPDC) operational base, Kidney Island, after it was taken
over on December 23, 2020.
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This was disclosed in a statement signed by Kelvin Ebiri,
special assistant to the governor of Rivers state on media.
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The state government had sealed Shell’s operational base after
it claimed to have obtained a certificate of purchase registered in
Port Harcourt’s lands registry.
It said the facility (Kidney Island) and Shell’s 30 percent
stake in oil mining lease (OML) 11 were “lawfully purchased through
public auction ordered by the High Court of Rivers state”.
Reacting to the purported takeover, Shell said the sealing of
Kidney Island asset or any other assets of the SPDC joint venture
(JV) was premature and prejudicial to the ongoing court
proceedings, and therefore not recognised.
However, the state government took a U-turn following an indoor
meeting with Mele Kyari, group managing director of the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on December 31, 2020, in
Port Harcourt.
“Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, after a meeting with Kyari,
directed the immediate reopening of Kidney Island for the operators
(Shell),” the statement read.
Kyari also commended Wike and Rivers state government for their
cooperation, “while further discussion to resolve the underlying
issues continue”.
and Commissioner for Justice, Zaccheus Adangor, addressing
government house journalists on Wednesday after sealing off Kidney
Island in execution of the judgment of Rivers State High
Court.
Rivers state government has reopened Shell Petroleum Development
Company (SPDC) operational base, Kidney Island, after it was taken
over on December 23, 2020.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by Kelvin Ebiri,
special assistant to the governor of Rivers state on media.
The state government had sealed Shell’s operational base after
it claimed to have obtained a certificate of purchase registered in
Port Harcourt’s lands registry.
It said the facility (Kidney Island) and Shell’s 30 percent
stake in oil mining lease (OML) 11 were “lawfully purchased through
public auction ordered by the High Court of Rivers state”.
Reacting to the purported takeover, Shell said the sealing of
Kidney Island asset or any other assets of the SPDC joint venture
(JV) was premature and prejudicial to the ongoing court
proceedings, and therefore not recognised.
However, the state government took a U-turn following an indoor
meeting with Mele Kyari, group managing director of the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on December 31, 2020, in
Port Harcourt.
“Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, after a meeting with Kyari,
directed the immediate reopening of Kidney Island for the operators
(Shell),” the statement read.
Kyari also commended Wike and Rivers state government for their
cooperation, “while further discussion to resolve the underlying
issues continue”.