The Bayelsa State Government has appealed the judgment of the
Federal High Court, Abuja, which ceded disputed oil wells between
Rivers and Bayelsa States to Rivers State.
The appeal was filed by the Solicitor General of Bayelsa State,
Mr. Preye Agada, on behalf of the state’s Attorney General.
Agada in addition said the state had also commenced move to stay
execution of the judgment by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Abuja
Division of the Federal High Court delivered on December 16, 2019,
pending the resolution of the matter.
According to him, the lower court erred in law when it entered
judgment against the state without joining it as a necessary party
in the suit.
In the motion on notice with suit no FHC/ABJ/CS/984/2019, Agada
claimed that Bayelsa State was not served the processes in the suit
before the lower court delivered its judgment.
The state government has also sought an order of the court to
appeal the judgment as an interested party in the suit between
Attorney General of Rivers State and National Boundaries Commission
(NBC).
Agada said Bayelsa State in the meantime had written all
relevant federal agencies to stay action on the enforcement of the
judgment.
The agencies include the Attorney General of the Federation and
Minister of Justice; the Minister of Finance; the Accountant
General of the Federation; the Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation,
Allocation, and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and the National Boundary
Commission (NBC).
He said the contested oil wells, which Rivers State describes as
Soku Oil Wells, are in Oluasiri in Bayelsa State, adding that
Bayelsa has been receiving the 13 per cent derivation and other
statutory allocations accruing from the oil wells for a long
time.
According to Agada, Bayelsa State Government has been waiting
for Rivers State and the National Boundaries Commission to comply
with the Supreme Court directive to properly delineate the disputed
areas in the affected areas once and for all.
Agada said it was rather regrettable that the Rivers State
government, which pulled out of the boundary delineation in 2013,
surreptitiously filed the action after years of inactivity.
Small Manhood And Premature Ejaculation Made
Me Stay Away from Love Making For 4yrs…But These Simple Solutions
WORKED! Also, Your Enlarged Prostate Can Be Reversed Now! Click
Here To See My Breakthrough![1]
The Principles of Nigerian
Environmental Law — Order Your Copy Now!!!
The Principles of Nigerian
Environmental Law is a complete, comparative and international
handbook on the fundamental principles governing the protection,
conservation and sustainable utilization of the environment in
Nigeria….Click to read
more Written By
Professor Damilola S. Olawuyi, LL.B (1st
Class), BL (1st Class), LL.M (Calgary), LL.M (Harvard),
DPhil (Oxford) Professor of Law and Director, OGEES
Institute, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti. For more
information or to order your copies, please contact Mr.
Keji Kolawole: [email protected][4] , Tel:
+234 81 40000 988[2][3]
Subscribe ToNairalaw News! References ^
Small
Manhood And Premature Ejaculation Made Me Stay Away from Love
Making For 4yrs…But These Simple Solutions WORKED! Also, Your
Enlarged Prostate Can Be Reversed Now! Click Here To See My
Breakthrough! (foreverliving.com.ng)
^
The Principles of Nigerian
Environmental Law — Order Your Copy Now!!!
(nairalaw.com) ^ Click to read & comment now
(nairalaw.com) ^ [email protected]
(nairalaw.com)
Read more bayelsa-appeals-judgment-on-disputed-oil-wells-asks-for-stay-of-execution/