Ijaw National Leader, Edwin Clark, has described the newly passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), by the national assemble as “satanic, unjust, embarrassing” and has dashed the hopes of the people of the Niger Delta.
Clark is also the leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), in an open letter addressed to the Senate President Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker house of representatives, condemned the provision and allocation of 30% of profits for further frontier oil exploration in the north.
Clark who was represented at a press conference in Abuja by Ken Robinson, PANDEF’s national publicity secretary, declared that the region has had enough of the colonial oppression and will be resisting it.
He said the PIB passed does not reflect the long clamour by the people of region for equity, fairness and justice.
He demanded that the bill as passed be reversed hence the Niger Delta will take their destinies in their hands and deny International Oil Companies (IOCs), entry into the region.
