WARRI—THE claim by the Ijaw of Gbaramatu in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, that they own Kpokpo, has been described as false, misleading and capable of breaching the peace existing between the Itsekiri and Ijaw.
Council of Elders of Kpokpo community, in a statement by Prince Nelson Kolo, said that Kpokpoland was given to Prince Kolo Fregene as a virgin land by Ugborodo community.
The statement said: “Prince Fregene dwelt in the land with his wives, children and servants and when he passed away, his siblings continued to stay there until recently when the Ijaw came and burnt the place down.
“The Ijaw in Kpokpo came here as tenants doing their fishing business. If the town belonged to them, the Ijaw would not have burnt it down during the Warri crisis.”
Prince Kolo said that the Fregene family has in its possession documents to show that they own the place, noting that the Ijaw of Gbaramatu could not produce any evidence to show the fact finding committee set up by the state government headed by the Deputy Governor, Prof. Amos Otuama, that they own Kpokpo or any part of the land on which the Export Processing Zone is located.
Appealing to the Ijaws of Gbaramatu to tow the line of peace and truth, Prince Kolo called on the Federal Government to apply the rule of law and justice and re-schedule the grand-breaking ceremony of the EPZ in Ogidighan community.
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