Caution Military Officers Attacking Road Contractors – Rivers Governor
Caution Military Officers Attacking Road Contractors – Rivers Governor…….
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has called on the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, to caution some army officers in the state who are in the habit of attacking contractors involved in road construction.
The governor made this known when he received the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, on a courtesy visit at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Friday, saying the suspected officers were attached to a particular company in Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni LGA.
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This was contained in a statement by the media aide to the governor, Boniface Onyedi, and made available to newsmen.
The statement quoted Fubara as saying, “I’m saying this because there is this road we are constructing somewhere in Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni and each time the contractor approaches this particular company and plead that they should allow them go ahead with our job, the military will always come and attack our contractors.”
He explained how he had tried to resolve the problem without success because of the officers’ vested interest, even as he urged the Chief of Army Staff to caution them.
Fubara added that his administration was doing everything possible to curb oil illegal bunkering in the state.
The governor described illegal oil bunkering as a major problem in the state, saying the illegal business was thriving because of the involvement of the military and top oil firms.
He, however, said some officers of the Nigerian Army had possibly compromised in parts of Ahoada East and Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Areas of the State.
In his speech, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Lagbaja, said he was in Port Harcourt as part of his visit to formations and units under his command following his assumption of office and thanked the governor for the continuous support, intervention and cooperation with the army to perform its operations that have fostered peace and stability in the state.
Meanwhile, Lt-Gen Lagbaja, has warned officers and men of the army against colluding with economic saboteurs engaged in oil theft, kidnappers and other criminal elements, describing them as enemies of the nation.
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