{"id":4406,"date":"2025-07-14T11:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T11:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/07\/14\/just-in-niger-delta-group-condemns-pipeline-repair-contract-awarded-to-olu-of-itsekiri\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T11:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T11:04:06","slug":"just-in-niger-delta-group-condemns-pipeline-repair-contract-awarded-to-olu-of-itsekiri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/07\/14\/just-in-niger-delta-group-condemns-pipeline-repair-contract-awarded-to-olu-of-itsekiri\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Niger Delta Group Condemns Pipeline Repair Contract Awarded To Olu Of Itsekiri"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Esther David<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prominent Ijaw group under the auspices of Ijaw People&#8217;s Development Initiative has called on the federal government and the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL to terminate pipeline repair contracts of SECTIONAL REPLACEMENT OF 14.4KM WEAK SECTIONS OF TRANS-FORCADOS<br \/>PIPELINE OPERATIONS which was awarded to the PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE NIGERIA LIMITED, owned by Olu of Itsekiri, in Ijaw communities in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State in immediate effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the group, Olu of Itsekiri and its kinsmen who were calling to ostracize Tantita Security services Nigeria limited operations in Itsekiri communities doesn&#8217;t deserve to carry out pipeline repair contracts in the Ijaw communities such as Odidi, Batan, Ekeremor, Kantu and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was contained in a statement signed by the group&#8217;s national president Comrade Ozobo Austin in which a copy of it was sent to newsmen on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group urged the host communities involved in the Olu pipeline repair in Trans-Forcados pipeline to reject and throw Olu of Itsekiri company PINL out from their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IPDI warned that Olu PINL firms should be restricted to Itsekiris areas, and that the Olu repair contract in Ijaw Communities should be revoked and re-awarded to the Ijaw pipeline companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They called on the Managing Director of NNPCL, Bayo Ojulari for the interest of peace in Niger Delta should terminate the PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE NIGERIA LIMITED pipeline repair contracts in Ijaw communities in immediate effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IPDI cautioned that Ijaw youth might take action to stop the repair operations in the Trans-Forcados pipeline if the federal government and NNPCL refused to implement their demands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Esther David Prominent Ijaw group under the auspices of Ijaw People&#8217;s Development Initiative 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