The founder of Glorious City of Hope & Reconciliation, Amb Emmanuel Ovuede has sued for peace in the Niger Delta region following the recent pipelines protection contract awarded to Chief Government Epemepulo also known as Tompolo
This call was necessitated following the outcry over the pipeline survelliance contract awarded by the federal government to high Gov Ekpomupolo, and elder statesman in the Niger Delta.
Apostle Ovuede who said this in a press briefing at Ole, Isoko south local government of Delta state said there is no need for the people to fight over the contract.
According to him ,rather than fight over the contract people should cooperate with the former militant leader to ensure the success of the survelliance job.
He said the president could as well award the job to other citizens of the country but chosen to give it to indigenes of the Niger Delta adding that people should applaud the president and work to ensure it success rather than engaging on unnecessary bickerings.
According to him “the president could as well award the contract to each State and each Local Government but he opted not to,”
“He chose to award it to Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo “The governor of each state is from a Local Government but he’s the chief security officer (CSO) of the state and the governor of the State,
The President has the right to award any contract to anybody in the country .
“He holds no one apology for it and High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo has the right to receive any contract and he holds no one apology.”he said the clergy man described Tompolo as a man of peace
“Tompolo is a man of Peace, an honest man, a man of justice, a man for the people, and a man that hates oppression.
“The man that hates oppressing the masses and if the government has decided to give him the surveillance contract, the people of the region should respect that and work out ways of integrating themselves for the overall success of the contract which will do greater good for the people of the region in terms of employment”
IHe said he expects and hopes everybody willsupport hiim to succeed
.In his words, “I also expect the entire country to support him. For our crude oil to be safe, this is our major resource in this country right now and I expect everyone to join, support, and encourage him over this surveillance contract. No one should condemn and fight him or creat a crisis, please there’s no need for that. Take note some time ago this same man was going through a lot of problems with the federal government, and no one stood by him.”he said
Apostle Ovuede urged the people of the South-south to embrace PEACE and STOP VIOLENCE
,” Let love lead in our region, I believe everyone in the country was aware of the situation. How he lost his assets and was chased into exile from his family, this was a point in time when he needed his people to stand and support him but most of them were not there for him then”
