A group, Children of Drivers and Fishermen Association (CODAFA) has debunked the allegations levied against the Warri monarch, His Majesty, Ogiame, Atuwatse lll.
In a press statement signed by the national president of the association, Mr Romeo Diden and secretary, Mr Blessing Okotie, the duo described the allegations by the faceless group on the pipeline surveillance contract awarded to Ogiame Atuwatse by the federal government as “baseless, malicious and defaming” designed to bring disrespect to the prestigious throne.
According to the statement, the faceless group , the Niger Delta Stakeholders Forum (NDS) is being sponsored and fed with false accusation, that, Pipelines Infrastructures Nigeria Limited (PINL), owned by the Olu of Warri does not have a workforce that commensurate with the contract therefore, the monarch pocketed billions of naira.
The group alleged that “PINL is handling the largest pipelines surveillance contract in the region, without a workforce.”
“The Olu of Warri handles over 80 percent of the surveillance contracts, while Tantita, owned by Tompolo handles less than 20 percent, and has a workforce of over 25,500 operatives and numerous subcontractors,” it added.
Diden described the allegation against the monarch as a “wicked act” by some individuals to cause dis-affection and division in the kingdom while describing it as dead on arrival
He advised those behind the baseless accusation to desist from such act and noted that the reverend monarch has empowered a lot of people in the kingdom irrespective of tribe including non-indigenes.
