Jubilation in Uyo as S’Court awards 76 oil wells to A’Ibom

C’River loses littoral state status

Imoke appeals for calm, Akpabio reaches out

THE supremacy of the law to any political exigency was the kernel of the Supreme Court ruling yesterday in the legal tussle between Akwa Ibom and Cross River states over the ownership of 76 oil wells.
With a firm declaration that Cross River State is not a littoral state, the apex court dismissed its ownership claim to the oil wells and awarded them to Akwa Ibom State.
The apex court verdict has rested the January 4, 2005 political solution evolved by the National Boundary Commission (NBC) and adopted by the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to end the feud. Under the arrangement, the oil wells were transferred from Akwa Ibom State to Cross River State.
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