The Bayelsa State Government has accused Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi of distorting the facts on Soku Oil Wells with the sole aim of blackmailing President Goodluck Jonathan.
Addressing a news conference in Abuja, the Chief Press Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, Mr Daniel Iworio-Markson, said Governor Amaechi is merely using the Soku Oil Wells to incite the Kalabaris in Rivers State against their Nembe kinsmen in Bayelsa.
Mr Iworio-Markson explained that the controversy on Soku had long been resolved by the Supreme Court, National Boundary Commission and several Presidential Committees before Dr Goodluck Jonathan assumed leadership of the country as President.
He said Soku was merely a name adopted by Shell being its nearest operation base at the time and not necessarily because the Oil Wells are located in Rivers State.
