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July 3, 2024
By Godfrey Uju
A community leader identified as Andy Anozie, has regretted what he described as abrupt attack and destruction of his residential building for exposing and uncovering oil Bunkering Activities in Obama and Uzoma axis in Kom-Kom Community, Oyingbo Local Government Areas of Rivers State.
He also berated those trailing him just as he escaped being killed.
Recall that Bunkering activities had become a recurrent decimal in the Niger Delta region, a development which became alarming and worrisome to the extent that the federal government of Nigeria has promulgated a law which criminalises it and recommended seven years jail term for any person found guilty of the offence.
Andy Anozie being a honest community leader in the locality, has always wanted the community to exercise its integrity towards good governance towards bringing the desired development to the door steps, especially having seen illegal oil bunkering poses severe threats to life, environment and the welfare of the citizens, but it turned out to be a persecution on his person as he was then the target to kill.
Speaking to Journalists, in his hospital bed, Andy Anozie said that though illegal bunkering activities had been on going in the locality but that it became glaring when he caught some unscrupulous elements in the scene who threatened to kill him, boasting that there were some persons at the helm of affairs of government that were aiding directly or indirectly.
He further said that it came to climax on the 15th June, when he narrowly escaped being killed after he had reported their conduct to the military task force constituted by the federal government to unravel the circumstances.
He was just at home when some assassins allegedly sent by the principal actors of the illegal oil bunkering trailed him to his house but was lucky to escape and that his escape never gone down well with those assassins and their sponsors who felt embarrassed by his exposing them as they intensified their threats on him and family since they have boasted to have influenced the security agents saddled with the task of addressing the trend in the region, giving room for high profile personality to indulged in the illegal activities.
Meanwhile, Andy Anozie became injured and was rushed to a private hospital where he had surgery to resuscitate his life even though they angrily destroyed their house and injured a member of the family and that the attackers are still threatening to ensure that they eliminate Andy Anozie over his goodwill to the society.
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