Mr Foubai Pereyi a legal Counsel to six suspended members of KEFFES Rural Development Foundation (KRDF) has apologised for his role in the leadership crisis in the organisation.
KRDF is composed of
eight communities in Southern Ijaw and Brass Local Government Areas in Bayelsa.hosting
the operations of Chevron Nigeria Limited and First Explorations and
Production.
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The communities are Koluama 1 and 2,
Ezetu 1 and 2, Foropa, Fishtown, Ekeni and Sangana forming the acronym KEFFES
as parties to the Global Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the two oil
firms operating in the area..
KRDF in a statement on Thursday issued
by its Secretary Mr Ngozi Amakiri said that the lawyer who allegedly inaugurated
a rival executive had realised he erred and apologised to the foundation in
writing.
It would be recalled
that KRDF had after an emergency meeting on Oct.
30 suspended six of its 32 members for alleged misrepresentation.
According
to the statement made available to newsmen in Yenagoa, thee legal practitioner
has withdrawn his services and tendered an unreserved apology over his involvement
in the crisis within the organization.
Pereyi, in his letter of withdrawal and apology to the leadership of KRDF and
dated Nov 9, 2021 claimed he was misled in his brief.
According
to the letter, having found out the facts, he tendered an unreserved apology to
the Board of Trustee and Chairman of KRDF.
According
to the statement, also a member of KRDF representing Fishtown community, Mr
Noel Ikonikomo, who was among the six suspended and appointed as secretary of
the parallel exco, has tendered an apologies to be readmitted into the
organisation.
Mr Tibiebi
Woinemi Amadein had in suit against the chairmanship position of Mathew Selepri
at the State High Court, which nullified the KRDF elections but the foundation
entered an appeal and got a stay of execution at the Appeal Court.
The KRDF
noted that rather than await the determination of the pending appeal at the appellate
court which had ordered a stay of execution of the decision of the lower court,
the suspended members unlawfully constituted a rival executive.
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