Bayelsa Communities Sue Nigerian Govt, Aiteo, SPDC Over Renewal Of Oil Mining Lease | Sahara Reporters 'The plaintiff by the suit filed on 4th August, 2015, seek to inter alia restrain the Minister of Petroleum (2nd defendant) from renewing...READ MORE:
"The plaintiff by the suit filed on 4th August, 2015, seek to inter alia restrain the Minister of Petroleum from renewing Oil Mining Lease 29 in favour of the 5th defendant unless all pending issues raise in the suit are addressed."The Oil Mining Lease 29 acquired by Aiteo from Shell Petroleum Company Limited has continued to generate reaction, with the host communities kicking against its operational renewal.
Those joined in the suit before the Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, include the Attorney-General of the Federation, the Federal Ministry of Environment, the Shell Petroleum Development Company and the Site Exploration and Production Limited. In the writ of summon made available to newsmen in Yenagoa, the aggrieved communities, through their counsel, explained the ground for their application.
"The 5th defendant, between 22nd January, 2018 and 22nd January, 2019, applied for and made payments to the 2nd defendant through the Department of Petroleum Resources for the renewal or processing of application for renewed of oil mining lease 29 .
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