Eno spoke in Uyo amid renewed claims by Cross River authorities to the oil wells, despite the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) distancing itself from reports suggesting it planned to implement recommendations ceding some disputed wells to specific oil-producing states.
Chairman of the commission, Mohammed Shehu, had on Sunday said the RMAFC’s attention was drawn to a “purported report allegedly issued by the Inter-Agency Committee on the Verification of Coordinates of Disputed Crude Oil and Gas Wells between States.”
He described the report as “misleading, premature, and does not represent the position or conclusions of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission.”
Amid rising expectations in Cross River over a possible recovery of the oil wells, Governor Eno expressed confidence that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would uphold the rule of law and respect the Supreme Court’s decisions.
“There are two Supreme Court judgments that give Akwa Ibom the right to those oil wells. We are not sharing maritime boundaries with Cross River State but with the Republic of Cameroun, and the Supreme Court has said so twice to establish this fact,” Eno said.
He dismissed the renewed claims as baseless propaganda, insisting that the court’s rulings remain binding.
“There is no cause for alarm. The people on the other side may cook up any story they want, raise propaganda, but this propaganda has no effect in the face of the two Supreme Court decisions establishing our ownership of the oil wells. This is not about sentiments.”
The governor urged residents to remain calm, expressing confidence in the President’s commitment to the rule of law.
“Facts are sacrosanct, and you cannot push them under the carpet with sentiments. Let our people remain calm because our President is a man who respects the rule of law,” he added.
The dispute over the oil wells has long been a source of tension between Akwa Ibom and Cross River, with revenue implications for both states.
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