By Adeleye Kunle
Benson Enikuomehin, a former representative of Ondo State on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has come under fire from the people of Ilaje over his assertion that candidates from the state are not from the oil-producing community.
The people under the auspices of Ilaje Unity Forum, claimed that Enikuomehin given his exposure should have known Hon. Gbenga Edema, who served as the most recent chairman of the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, OSOPADEC, is not only qualified but also from an oil-producing community.
In response to Enikuomehin’s interview on Galaxy Television, the group issued a statement, which was made available to reporters in Akure, the state capital, and was signed by its chairman, Stephen Jatuwase, and secretary, Olabanji Orogbemi, describing Enikuomehin’s claims as unfounded and spurious.
The group said that Edema, who is from the oil-producing community of Ogogoro in the state’s Ilaje Local Government Area, is perfectly qualified to serve as the next Managing Director of NDDC.
Jatuwase insisted that Enikuomehin openly displayed and revealed his ignorance of events in his local government while stating that it is Ondo State’s turn to produce the Managing Director of the Commission.
The group emphasized that the matter of Edema’s ability to serve in organizations in charge of areas that produce oil had been appropriately and sufficiently resolved as a result of a lawsuit filed at the Ondo State High Court in 2017
