Chief Onoriode Temiagin Led Exco Gets Vote Of No Confidence From Sapele-Okpe Community

Members of the Sapele-Okpe Community in Sapele Local Government Area, Delta State, passed a vote of no confidence in the executive led by Chief Onoriode Temiagin, over allegations of secretly amending the community’s constitution and creating another quarter without due consultations.   This followed an aborted monthly community meeting on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at Okpe Hall, over allegations of actions deemed detrimental to the community’s interest, community members who had gathered at the Community Hall, discussed the development, and thereafter took a decisionon the way forward.   The decision…

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Okpe Leaders Reject ‘Abigborodo Oil Field’ Name, Fault Uduaghan’s Claims

    Leaders of the Sapele Okpe Community have released a detailed rejoinder rejecting claims by the Alema of Warri Kingdom, Chief Emmanuel Oritsejolomi Uduaghan, over the ownership and naming of the proposed Abigborodo Oil Field in Petroleum Prospecting Licence 220 (PPL 220), insisting that the land belongs to Okpe people.   The leaders issued the statement in response to a Facebook post credited to Uduaghan, which asserted that the oil field was rightly named after Abigborodo Community. The Okpe leaders said the claims were misleading and contradicted by colonial…

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