The Supreme Court has settled the ownership dispute over 17 oil wells in favor of Rivers State on Friday.
The Supreme Court denied the Imo State Government’s counterclaim ownership in a groundbreaking decision written by Justice Helen Ogunwumiju but delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim.
The oil wells are located in the territories of Rivers and Imo states
The complete ruling had not yet been made available to the parties in the dispute at the time of this report.
Details later.
Source: dailypost.ng