BONNY YOUTHS' RESPONSE TO THE BASELESS ALLEGATIONS BY ONE MR JASPER JUMBO REGARDING THE BONNY-BODO ROAD AND BRIDGES PROJECT

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R-L: Chairman, Bonny Integrated Recruitment Centre, Aladiokuma Hart, Bonny Kingdom Free-To-Operate (FTO) Committee Team Lead, Richard Abbey, Leader,Bonny Youths Federation, Simeon Wilcox, former CTC Chairman, Bonny LGA, Cyril Hart, and Deputy Leader, BYF, Edward Pepple  

BONNY YOUTHS' RESPONSE TO THE BASELESS ALLEGATIONS BY ONE MR JASPER JUMBO REGARDING THE BONNY-BODO ROAD AND BRIDGES PROJECT

We, the Youths of Grand Bonny Kingdom, hereby register our absolute commendation to the Federal Government of Nigeria, and Nigeria LNG for the BONNY-BODO ROAD AND BRIDGES PROJECT which would positively impact the Bonny people and the entire Niger Delta. We are excited by the socio-economic benefits and opportunities that will come with this project.
We also use this opportunity to appreciate the Amanyanabo of Grand Bonny Kingdom; His Majesty, King Edward Asimini William Dappa Pepple III, JP, CON Perekule XI, Amanyanabo and Natural Ruler of Bonny Kingdom and the Bonny Chiefs’ Council, who have driven this Project, that will not only ease transportation of goods and services but will also create employment opportunities and stimulate businesses on the Island.

However, the attention of the Youths have been drawn to some baseless comments and allegations by one Mr. Jasper Jumbo, who parades himself as the Traditional head of Jumbo Chieftaincy House; that the Jumbo House is being sidelined from the communal benefits emanating from the Project and hence his determination to stall the project, upturn the leadership of Bonny Kingdom and grab all the benefits to himself, by misinforming the entire people of Nigeria, in a Thisday newspaper publication dated the 11th day of August 2018.
It is to our knowledge that;
•       Grand Bonny Kingdom is a Kingdom with only one King; His Majesty, Edward Asimini William Dappa Pepple III, JP, CON Perekule XI, Amanyanabo and Natural Ruler of Grand Bonny Kingdom, who rules with his Chiefs’ Council representing the various Houses in Bonny Kingdom.
•       For the umpteenth time, we want to state unequivocally, that the said Jasper Jumbo is neither a chief nor the Traditional head of Jumbo Chieftaincy House in Grand Bonny Kingdom.

•       At the advent of this project, the Leadership of Bonny Kingdom set up a committee for the project, in which the Jumbo House is adequately represented. And of which elders and youths of Jumbo House have lavishly expressed their appreciations to His Majesty the King for his transparency in handling all matters concerning this project.
•       The Jumbo House is just one out of the several impacted communities. And the interest of the Jumbo House/community and other impacted Houses/communities are fully taken into consideration on matters concerning this laudable project that is beneficial to us all.

•       At no time did the leadership neglect any of the Houses in the Kingdom.
And over ninety percent of those on the list due for compensation; which is before the Honourable Minister of Works, Housing and Power are members of Jumbo House. A proof and testament that the Jumbo House is fully integrated in the Bonny-Bodo road and bridges project.

•       Therefore, we are at loss, as to how Mr. Jasper Jumbo arrived at his conclusions that the Jumbo House has been sidelined from the benefits of the Project.
Let it be known to Mr. Jasper Jumbo that we the Youths of Bonny Kingdom will resist every of his plot and racketeering to stall development in our great Kingdom.
We hereby call on Mr. Jasper Jumbo to immediately desist from dragging the hallowed name and the traditional institution of Grand Bonny Kingdom into the muddy waters of shame, out of his sheer greed and selfish interest.
•       To this end, we fully adopt the response by the Bonny Chiefs’ Council which was published on Thisday Newspaper, that has put paid to the spurious and baseless allegations of Jasper Jumbo; a self-seeking individual with contract inspired agitations.
Furthermore, we call on the Federal Government of Nigeria, Ministry of Works, NLNG, Messrs Julius Berger Nigeria Limited , other relevant stakeholders and well-meaning people of Niger Delta to disregard such baseless and unfounded allegations from a self-centred individual who puts his personal interest above the interest of the entire people of Bonny Kingdom.

We finally state that the Youths of Grand Bonny Kingdom are a united and peace-loving people, having the interest of their brother Houses at heart. And we reassure Julius Berger Nigeria Limited of the Kingdom's usual hospitality, as we look forward to the completion and commissioning of the Bonny-Bodo road and bridges project on record time.

Signed:
Barr. Simeon Wilcox – Bonny Kingdom Youth Leader
Engr. Aladiokuma Henry Hart – BIRC Chairman
Mr. Richard Abbey, JP – Bonny Kingdom FTO Committee Team Lead
Warisenibo (Hon.) Engr. Cyril Hart - Immediate past CTC Chairman (Bonny LGA)
Mr. Edward Pepple – Bonny Kingdom Deputy Youth Leader

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It is very unfortunate that we the youths of Bonny Kingdom who are supposed to be custodian of posterity, will allow ourselves to continually be used as bull dogs to attack perceived opponent of the King and Bonny Chief Council even in the face of glaring oppression and injustice meted out to the Bonny people by the authorities.

Secondly, this publication is contemptuous as it is against several court orders which had upheld Wari Alabo Jasper as the Traditional Head and Trustee of Jumbo House of Grand Bonny. For your information, Wari Alabo Jasper F. Jumbo JP was duly installed a Wari Alabo and House Chief by the the Late Amalabo of Jumbo Major House, the Rt. Hon. A.D.W. William in 1995 and before he became a Chief in Bonny in 1995, he had already been installed with several chieftaincy titles with the permission and representation of the Bonny Chiefs Council. For the Traditional Headship of Jumbo House, there are several court judgements to that effect which are public documents for everyone to see. The latest being the one from Bori Court.

For the Bodo-Bonny Road Project, Wari Alabo Jasper has never opposed the execution of the noble project but has consistently insisted that the right thing be done. Some of us are in possession of a document signed by the King of Bonny Kingdom years ago informing the world that the Kingdom does not owned land in Bonny as lands are owned by individual families, so how come that the Kingdom now owns all the lands in Bonny in 2018.

This bring-him-down syndrome of our people must stop henceforth.

September 27, 2018 at 10:59 PM
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