Following the ensuing legal battle between Rivers state government and Imo state government over the ownership of 17 oil wells in their territories, the Supreme Court, Monday, in Abuja, fixed May 6 for judgment in a legal battle.
The apex court fixed the date after taking arguments from lawyers involved in the tussle. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who led a panel of justices, fixed the date after adoption of final written addresses by the lawyers.
The plaintiff, represented by Joseph Daudu, while adopting his final addresses, asked the court to give judgment in favour of Rivers State on the ground that historical evidence, from 1927 till date, indicated the wells belong to the state.
In his own argument, counsel to Imo State, Chief Olusola Oke, asked the court to dismiss the suit on the grounds that it ought to have originated from the Federal High court.
Oke claimed that because of the nature of the matter, oral evidence ought to be called from people of the area to confirm where they actually belong.