Al’umma ta Ikot Abasi a Jihar Akwa Ibom ta yi watsi da zargin da aka yi wa kamfanin RUSAL na vandalizing asusu na Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON).
Eteidung Akpan Nelson Inyang, clan head na Ikpa Ibekwe, ya bayyana wa manema labarai a Ikot Abasi a ranar Talata cewa zargin ba shi da tabbas ne. Inyang ya ce, “It is completely false that RUSAL has stripped ALSCON of its assets. I have had cause to personally investigate the allegation and have discovered that is untrue and the handiwork of mischief makers”.
RUSAL, wanda ya zama mai shige da fensho lokacin da gwamnatin tarayya ta yi magana a shekarar 1997, ta kasa samun ishara daga gwamnatin tarayya ta shiga cikin rikicin mallakar ALSCON tare da American Consortium, BFIG.
ALSCON, wanda ya fara samarwa a shekarar 1997, ya tsallake samarwa a shekarar 2013 saboda rashin ishara daga gwamnatin tarayya. Tun daga lokacin, akwai rahotanni da dama game da rusawa da asusu na kamfanin.
Village head na Ikot Essien a Ikpa Ibekwe, Eteidung Ufot Akpan Nathaniel, ya bayyana cewa al’umma tana da kungiyar vigilantes wanda ke kare asusu na kamfanin ALSCON. Ya ce, “I can tell you for free that it is not true that RUSAL has been vandalizing equipment from ALSCON. Even if it was true from where will they pass with the vandalized equipment?”
Shugaban matasa na Ikpa Ibekwe, Comrade Etop Sunday, ya yaba wa kamfanin ALSCON saboda yadda ya ke ci gaba da aikin sa na alhaki ta zamantakewa. Ya ambata tsarin ilimi na kompyuta, tsarin samun kwarewa, tsarin ci gaban matasa da wasu lamunin karatu ga ‘yan asalin Ikpa Ibekwe da makwabtansu a matsayin wasu daga cikin ayyukan alhaki ta zamantakewa na RUSAL-ALSCON.
