Part 33

The Sage spoke convincingly and appealed for twenty minutes. This infuriated Chief Iyagbaye who had a long list of demands to make from the government officials. It sounded as if the Sage was joining sides with the government officials.

‘’I think we shouldn’t take this things for granted, you ought to see the evidence. The constructed pipelines on our lands have been more problematic than resourceful. We have petitioned the state and national government that this pipelines ought to go through the forest and not our farmlands. But you officials have refused to reason with us. We are being pushed into the Ossiomo river.’’

Part 32

‘’First of all Madam Jolie had petitioned and won an appeal to divert the route of the pipeline through the edge of the forest but the government had promised her a compensation for her farmland and a relocation  to another empty plot of farmland instead.’’

‘’Since the last two meetings we have had, as I speak she is yet to be compensated and relocated. Months ago, I spoke to her about what options may be available to her. she complained that she was forced to plant her crops on this same farmland as the season for planting was almost over and she had not received a favourable response from the state government’s ministry. No one had called to see her she complained to me.’’