THE indigenes of Ilaje area in Ondo State, under the aegis of Ilaje Parapo Forum (IPF) have condemned the alleged marginalisation by the Federal Government and Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), in the running of the affairs of the oil producing communities in Nigeria.

The group noted that its communities have been sidelined in the areas of sharing of resources and social amenities, noting that it has no good roads, no potable water and no light at its local government headquarters, despite being the only oil producing community in the state.

At a press conference addressed by Foluso Ajimuda in Lagos yesterday, the IPF said its people are suffering in silence because they don’t have any recognition from government.

“The NDDC projects do not reckon with Ilaje people. We have kept this suffering with ourselves but time is now running out. We have not resulted into armed insurgency to press home our demands. We have not resulted into kidnapping. We have not resulted into blackmail of the country.

“But we can no longer continue to keep quiet. We have to speak out. We are making our demand in a peaceful and legitimate manner with the hope that the Nigerian government, President Muhammadu Buhari and the entire world will listen to us”, he said.