The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has dissociated itself from the alleged endorsement of Robo Michael by some Ogoni chiefs under the auspices of the Supreme Council of Ogoni Traditional Rulers, as operator of the Ogoni oilfields.

“MOSOP wishes to state that such endorsement does not in any way represent the wishes of our people and therefore we reject and dissociate from it,” the group said Saturday in a statement signed by the Publicity Secretary Fegalo Nsuke.

“MOSOP reiterates its earlier position that it has not and will not endorse any oil company be it Robo Michael, Belema Oil Producing Ltd, NPDC, NNPC, Shell or any other for the purpose of resuming oil production in Ogoniland until the issues raised by the Ogoni people are addressed through dialogue.

“We note categorically that no amount of sponsored blackmail will alter our position on the interest of the Ogoni people in the Ogoni oil and on other issues affecting Ogoniland,” the statement said.