Liberia: Affected Citizens Disrupt EPO Expansion in Grand Bassa County

May 6, 2014 | Alpha Daffae Senkpeni, AllAfrica
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Buchanan — The Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO) has again faced stiff resistance from some affected communities when residents disrupted an EPO mapping process on last Saturday. Eyewitnesses told FrontPageAfrica that the aggrieved residents, performing traditional rituals, paraded the traditional Country Devil and demanded that the EPO mapping process stops.

The EPO mapping process was activated following the 47th meeting of the ongoing scramble over land ownership involving the palm company and aggrieved residents of District Four which was organized by the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Agriculture (MIA and MOA). The meeting was held on May 1.