Nigeria, Feb. 23 -- A former senator and the 2023 governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Akwa Ibom State, John Akpanudoedehe, has criticised the Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno's handling of the renewed controversy over the state's 76 oil wells.

Mr Akpanudoedehe warned against any loss of the disputed 76 oil wells.

The long-running dispute over offshore oil wells between Akwa Ibom and Cross River states has deepened as both governments restated opposing legal and political positions.

Akwa Ibom State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Uko Udom, had dismissed reports suggesting that the oil wells may be returned to Cross River, insisting there was no constitutional or legal basis for such claims. ...