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Dele Ogunyemi, Warri
Published 6:35 am
SEVEN oil producing communities in Delta State have threatened to shut down the operation of a multinational oil exploration firm operating in their areas over an alleged “lackluster, wicked and barbaric approach” towards the clean-up of the oil spill on their ancestral lands.
The affected communities, Erhobaro, Etavwobakai, Etewhia, Obaro-Uku, Ovara-Unukpo, Atagbuwe and Eroike, all in Ughelli North and Ethiope East local government areas of Delta State, also called on the Federal Government and the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency to caution the oil firm, Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited, in order to avert the crisis that might erupt over the spill.