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It is now common knowledge that weeks after an oil spill from a ruptured pipeline facility managed by one of the international oil companies operating in the Nigeria Delta reportedly ravaged Benikrukru and adjourning communities in Warri south-west local government area of Delta state, a similar one occurred in the early hours of Sunday, March 14, 2021, has occurred in Polobubo/Opuama communities, Warri North local government area, of the state.
Through these days, the world has watched the torrent of dissatisfaction expressed by the Polobubo/Opuama communities over the government’s lackadaisical and nonchalant approach to their plight and inability of regulators in the state to go the extra miles to ensure they hold operators accountable.