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Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday visited Oporoza, headquarters of Gbaramatu kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State over various issues in the Niger Delta region.
In a move to avert another crises in the region that oils the nation’s economy, Senator Akpabio landed at Osubi Airstrip, Warri and was ferried to the creek via a speedboat with security details from the army, navy and DSS.
Akpabio was also accompanied to Oporoza by the deputy governor of Delta State, Kingsley Otuaro; government functionaries and other stakeholders from Urhobo, Isoko, Itsekiri and representatives of other ethnic nationalities in the region.
The leaders of Odidi community in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, have petitioned the acting Inspector General of Police and other security operatives, calling on them to arrest a member of the community over alleged moves to cause crisis and topple a constituted leadership in the community
Admittedly, these claims by the Dutch oil giant are verifiable facts but may not be the only explanation. Their clarification notwithstanding, there are indeed reasons that qualify such happening in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry as a reality that demands holistic analysis.
Sir: The recent news report that the Okordia-Rumekpe 14-inch crude truck line operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) discharged some 213 barrels of crude oil into Ikarama community in Bayelsa, has again brought to our consciousness that though Nigeria prides itself as the giant of Africa and the most populous black nation in the world, yet, it is still riddled with third world challenges.
Essentially, while clarifying that an estimated 1.34 hectares of land was polluted by the leakage which followed a rupture on the pipeline, SPDC among other things confirmed that probe into the incident had been concluded, noting that out of the 213 barrels of SPDC’s bonny light crude stream leak, some 110 barrels are recoverable from the ongoing recovery exercise at the site, leaving an estimated spilled volume at 109.12 barrels.