The people of Egbebiri Community in Biseni, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have shut down six oil wells operated by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), alleging neglect of its Cooperate Social Responsibilities.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the aggrieved residents, comprising youths and women, blocked all access roads leading to the affected oil wells with logs.

The paramount ruler of Egbebiri, Chief Aniedima Nicholas, told NAN that they disrupted the oil production because of NAOC refusal to renew the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the community.

Nicholas said the maiden MoU signed in 2001 lapsed in 2005, but efforts to get the oil firm to renew the MoU proved abortive.

"Our grievances are due to the insensitive posture of Agip to our developmental aspirations.

"Our needs and expectations are captured in that agreement and if you look at the few amenities we have here, they are products of the first MoU.

"From 2005 till date, Agip abdicated its role and that stagnated development here; the road you see was from that MoU, we have waited for so long a time and decided to take this final step.

"We are prepared to go to every length to bring them to the negotiation table to renew the MoU as well as pay outstanding liabilities for jobs done by the community for more than one year.

"Our surveillance jobs on their pipelines have continued despite heavy debts owed to us as well as pending compensation for oil spills since 2010," Nicholas said.

The Chairman, Ijaw Youths Council in Egbebiri, Mr John Aniedima, said the youths have sacked security operatives deployed to safeguard the facilities after shutting down the flow of oil.

"We have taken over the wells to compel Agip to come to a negotiating table with community leaders.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201506011134.html?viewall=1

Confusion everywhere

Tomorrow these same people will ask the IOCs to relocate their Head Offices to Niger Delta.

Good!

Ok now.

Pikinbwey say 'im mama no go sleep, him sef no go rest nah.

Hmmm...

PassingShot:
Ok now.

Nah your oil?

Parasite.


This is the ghen ghen moment

garrix8:
Tomorrow these same people will ask the IOCs to relocate their Head Offices to Niger Delta.

They can first relocate their oil platforms to osogbo

Aregberascal never begin lament.

We will shut all oil operations down

Your Buhari should start drilling oil in sambisa to fund his useless one nigeria

Good moves frm ma people.
I jus want all oil producing communities to follow suit.

Shut down all the oil wells.
With NDVF joining forces, I kno this time, Biafra wud be actualize.

Long live Biafra
Long live the Niger Delta.
Long live Jonathan ma Hero.

I think it is a welcome development. Agip should stick to the agreement reach. But pls don't vandalize any pipe o, if you do we are doing our own region o.k. Just stop them from working .

BackDatAssUp:


Nah your oil?

Parasite.


This is the ghen ghen moment

No be our oyel?

Every DROP of the gaddam oil found in any FVCKING part of Nigeria belongs to every single citizen of the country.

Bring it on.

BackDatAssUp:
Aregberascal never begin lament.

We will shut all oil operations down

Your Buhari should start drilling oil in sambisa to fund his useless one nigeria

Bring it on. You will soon feed on the crude by the time we start dealing with you.

PassingShot:

Bring it on. You will soon feed on the crude by the time we start dealing with you.

You cowards in the Southwest?

Who will lead your fight? Is it Baba Biodun the welder and part time OPC commander of the Osogbo Brigade?

We in the ND Have no use of you. Do we eat amala?

Useless parasites

PassingShot:

No be our oyel?

Every DROP of the gaddam oil found in any FVCKING part of Nigeria belongs to every single citizen of the country.

Bring it on.

Keep dreaming

When we pull out come and take it.


Useless parasitic leeches.

PassingShot:

Bring it on. You will soon feed on the crude by the time we start dealing with you.

Parasite

Go back to your cocoa farm >

BlackTechnology:



Parasite

Go back to your cocoa farm >

Our cocoa. Our oyel. Our ground nuts. Our land. Our everything.