In 2005 the federal government of Nigeria privatized the national fertilizer company of Nigeria, NAFCON in a controversial purchase estimated to have cost about 20.5 billion Naira($152million)
NOTORE was chiefly (major shareholder) purchased by James Ibori a former delta state Governor through an engineering and oil servicing company named o'seul Nigeria limited which was handed over to NOTORE on May 9th 2006 in a brief ceremony at hotel presidential port Harcourt.
The entire purchase was done without a due consultation with the Onne community-no town hall meeting.
A committee was set to draft a memorandum of understanding headed by Justice Godwin Ollor which up till date ,not even a paragraph of the MOU has been implemented.
NOTORE produces urea fertilizer using the Hyber batch process. A plant that can be equated to a nuclear plant, not to talk of the poisonous emission of pollutants like carbon monoxide, VOC's, Hydrogen cyanide, nitrogen oxides , Ammonia to water bodies etc. Yet no concern to secure the lives of those living around the neighborhood.
Life span around ONNE has been shortened to the average of 40-60 years.
To say but the least, Notore has a staff strength of over 400 workers ( third party not included) yet the indegenes of ONNE working are not up to 29 persons (FACT)
What an injustice!
Notore has operated in ONNE for 10 years yet not even a project to show for.
The ONNE people have been patient enough.
Youth leaders exhaust their tenures trying to negotiate a way forward but their tenures elapse unfulfilled. This is because notore prefers to invest money in hiring and training mafians that will brainwash their host, not to talk of the billions spent on security to scare the people of ONNE.
Where did we offend notore?
If notore feels that what we are claiming is not correct, why not come up and inform the public?
We gave our land!
We gave our water bodies!
We gave our hospitality (no staff has ever been harmed)
We gave our all.
Conclusively, let it be on record that notore promised to have a town hall meeting with the people of ONNE ( 7th Feb. 2020 by 10am)
The market square was filled with women, men,youth and children yet they did not show up but went on to fill their gate with over 200 soldiers to kill our people if any attempt is made to demonstrate at the company's gate.
If a single person is hurt among the people protesting, the world will hear us.

How long before the youths say “Enough is enough”

It’s best to discuss and deal with the people than have a negative outcome after long silence

Protest reaches third day

I don't see any big deal here. An MoU was documented long ago and the people are not feeling the impact of the agreement they signed. The people peacefully said, "let's revisit this MoU to clear our doubts or put in place the things that are yet to be." It's as simple as that. Why is it so difficult to do if there is nothing fishy?
As for those who are supporting evil, I don't know what you are protecting cuz I'm yet to see your wealth. Seriously, the darkest places in hell are reserved for you.
Whoever that is involved in this evil, please drop your ego and go to the people. Whatever you have taken, your people are ready to forgive you and continue a new life from there. Unless you are totally wicked that you don't want to let go, cuz this is beyond greed. I don't know why some persons feel so comfortable seeing their brothers suffering.
If only one person is growing in a large family, that family is not a successful family. Similarly, for a town like Onne to have just a few PRESUMED RICH people while about 80% of the people are living in poverty is a pure case of underdevelopment.
For the anger to be this much, that means the people have endured a lot. All you are seeing is the overflow of accumulated tolerance.
DOING THE RIGHT THING WILL NOT COST YOU A THING.

Who placed this thread in the crime section? It is supposed to be in politics section.

The youths should approach their federal legislative members of NAss, Federal and State ministries of Justice, Environment, Works and Housing, Trade and Industries and investment.