Protesting natives of Sokebolou and Yokiri communities have shut down operations of the Shell Petroleum Development Company.
Daily Report Nigeria reports that the protest is as a result of the disruption of power supply by the company.
The protesters, mostly women lamented that the company has failed to meet up with calls for the connection of the community to the gas turbine supplying power to other communities under Ogulagha Kingdom.
They lamented the back and forth games the SPDC has played on them over the years, while supplying epileptic power with a small generator.
Addressing news men, the Chairman Sokebolou community, Mr Believe Anumu explained that the epileptic power condition has lingered for too long and called on the SPDC to address the situation without further delays.
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He said, “the promised to give us power from the turbine wherein cables have been laid for over a year. Shell has been coming to give us back and forth stories.
“Recently, SPDC told us the contract to hook us to the turbine has been given to Daewood but nothing has been done.
“The painful thing is all neighboring communities have enjoying this light for a very long time. We have taken it upon ourselves to halt all operations until our demands are met.
“We call on the SPDC to tackle this situation without further delays and until that is done, we are not changing our stand” Amunu said.
Chief Nurse-Ere Ebikeme and Madam Zion Igere who spoke on behalf of the women, said the “the use of generating set has caused us many havoc. Two houses got burnt recently because constant fluctuation of the light,” the lamented.
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