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Rivers community sacks Shell

The people of Kula kingdom in Akuku Toru Local Government Area are demanding that SPDC operating the Belema Flow station and the gas injection/booster plant in the OML 25 leave their area. The people decried negligence of the host communities by Shell Petroleum Development Company. Paramount Ruler Kula community King Kroma Eleki who spoke with Newsmen at a world Press conference in Kula said that the company has not done anything tangible for the host communities. Also speaking, spokesman Offoinama a co- host community to the Belema Flow Station chief Ibiosiya Nath-Sukubo said the ecological and aquatic devastation caused by oil and gas exploration has left the community with no source of income. On his part,representative Belema community, Alabo Filla Okoye- Davies explained that for almost forty years of Shell operation in the area the company has not only failed in discharging its cooperate social responsibilities ,but has also destroyed the aquatic lives by their continuous oil exploration and gas flaring. " Alabo Okoye- Davies appealed to the federal government to set up an investigating panel to visit the area to appreciate the suffering of the people. He also called on the federal government to prevail on the Rivers State government to allow the peaceful dialogue that has been initiated by NAPIMS and the office of the vice president to continue .

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