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Nembe Oil Spill And Kabiru Yusuf’s Vexatious Meddlesomeness  By Daniel Alabrah

Nembe Oil Spill And Kabiru Yusuf’s Vexatious Meddlesomeness By Daniel Alabrah

News Feature, Port News, Press Release
Reading one Mallam Kabiru Yusuf's diatribe against the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on the current spillage in Nembe community (also in Bayelsa State) leaves you with a feeling of shock, nausea, outright revulsion or all of these. Since November 5, 2021 when it was first reported, hydrocarbon resources of gas and crude oil have been spewing unabated into the Santa Barbara River from the damaged Aiteo Exploration and Production Company Limited's OML 29 Wellhead 1 platform in Nembe. Mallam Yusuf, who claims to be President, Arewa Consultative Youth Movement and Convener, Association of Northern Youth Groups, might not have visited the spill site to see the wastage, the pollution and environmental disaster at first hand. He might also not have been to the oil-producin...
AITEO Spill, The Worst In My Lifetime – Gov Diri

AITEO Spill, The Worst In My Lifetime – Gov Diri

News Feature, Port News
*Says Our People Are Endangered *Calls For Protection Of Fishing Routes An unhappy Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, returned from visiting the oil spill site in Nembe Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday, describing it as the worst he had seen in his lifetime. The OML 29 Well 1 platform, which is operated by Nigeria's largest indigenous oil firm, Aiteo Exploration and Production Company Limited, has been spilling crude unabated into the Santa Barbara River for about one month. An estimated two million barrels of crude has reportedly been spilled into the river, polluting the flora and fauna of the area. Governor Diri said the continuous spillage has further endangered the lives of people of Nembe, Bayelsa and indeed the Niger Delta. In a statement issu...