Affected by the oil spill in Gbaramatu Kingdom in the Warri South West Council Area of Delta State, 35 communities on Sunday gave the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation a seven-day ultimatum to commence clean-up exercise in the area.
The communities gave the ultimatum in a letter addressed to the NNPC, threatening to shut down the Escravos-to-Warri Crude line.
The communities also demanded for relief materials and compensation.
They said, “It is insulting and provocative for a spiller like the NNPC/NPSC to refuse to accept the cause of an oil spill that has been determined and accepted by the regulators: NOSDRA and the ministry of environment.
“NNPC/NPSC is only interested in pumping crude oil through the trunk line whereas the affected communities are in pain and sorrow with more communities affected by the spill because of the deliberate and wilful refusal of NNPC to clean up the impacted communities and curtain further spread.
“The communities in the light of the foregoing have given the NNPC/NPSC (PPMC) seven days ultimatum to clean up the impacted communities, provide relief materials and pay adequate and fair compensation to the communities and people.
“If NNPC/NPSC fails to comply with our demands within seven days, we would have no other option than to shut down the Escravos to Warri trunk line until our demands are met.”
