BOTH Government and International Oil Companies, IOCs, have abandoned Otuabagi, a rustic agrarian settlement in Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, which provided 18 of the 21 Oil Wells used to launch Nigeria into the league of crude oil exporting countries in 1958.visited the community, villagers bitterly complained that government and multinational oil companies dumped the community after exploiting their oil. The town looked desolate, no electricity, potable water and good roads.
In recent time, crude oil leaking from the supposedly capped and dried up oil wells has continuously been polluting the environment, streams and crops, while vulnerable villagers are withstanding the worst of a nation that plundered the community’s wealth and left them high and dry.
“It is sad to point out that the expectations of the people are dashed. Crude oil, which should have been a blessing, is now seen as a curse,” he added.An indigene of the area, Offor Kopuamabhor, who spoke to ERA/FoEN team, led by Comrade Alagoa Morris, recently, said: “I am from Otuabagi, we are here at the site of Oil well 2, which has been spewing crude oil over the years and as you can see with your own eyes, crude oil is visible here.
“Despite the fact that much of the crude oil in the environment was burnt; once it rains and the water level rises here, crude oil within the oil well encasement would flow into the streams and other bodies of water in the environment with farms and farmlands affected.“This is not good; I am begging Bayelsa State Government to look into this matter because it is worrisome. Our people have been suffering in silence as it affects farm and farmlands from time to time.
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