Warri People Lay Siege On Chevron Tank & Protest Exploitation By FG & NDDC (Photos)

Aggrieved elders, women and youths staged a protest against the discrimination, unemployment, underdevelopment, non-commencement of EPZ, federal government hoodwinked to shortchange Itsekiri in NDDC.They also lay siege on Chevron tank farm in Ugborodo town.

The protesters from Ugborodo, an Itsekiri community in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State laid siege to the Escravos Tank Farm, belonging to Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, alleging neglect and discrimination by the multinational oil conglomerate.

The angry villagers,who set bonfires occupied the company’s premises since Tuesday.Reports from the area said that the villagers cordoned the gate preventing access in and out of the company through the gate. While the villagers were protesting outside, some of affected workers complained inside.However, the company airlifted some workers out with helicopters, while tension has enveloped the area. Security agencies were making efforts to calm the irate villagers, who refused to leave the company until their demands are looked into, accusing the firm of playing hide and seek with them.

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