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By Egufe Yafugborhi
WARRI — COASTAL Polobubou (Tsekelewu) people of Warri North
Local Government Area, Delta State have appealed to the Federal and state
governments to save their community from extinction, arising from devastating
oil and gas activities of multi-naionals.
In a Save Our Soul, SOS, by the Polobubou National Council,
PNC, Chairman, Chief Ebilate Mac-Yororki to the Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, the
communities accused Chevron Nigeria Limited and the Nigeria Petroleum
Development Company, NPDC, of allegedly killing the aquatic lives and
vegetations, which, they said they depend on for survival.
He said: “The communities original fresh water swamp with different types of economic trees for lumbering, canoe carving, boat building and other purposes are now left with only Atlantic Ocean grasses due to oil activities and opening up of the communities to the Atlantic Ocean, and saline water , turning it to a mangrove swamp.
“Currently, there are no trees, rivers and creeks due to the
continual siltation of the environment. The peak of the dry season (January to
March), no engine-powered craft can ply the water-ways. The opening of the
communities to the Atlantic Ocean by Chevron in the 70′s was vehemently opposed
by the indigenes, which led to the arrest and detention of our people, until
the canalisation was completed.”
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