Nembe has asked for the Federal Government’s intervention following their month-long wait for a solution regarding the massive crude oil spill from Oil Mining License (OML), 29 Santa Barbara South field well 01, owned by Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO).
Nembe urged the government to force AEEPCO to launch comprehensive clean–up operations despite Aiteo having hired Boots and Coots to help in capping the wellhead and contain the spill. The people of Nembe believed that they had not seen any results from the efforts, most likely due to the high pressure of the crude.
The people of Nembe were represented by Nembe Se Congress President Prof Godwin-Egein, dubbing the blowout as the “biggest oil spill disaster in the history of oil and gas exploration and exploitation in Nigeria” and describing it as a threat to the continuity of Nembe.
“Nembe Se Congress hereby publicly affirms our commitment to also constitute a body of experts to join the investigative effort in order to get to the root of this matter,” said Prof Godwin-Egein.
Mr Godwin-Egein was joined by other representatives of the people of Nembe, carrying placards with writings such as “Federal Government take responsibility of the ongoing disaster”, and “We want to die of old age, not oil spill”.
“We use this medium to advise all interested parties in this matter to avoid playing politics with the lives of our people and our environment all of which are currently under serious threat,” the professor added.
