Shell To Sea newsletter - 21/12/2007
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Wednesday January 02, 2008 23:48
by JM
Rossport
MOSOP Accuses Shell of Sabotage
[M]ovement for the Survival of Ogoni People [MOSOP] has accused Shell Petroleum Development Company [SPDC] of sabotaging oil pipelines in Ogoniland.
... "In the past few weeks we have seen known criminals who have damaged pipelines in the past for profit being engaged by SPDC to gain access to key parts of their pipelines. These are the same people who were arrested by the Kegbera Dere community just weeks ago for damage, which caused six oil fires that burnt for over 3 months, polluting our communities and our environment."
... "Shell has not extracted oil from Ogoni for over 14 years but the corruption and violence which are associated with their pipelines running across Ogoni is continuing," Kpalap lamented.
He pointed out that "Despite our protests, which have already gone as far as the Netherlands, Shell has taken no action. Even when these fires were burning Shell continued to pump oil on damaged pipelines, all in the name of profit."
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