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08/05/2025

Three days after a fresh oil spill occurred at Ikata in Ahoada East local government area of Rivers State, findings by our correspondent showed that the Joint Investigation Visit (JIV) to the scene of the spill has not been carried out by relevant government authorities.

Speaking on this, Executive Director of Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre, Fyneface Dumnamene, said the attitude of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, in promptly conducting JIV is regrettable.

Dr. Dumnamene called on the agency to speak up about their challenges to attract help from the government.

27/03/2025

Peaceful Protest by CRC Bori-Zone Against Illegal Roadblocks and Extortion on the Saakpewan Axis of the East-West Road

On March 25, 2025, CRC Bori-Zone, alongside some of our members, embarked on a peaceful protest to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Saakpewan Tai Command. Our aim was to deliver a formal complaint regarding the illegal roadblocks and extortion of money from motorists along the Bori-Saakpenwa axis of the East-West Road.

Over time, officers from the FRSC Tai Zone, in collaboration with officers from the Tai Police Division and Tai Community Police, have been involved in extorting money from motorists traveling along this route. We presented our concerns in a letter delivered to the 2IC of FRSC Saakpewan Tai, Comrade Nkpordee Basil, the Team Lead of CRC Bori-Zone. The 2IC assured us that our complaints would be conveyed to the command and pointed out that the roadblocks at Saakpewan Junction are primarily orchestrated by the Tai Police Division, in partnership with the Tai Community Police.

We emphasized the need for immediate action by FRSC to address this issue of extortion and for all officers to strictly adhere to road safety regulations and professional standards.

Later, we visited the Bori Area Command following their request for a meeting. This was in response to our previous complaint letter regarding the extortion by police officers in Kpor, Tai, and Khana Local Government Areas, which we had submitted on March 21, 2025. During the meeting, the 2IC Area Commander of Bori, CSP Ofonime Udoh, assured us that the command would organize a dialogue with the DPOs from Bori, Kpor, and Tai divisions, alongside CRC members. The command expressed eagerness to partner with us in addressing these issues.

Additionally, Comrade Pretty Lekia raised concerns about unlawful pocket searches of both men and women along Kaa Road. We assured the Area Command of our commitment to collaborating and preventing further human rights violations in the area.

CRC Bori-Zone remains steadfast in advocating for the protection of human rights and ensuring the safety and dignity of all citizens.

Elder (Comrade) Nkpordee Barisudor Basil
For CRC Bori-Zone

19/02/2025

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08/02/2025

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04/02/2025

Press Release III February 3, 2025

OIL SPILL WELCOMES ENVIRONMENTAL VARSITY TO OGONILAND

Crude oil spill has been reported in Ogale in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, today, February 3 thus welcoming the Federal University of Environmental Technology, Ogoni, established today by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR through his assent to a bill passed by the National Assembly sponsored by Senator Barinaadaa Mpigi representing the Rivers South-East Senatorial District.

Members of the Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre's (YEAC-Nigeria) "One Million Youth Volunteers Network of Human Rights Defenders and Promoters in the Niger Delta" in the area reported to the organisation that the oil spill allegedly occurred today at the Ogale Manifold.

The volunteers also reported to YEAC-Nigeria that the manifold spill, after it filled the underground pits, started flowing freely to the pipeline right of way that separated Lot-1 of the Ogoni cleanup Project of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) of the Federal Ministry of Environment in Ogale.

The volunteers said they suspected that the spill at the manifold owned and operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria, a company that the community has been in a United Kingdom High Court with till date over previous oil spill is caused by equipment (valve) failure while contactors were carrying out maintenance work on the facility today.

The volunteers reported and decried the associated violence and application of force by the Eleme Youth President, Mr. Walter Olaka during his by invading the spill site with alleged armed boys, confiscating trucks that were being used to evacuate the spilled crude oil, beating up some of the drivers whose trucks were already seized and parked at the Eleme Council Secretariat and injuring some persons in the process including Mr. Gift Gongogo Nene who was allegedly daggered on the head by some of the boys reported to have invaded the scene with dangerous small arms and light weapons including guns.

While calling for Police investigation into the incidents with a view of restoring peace among the warring parties, the Advocacy Centre, through its Crude Oil Spill Alert System (COSAS), in a statement in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital signed by its Executive Director, Dr. Fyneface Dumnamene Fyneface called on the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) to carry out a joint investigation visit (JIV) on the spill site, invoke sections of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), 2021 and ensure that containment and clean-up are done with adequate compensation paid to those whose economic crops are impacted by the spill in the area.

DR. FYNEFACE DUMNAMENE FYNEFACE
Executive Director, YEAC-Nigeria.
03-02-2025.

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