Rivers community demands N100bn from Agip, blocks company’s gate

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The Nation Newspaper Rivers community demands N100bn from Agip, blocks company's gate

The Mgbuoshimini community, Rumueme Kingdom in Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State has demanded N100bn compensation from the Nigeria Agip Oil Company for operating in their area for 60 years without addressing their needs.

The acting chairman of Mgbuoshimini Community Development Council, Weli Nyeche, who spoke on behalf of the community, said that the firm operated in their area for 60 years, but that the people did not benefit from its existence “That Agip should ensure to implement fully the items in our sixteen paragraph charter of Demands or the Community will sustain the peaceful protest until the Demands are met.”

 

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