GBARAMATU OIL SPILL: PROTEST HIT DAY 10, CHEVRON'S CONTINUE FAILURE TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY IS DELIBERATE ~ ACTIVIST

Following a continue protest that lasted for over 10 days now as a result of the oil spillage in Gbaramatu Communities allegedly operated by Chevron's Company Limited, the Co-ordinator of Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), Comr Solomon Ebikemefa has stated that Chevron Nigeria Limited failure to accept responsibility for the Gbaramatu oil spill was a deliber­ate act to undermine the wellbeing and environment of the people living in the affected communities.

Smart news reporter who was on ground to witness the continue protest, reveal that Chevrons claims that the spill is not from its facilities because the pressure in its control room did not indicate that there was a leakage or a drop somewhere, therefore, could not accept responsibility of the said spillage on several part of Gbaramatu Communities.

The environmental activist also submitted that Chevron should be honest enough to re-examine it claims as there could be system failure that had made it difficult for it to detect the leakage from its facilities in the affected area as the spillage has almost taken over all part of Gbaramatu Kingdom he noted.

The activist further said; that Chevron Company Limited shares facilities with the Nigeria Petroleum Devel­opment Company (NPDC) field in Jones Creek flowstation in the affected area but the Chevron’s 16 inches Crude Line runs from Makaraba, through Otunana to Abiteye and the leakage is between Otunana and Abiteye all in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Burutu LGA of Delta State.