The two pipelines leak incidents occurred in Southern Ijaw and Ekeremor Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State.
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The News Agency of Nigeria learnt that the communities hosting SPDC’s EA fields took the action to protest alleged exclusion from contracts in the ongoing oil drilling.
The pledge was given in a statement by Doubara Atasi, Senior Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo.
David Bazigha, Chairman, Community Development Committee for Bilabiri 1 coastline settlement, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa on Saturday.
The condemnation was contained in a press statement by Doubara Atasi, Senior Special Assistant to the Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo.
DSP Asinim Butswat, Spokesperson of the command, told News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa that the suspect was arrested in a sting operation on June 16 at a hotel in Ekenfa 3, Yenagoa.
They appealed to the Federal and Bayelsa governments to come to their aid over the spill incident and compel Shell Petroleum Development Company to be alive to its responsibility in spill response.