Hundreds of Nigerian protesters
stormed a crude oil flow station owned by Shell in the restive Niger Delta on
Friday
They demanded an end to oil
pollution in the area, jobs and infrastructure development.
The protesters also complained
they did not benefit from oil production in their area, a common refrain in the
impoverished swampland that produces most of Nigeria’s oil.
Reuters reports that soldiers
and security guards did not disperse the crowd as they entered the Belema Flow
Station in Rivers State, which feeds oil into Shell’s Bonny export terminal.
While Bonny Light crude oil is
currently under force majeure due to the closure of the Trans Niger Pipeline,
exports continue via another export line.
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