Delta Community in darkness gives three months ultimatum to NPDC /NECONDE OML 42 JV to provide electricity

Angry Okerenkoko Community in Warri South West who have been in darkness today, shutdown the flow-station in Jones Creek, an oil facility operated by the Management of NPDC/NECONDE OML 42 JV. They chased the workers out of the company's site in anger just as they have given three months ultimatum to the organization to provide them light.

The Protesters who are from Egwa, Odidi, Bayan and Okerenkoko Communities said they have been in perpetual darkness for about three years now. They are Therefore demanding that the oil firm must connect them to the gas turbine serving their yard for them to have light. 

The protesters who are mainly women chanted solidarity songs as they danced into the premises of the firm.

They beared placards with inscriptions such as: "NECONDE /NPDC No light, No Operation. Give us light", "Okerenkoko Community is tired of darkness. Give us light. NECONDE/NPDC", "Let there be light in Okerenkoko" and "Enough is enough of darkness."

In a chat with news men, the Action   Team Leader of the protest, Esther Ene said they will remain at the flow-station until their calls are heeded to by the oil firm.

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She stressed that the company has refused to provide them light but they(oil firm) enjoy to their  detriment. 

According to Ene: "It's light issue that brought us here. As we are here, If darkness is sweet, they should shutdown the flow-station so that we will stay in darkness with them."

They  noted  that the Community is the highest oil production in the Niger Delta, Ene said: 'We are not supposed to be in darkness. Anybody  they will call from above, we are ready to stay with that person. If it's Tinubu that comes here, we will stay with him here. They should find way out. The highest we are giving them is three  months, we should have light day and night. They should fix the turbine for us so that we will have light."

She said if the company fails to heed to their demand, they would  shutdown more of its flow-stations in the area. 

Another of the protesters, Akpoaboere HelpMe who all corroborated the claims of the Action team leader saying: "We're suffering. We don't have drinking water. Only if rain falls before we can get water to drink. 

"The situation has affected the Nigeria Maritime University,NMU. Students now go about in search of where to charge their mobile phones. Students can no longer study as many are leaving the town already. We are suffering again because there's no network from telecommunication providers. NPDC/NECONDE OML 42 JV have refused to give us light. Please, give us light within the next three days or we shut you down completely, she concluded.