Oil Spillage: Akwa Ibom Women To Protest Naked Against FG, Oil Companies

Recall that the Niger Delta militants, on July 24, 2016, vandalised oil installations in Obotim Nsit community, and the act has reportedly left farmlands destroyed and houses uninhabitable in the said local government.

Aggrieved women in the community, who spoke through their Women Leader, Mrs. Dorothy Nkanta, said that they will protest naked to “provoke the gods” of their lands if they don’t get compensated for their fatalities.

Nkata said, “Unfortunately, Seven Energy came and evacuated their equipment from the site not minding the losses the community has recorded.

“That means that they do not care about the disaster they have brought to us after taking our land to lay their pipeline and locate their control valve. They are not bothered about the health hazards and general calamity the emissions from their pipeline have brought to our land.

“What have they said is our offence for giving our land out for them to do business? Is this the kind of reward we should receive from government and the gas company for the good thing we did for them?

“But I want to warn that they should not provoke us to go naked on the streets for them else, it will not be well with them.

“We need compensation for the losses we have recorded as a result of that gas pipeline explosion and for the degradation of our land since that gas pipeline control valve was installed at the Asang Community High School, else, we will go naked on the streets to provoke the gods of our land to action against these people, who have suddenly turned our enemies,” she said.

It is generally considered abominable for women to protest naked to a course, particularly in this part of the world, as it is believed the act comes with serious consequences.

Recall a similar scenario where half-naked women reportedly staged a protest at the palace of Chief of Godogodo in Jema’a Local Government Area, Kaduna State, to decry herdsmen attacks in their community.