Women from several ethnic groups (Ijaw, Urhobo and Itsekiri) in Delta state put ethnic rivalry aside and join together to claim better living conditions, proper compensation for the communities living on lands that host oil exploitation and a sustainable means of living for their families. The unarmed women peacefully occupy the gates of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and Chevron Nigeria Limited in Warri, Delta State on August 8, 2002.
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Ijaw women occupy Chevron's Abiteye flow station
Ijaw women of Gbaramatu and Egbema clans in Delta state protest the socio-economic and political condition of the people by peacefully and non-violently occupying the Chevron Abiteye flow station. They plan to remain there until their demands for employment, microcredit schemes and provision of infrastructure in the two clans are fulfilled. Chevron invites the Nigerian security to get the women to disperse; some of the women are brutalized by the military invited by Chevron.
Opia and Ikeyan Villages Razed
Opia and Ikeyan villages of Delta State are razed in circumstances linking the American oil giant, Chevron. In the invasion carried out by Nigerian soldiers paid and ferried in Chevron helicopters, scores of people are killed and the communities are completely destroyed.
Update on Blood Oil War (3)
At about 0200 Hrs today, Monday, May 25, 2009, fighters from the Movement for the
Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) destroyed major trunk lines to effectively
put the under-listed flow stations that feed the Chevron tank farm located in Delta
state of Nigeria out of operation. The affected flow stations are:
- Chevron (at Alero creek)
- Otunana
- Abiteye
- Makaraba
- Dibi
We borrowed a leaf from the federal government of Nigeria by applying the
same measure of treatment the impoverished oil bearing communities suffered in the
Hurricane Piper Alpha Devastates Chevron Oil Installations!
As forewarned, a major "Cordon and Search" operation by the Movement for the
Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) commenced today, Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at
about 2200 Hrs with devastating effects on the heavily fortified Chevron Otunana
flow station in Delta state which is currently engulfed in fire after being
overwhelmed by our fighters.
Code named "Hurricane Piper Alpha", the objective is to smoke out war criminals of
the Northern Nigerian armed forces who have taken refuge in oil installations and
give them instant jungle justice.
Chevron JV Gas & Crude Oil Pipelines attacked!
At about 1800 Hrs, today, June 12, 2009, when Matthew Maguire was being handed over
in Rivers state, a major gas pipeline manifold and another major crude oil pipeline
belonging to Chevron JV recently repaired at a sum of over $56 million were both
blown up after another "system failure" caused by a passing Hurricane Piper Alpha.
The pipelines are located just 200 meters from the abandoned Camp 5 in Delta state
where the army is supposedly in control. The pipelines were due for re-commissioning
so as it stands we are back to square one.
Chevrons Safety Standards
The spokesman of the military Joint task Force (JTF), Colonel Rabe Abubakar was
quick to blame a "systems failure" as the reason for the recent fire outbreak at the
dormant Otunana flow station belonging to Chevron Nigeria Ltd.
This is an indictment of a poor safety standard of Chevron which if it were to be
the case, all its flow stations and work complexes would need a thorough safety
inspection as the company by its negligence as the JTF asserts would be putting
workers at risk.
Chevron has not yet confirmed or denied the real cause of the Otunana fire and that
Chevron Strategic Manifold Attacked
The strategic Okan manifold which controls about 80 percent of Chevron Nigeria
Limited off shore crude oil to its BOP Crude Loading Platform was blown up at about
2045 Hrs on Sunday, June 5, 2009 by Hurricane Moses in Delta state.
As long as the Nigerian government and military JTF has chosen to carry out
kidnappings and arson against innocent communities and individuals, Moses will fight
for them.
We are demanding that the abducted monarch who is still being held illegally by the
JTF be released immediately or charged to a competent court of law.
