The Ogale community in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State is demanding for environmental justice over years of oil pollution suffered in their land.
The people in their thousands barricaded the manifold of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in the community, lamenting that despite efforts by the federal government to clean up the environment, the oil multinational continues to re-pollute the area.
Indigenes and residents of the community in their black attire had a peaceful protest on Thursday, at the front of the Shell facility with their various placards lamenting years of environmental damages in the community.
According to the community leaders, the protest was in solidarity with the ongoing suit before a UK High Court filed by Ogale and Bille communinites against Shell over pollution.