NNPC, SPDC Face Court Action over Secret Oil Pipeline Sylvester Idowu in Warri Oil Spill Victims Initiative (OSPIVV) has threatened to sue the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and She
Oil Spill Victims Initiative has threatened to sue the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited and Shell Petroleum Development Company over the discovery of a four-kilometre pipeline being used to siphon crude oil to rogue vessels on a platform on the high seas.
He stated that the court action would reveal how SPDC, NNPCL and other International Oil Companies were responsible for the extensive oil theft that had been occurring in the Niger Delta. He explained that nobody could pinpoint when or where it began, but for the past nine years, they have been stealing our oil heritage.
Also at the session, a consultant in environmental law, Hosanna Jalogho-Williams said apart from oil theft, the issue of environmental degradation and the ecological effect of the oil heist on the inhabitants of the area was one of the reasons they had decided to go to court. In a statement by its Chairman, Tareware Tamarapreye and Secretary, Meshach Bebenimibo yesterday, CND commended President Muhammadu Buhari for awarding the surveillance contract to Tompolo’s firm.