The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has accused Shell Nigeria of intentionally polluting Ogoniland and allowing the spill to remain uncleaned for over 40years because it planned to eliminate all Ogonis.
Publicity Secretary of MOSOP Fegalo Nsuke made the allegation during a chat with some Ogoni youths at the MOSOP office in Port Harcourt.
Nsuke said Shell knew the devastating effect of oil spills and deliberately allowed oil spills in Ogoniland to linger for over 40 years.
He claimed that the company had the intention of killing every Ogoni man, woman, child so it can continue with its activities in Ogoniland unhindered.
The MOSOP imagemaker said Shell is assaulting the Ogoni people by using the Nigerian military to chase local farmers from their farmlands and forcefully laying pipelines in the area, describing as inhuman and further worsening the traumatic conditions of local people.
He called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to end Shell’s continual use of the Nigerian military to persecute, torture, harass and intimidate local Ogoni people who are already dying from the devastating effects of long years of Shell’s pollution in the area.
