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For
37 years a community in Nigeria's southern Rivers state has lived in the shadow
of an oil pipeline transit station run by Shell's local subsidiary Image
source: arabic.sputniknews.com
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The people of Belema
village can only be reached after a three-hour journey aboard a rickety
makeshift speedboat from the nearest major town.
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| SPDC has warned the
illegal occupation of Belema Flow Station and Gas Plant in Rivers State has
safety implications both for the people at the facilities and nearby
communities |
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| Despite
the enormous natural riches that surround them, locals in a Nigeria oil hub say
they have not shared in the explosion of wealth that black gold has brought the
country |
