Militants Threaten Fresh Hostility, Give SPDC 2-Week To Re-employ Sacked Local Workers

By Sola Omoniyi, Lagos

A New Niger Delta Militant group, identified as The Creek Reform Warriors, has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, to unconditionally recall sacked local workers from Ogulagha and Odimodi communities in Delta State.

It was reported that the local workers were sacked in the year 2019.

The group threatened to shut down the facilities of SPDC and bring down oil production in the country to zero per cent if the oil firm remained recalcitrant to the call to reinstate the workers.

However, there is no official statement from SPDC Media Relations Manager, Bola Essien-Nelson at the time of filing this report on the latest development.